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Upon the direction of His Eminence Archbishop [[Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America|Iakovos]], Fr. Athenagoras chaired the Committee of Clergy and Young Adults that restructured the Senior GOYA, as the Young Adult program of the archdiocese, that, in 1975, was established as the Young Adult League (YAL) and that wrote the YAL Manual which defines the work and activities of the YAL to this day. Also during 1975, His Eminence Archbishop Iakovos appointed Fr. Athenagoras the first National Director of the newly established Young Adult League. In this capacity, Fr. Athenagoras convened the first YAL Conference in Philadelphia during July 1976.
On [[August 22]], 1982, Fr. Athenagoras was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Auxiliary Bishop to His Eminence Archbishop Iakovos at [[Holy Trinity Cathedral]] of New York with the title Bishop of Dorylaion. In his capacity as an auxiliary [[bishop]], Bp. Athenagoras represented the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese at numerous civic and religious functions. He served as General Secretary of the [[Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas]]. He was the official representative of the Archdiocese to the National Council of Churches and also served as national coordinator of the three major dialogues between the [[Orthodox Church in America]] and the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], the Anglican, and the Lutheran Churches. In 1987, in the presence of many Cardinals and Roman Catholic Hierarchs and many Orthodox Hierarchs in America, Bp. Athenagoras was the guest speaker at St. Patrick’s Cathedral of New York on the occasion of the celebration of the 1,200 anniversary of the [[Seventh Ecumenical Council]]. As [[auxiliary bishop]] to the Archbishop, Bp. Athenagoras also administered the Greek Orthodox parishes of Connecticut and Up-State New York and served as the overseer for [[St. Basil Academy (Garrison, New York)|St. Basil’s Academy]].
In 1996, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew requested Bishop Athenagoras to pursue the establishment in Hong Kong of a new [[Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia|Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hong Kong and All of South East Asia on behalf of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. After establishing the new Metropolitan Archdiocese, in November 1996 Bp. Athenagoras was directed by the Ecumenical Patriarchate to officially [[enthronement|enthrone]] the newly elected Metropolitan [[Nikitas (Lulias) of Dardanellia|Nikitas]] as the first Metropolitan of the new Metropolis.
==External links==
*lhttp[http://www.gocanada.org/clergyhistory/aneste.htm His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras (Aneste) of Panama]*[http://timelines.ws/days/01_21.HTML Today in History - January 21, 2004]
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