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 When Meletius was elected '''Ecumenical Patriarch Meletius IV''' in November, [[1921]], one of his first official decrees on March 1st of that year was to restore the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese to the Ecumenical Patriarchate. This was formalized on [[May 11]], [[1922]] when Patriarch Meletios declared the Church of America as an Archdiocese appointing the Rt. Rev. Alexander Titular Bishop of Rodostolon , as his Patriarchal Exarch.
-Under pressure from Meletius, the Patriarchate of Constantinople accepted the validity of Anglican orders in 1922 — an act which even Rome protested against. Then, in [[1923]], Meletius initiated the "Pan-Orthodox" Congress (May 10–June 8). On June 1st, clergy and laymen dissatisfied with the innovating Patriarch held a meeting which ended in an attack on the [[Phanar]] with the goal of deposing Meletius and expelling him from [[Constantinople]]. On [[July 1]], [[1923]], on the pretext of illness and the need for medical treatment, Meletius left Constantinople. On [[September 20]], [[1923]], under pressure from the Greek government and through the intervention of Archbishop Chrysostomos of Athens, Meletius retired as Patriarch.
+Under pressure from Meletius, the Patriarchate of Constantinople accepted the validity of Anglican orders in 1922 — an act which even Rome protested against. Then, in [[1923]], Meletius initiated the "Pan-Orthodox" Congress (May 10–June 8). On June 1st, clergy and laymen dissatisfied with the innovating Patriarch held a meeting which ended in an attack on the [[Phanar]] with the goal of deposing Meletius and expelling him from [[Constantinople]]. On [[July 1]], [[1923]], on the pretext of illness and the need for medical treatment, Meletius left Constantinople. On [[September 20]], [[1923]], under pressure from the Greek government and through the intervention of [[Chrysostom I|Archbishop Chrysostomos of Athens]], Meletius retired as Patriarch.
 '''Meletius Metaxakis''' died on [[July 28]], [[1935]], and was buried in Cairo, Egypt.

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 In effect, this was the first step towards the establishment of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America]], which was incorporated in [[1921]], and officially recognized by the State of New York in [[1922]].
-Unfortunately, the hopes of the immigrant Greek community that their long canonical disorder in America would be settled were not realized. The royalists in Greece rejected both the creation and subsequent separation of a "Venizelist" Archdiocese in America. Metropolitan Germanos (Troianos), a royalist partisan, was sent from Greece to challenge Alexander for control of the new archdiocese. Spurred on by the two New York [[Greek language]] dailies, the royalist [[Atlantis]], and the Venizelist [[National Herald]], the fledgling Greek Archdiocese rapidly disintegrated into violently opposed factions. It would remain bitterly divided for almost a decade (1922-1931).
+Unfortunately, the hopes of the immigrant Greek community that their long canonical disorder in America would be settled were not realized. The royalists in Greece rejected both the creation and subsequent separation of a "Venizelist" Archdiocese in America. Metropolitan Germanos (Troianos), a royalist partisan, was sent from Greece to challenge Alexander for control of the new archdiocese. Spurred on by the two New York [[Greek language]] dailies, the royalist [[Atlantis (newspaper)|Atlantis]], and the Venizelist [[National Herald (newspaper)|National Herald]], the fledgling Greek Archdiocese rapidly disintegrated into violently opposed factions. It would remain bitterly divided for almost a decade (1922-1931).
 When Meletius was elected '''Ecumenical Patriarch Meletius IV''' in November, [[1921]], one of his first official decrees on March 1st of that year was to restore the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese to the Ecumenical Patriarchate. This was formalized on [[May 11]], [[1922]] when Patriarch Meletios declared the Church of America as an Archdiocese appointing the Rt. Rev. Alexander Titular Bishop of Rodostolon , as his Patriarchal Exarch.

