Archbishop Elpidophoros welcomes Archon on the occasion of newly published volumes of history

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed the esteemed Archon Dr. Stamatios V. Kartalopoulos, who presented His Eminence with his newly published two-volume work, Ancient Hellenic Cities in Asia Minor: Where the “Stones Still Speak.”

The extensive publication is the fruit of years of historical research, travel, and documentation and presents the history of more than 1,600 ancient Hellenic cities in Asia Minor, together with certain adjacent Aegean islands and Eastern Thrace. Drawing upon historical, archaeological, numismatic, epigraphic, and ecclesiastical sources, Dr. Kartalopoulos has assembled a work intended to preserve the memory of communities whose contributions to Hellenism and Christianity continue to resonate across the centuries.

The two-volume publication includes prefaces by  Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and  Archbishop Elpidophoros of America.

In his preface, His All-Holiness reflects upon the enduring bond between these historic lands and the Mother Church, writing: “Though now silent in voice, these cities remain audible in the heart of the Mother Church.”

Archbishop Elpidophoros, in his preface, describes the publication as “a truly ground-breaking…