SAE President, Mr. Andrew A. Athens attended today the Feast Day of the Throne of the Great and Holy Church of Christ on the occasion of the Feast Day of the Glorious St. Andrew at the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Mr. Athens an Archon of the Order of St. Andrew and his wife attended the Patriarchal and Hierarchal Divine Liturgy that was held at the Most Venerable Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George, in honor of the transmission of the Holy Relics of our Holy Fathers Among the Saints, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom from Rome to Instanbul.

Following Instanbul SAE President will travel to Greece where on the occasion of SAE BoardοΏ½s Meeting in Thessaloniki on December 9-11, he will have a series of meetings with Mr. Georgios Sourlas, AοΏ½ Vice-President of the Hellenic Parliament, Marietta Yiannakou-Koutsikou, Minister of National Education and Religious Affairs, Nikolaos Tsiartsionis, Minister of Macedonia-Thrace, Fani Palli-Petralia, Alternate Minister of Culture and the General Secretaries of the Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity, Ms. Ioanna Despotopoulou and Mr. Pasxalis Bouhoris.

SAE President will also meet with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Panayiotis Skandalakis.

Following the SAE Board meeting, Mr. Athens will visit Tirana, Albania on December 13-15, where he will have a meeting with the Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania, Mr. Anastasios and discuss issues relevant to SAEοΏ½s Medical Program in Albania. Mr. Athens will also meet with officials of the office of the Prime Minister, Fatos Nano and Minister of Health of Albania with whom he will discuss issues pertaining SAEοΏ½s Medical Program in Albania.