[[File:Abp Panteleimon of Neapolis with Cross.JPG|thumb|Abp Panteleimon of Neapolis (Jerusalem Patriarchate), presenting a portion of the True Cross to President Warren G. Harding in 1922|250px]]His Eminence '''Panteleimon of Neapolis''' (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Νεαπόλεως Παντελεήμων) was an [[archbishop]] of the [[Church of Jerusalem]] who was active in the United States of America during the 1920s raising funds for the [[Holy Land]]. {{stub}}

Abp. Panteleimon, who was from Neapolis in Palestine, now [[w:Nablus|Nablus]], arrived in the United States as the representative of [[Church of Jerusalem|Patriarchate of Jerusalem]] in order to attend, during the early 1920s, a conference of the Episcopal Church that was held in [[w:Portland, Oregon|Portland, Oregon]] during the early 1920's. After At the conclusion of the conference concluded, Abp. Panteleimon remained in the United States visiting prominent people with the goal of raising money for the Holy Land.  In December 1922, he was reported to have met the American president [[w:Warren Harding|Warren Harding]] whom the archbishop made a “Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher,” and gave him a splinter of wood from the [[True Cross]] enclosed in a gold box set with diamonds. Abp. Panteleimon's actions in the United States resulted in complaints of interfering in the affairs of the local church.

In December 1922, he was reported to have met the American president Warren Harding whom the archbishop made a “Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher,” and gave him a splinter of wood from the [[True Cross]] enclosed in a gold box set with diamonds. Abp. Panteleimon's actions in the United States caused complaints of his interfering in the affairs of the local church. On [[March 12]], 1924, Patr. [[Gregory VII of Constantinople]] wrote to Patr. [[Damianus of Jerusalem]] concerning Abp. Panteleimon's meddling. In September 1924, the Greek Bishop [[Philaret (Ioannides) of Chicago|Philaret of Chicago]] complained to his superior, Abp. [[Alexander (Demoglou) of Rodostolou|Alexander (Demoglou)]] of America, of his trespassing.

*[http://orthodoxhistory.org/tag/philaret-ioannides/ Jerusalem’s Abp Panteleimon in America, 1924-1931]*[http://orthodoxhistory.org/2009/10/19/abp-panteleimon-the-jerusalem-patriarchate-in-america/ Abp. Panteleimon and the Jerusalem Patriarchate in America] *[http://orthodoxhistory.org/tag/panteleimon-of-neapolis/ Jerusalem’s Abp Panteleimon in America, 1924-1931]* [http://www.venizelosarchives.gr/rec.asp?id=68540 Letter from the Bishop of Thyatira German to the Ecumenical Patriarch Basil on the irregular action of Archbishop Panteleimon of Neapolis].{{stub}}

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