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 On [[December 17]], [[1921]], the Greek Ambassador in Washington sent a message to the prefect at [[Thessaloniki]] stating that Meletius "vested, took part in an Anglican service, knelt in prayer with Anglicans, venerated their Holy Table, gave a sermon, and later blessed those present."
-In effect, this was the first step towards the establishment of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America, which was incorporated in [[1921]], and officially recognized by the State of New York in [[1922]].
+In effect, this was the first step towards the establishment of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America]], which was incorporated in [[1921]], and officially recognized by the State of New York in [[1922]].
-Unfortunately, the hopes of the immigrant Greek community that their long canonical disorder in America would be settled were not realized. The royalists in Greece rejected both the creation and subsequent separation of a "Venizelist" Archdiocese in America. Metropolitan Germanos (Troianos), a royalist partisan, was sent from Greece to challenge Alexander for control of the new archdiocese. Spurred on by the two New York Greek language dailies, the royalist Atlantis, and the Venizelist National Herald, the fledgling Greek Archdiocese rapidly disintegrated into violently opposed factions. It would remain bitterly divided for almost a decade (1922-1931).
+Unfortunately, the hopes of the immigrant Greek community that their long canonical disorder in America would be settled were not realized. The royalists in Greece rejected both the creation and subsequent separation of a "Venizelist" Archdiocese in America. Metropolitan Germanos (Troianos), a royalist partisan, was sent from Greece to challenge Alexander for control of the new archdiocese. Spurred on by the two New York [[Greek language]] dailies, the royalist [[Atlantis]], and the Venizelist [[National Herald]], the fledgling Greek Archdiocese rapidly disintegrated into violently opposed factions. It would remain bitterly divided for almost a decade (1922-1931).
 When Meletius was elected '''Ecumenical Patriarch Meletius IV''' in November, [[1921]], one of his first official decrees on March 1st of that year was to restore the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese to the Ecumenical Patriarchate. This was formalized on [[May 11]], [[1922]] when Patriarch Meletios declared the Church of America as an Archdiocese appointing the Rt. Rev. Alexander Titular Bishop of Rodostolon , as his Patriarchal Exarch.

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 His given name was ''''Emmanuel Metaxakis'''. He was born on [[September 21]], [[1871]] in the village of Parsas on the island of [[Crete]]. He entered the Seminary of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem in [[1889]]. He was tonsured with the name Meletius and ordained a hierodeacon in [[1892]]. He completed the theological courses at Holy Cross and was assigned as secretary to the Holy Synod in Jerusalem by Patriarch Damianos in [[1900]]. Meletius was evicted from the Holy Land by Patriarch Damianos, along with the then administrator Chrysostomos, later Archbishop of Athens in [[1908]] for "activity against the Holy Sepulcher."  Meletius Metaxakis was then elected Metropolitan of Kition in [[1910]]. In the years before the war Metropolitan Meletius began successful talks in New York with representatives of the Episcopal Church of America, with the intention of "expanding relations between the two Churches."
-After the death of [[Patriarch Joachim III]] on [[June 13]], [[1912]], Meletius was nominated as a candidate for the Patriarchal Throne in Constantinople. However, the Holy Synod decided that Meletius could not canonically be registered as a candidate. With the support of his political allies and acquaintances he was uncanonically elevated to the position of Archbishop of Athens in [[1918]], but after the usual political changes he was deprived of his see.
+After the death of [[Patriarch Joachim III]] on [[June 13]], [[1912]], Meletius was nominated as a candidate for the Patriarchal Throne in Constantinople. However, the Holy Synod decided that Meletius could not canonically be registered as a candidate. With the support of his political allies and acquaintances he was uncanonically elevated to the position of [[Archbishop of Athens]] in [[1918]], but after the usual political changes he was deprived of his see.
 Metaxakis was one of the most fascinating characters in Orthodox church history. He was the only man successively to lead four autocephalous (independent) Orthodox Churches: those of Cyprus, Greece, Constantinople (Turkey), and Alexandria (Egypt). On the basis of a 1908 decree of the Ecumenical Patriarch that the independent "trustee" Greek parishes in America should receive episcopal oversight from the Church of Greece, Metaxakis journeyed to America in the summer of 1918 to survey the situation. Three months later he returned to Greece and appointed Bishop Alexander of Rodostolou as his resident American legate. Alexander was charged with the unenviable task of initiating canonical order among the independent Greek parishes throughout North America.
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 [[Image:Meletius-metaxakis.jpg|thumb|350px|Ecumenical Patriarch Meletius IV]]
-'''Meletius Metaxakis''' served as [[List of Constantinople Patriarchs|Ecumenical Patriarch]] of the Greek Orthodox Church from 1921-1923.
+'''Meletius Metaxakis''' served as [[List of Constantinople patriarchs|Ecumenical Patriarch]] of the Greek Orthodox Church from 1921-1923.
 His given name was ''''Emmanuel Metaxakis'''. He was born on [[September 21]], [[1871]] in the village of Parsas on the island of [[Crete]]. He entered the Seminary of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem in [[1889]]. He was tonsured with the name Meletius and ordained a hierodeacon in [[1892]]. He completed the theological courses at Holy Cross and was assigned as secretary to the Holy Synod in Jerusalem by Patriarch Damianos in [[1900]]. Meletius was evicted from the Holy Land by Patriarch Damianos, along with the then administrator Chrysostomos, later Archbishop of Athens in [[1908]] for "activity against the Holy Sepulcher."  Meletius Metaxakis was then elected Metropolitan of Kition in [[1910]]. In the years before the war Metropolitan Meletius began successful talks in New York with representatives of the Episcopal Church of America, with the intention of "expanding relations between the two Churches."
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