Ecumenical Patriarch Honors Father Alex Karloutsos, Elevates Hamptons Greek Orthodox Church to Cathedral

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the global leader of the Greek Orthodox Church, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons last week during his visit to the area. He conferred the title Megas Protoprebyteros of the Holy and Great Church of Christ upon Father Alexander Karloutsos and elevatd the church to the status of Cathedral. Courtesy Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the global leader of the Greek Orthodox Church, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons last week during his visit to the area. He conferred the title Megas Protoprebyteros of the Holy and Great Church of Christ upon Father Alexander Karloutsos and elevatd the church to the status of Cathedral. Courtesy Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the global leader of the Greek Orthodox Church, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons last week during his visit to the area. He conferred the title Megas Protoprebyteros of the Holy and Great Church of Christ upon Father Alexander Karloutsos and elevatd the church to the status of Cathedral. Courtesy Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the global leader of the Greek Orthodox Church, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons last week during his visit to the area. He conferred the title Megas Protoprebyteros of the Holy and Great Church of Christ upon Father Alexander Karloutsos and elevatd the church to the status of Cathedral. Courtesy Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the global leader of the Greek Orthodox Church, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons last week during his visit to the area. He conferred the title Megas Protoprebyteros of the Holy and Great Church of Christ upon Father Alexander Karloutsos and elevatd the church to the status of Cathedral. Courtesy Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the global leader of the Greek Orthodox Church, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons last week during his visit to the area. He conferred the title Megas Protoprebyteros of the Holy and Great Church of Christ upon Father Alexander Karloutsos and elevatd the church to the status of Cathedral. Courtesy Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the global leader of the Greek Orthodox Church, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons last week during his visit to the area. He conferred the title Megas Protoprebyteros of the Holy and Great Church of Christ upon Father Alexander Karloutsos and elevatd the church to the status of Cathedral. Courtesy Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons