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Guilfoyle: The Orthodox Church reminds us that freedom is not just a righttranslated

July 3, 2026 · 1 min read

The spiritual example of the Orthodox Church was mentioned, among others, by the US Ambassador, Kimberly Guilfoyle, at the reception for the 250th anniversary of the US Independence Day held at the Cultural Center of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, in the presence of many representatives of political and business leadership. At the same time, he emphasized that Greece-US cooperation is deeply rooted in history. He added that the strength of bilateral relations is expressed in the clearest way in the timeless bonds that unite our peoples, in the American students who contribute to making Greece one of the top global destinations for studies, in the Greek students who turn to the US in search of academic excellence and opportunities, in the more than 1.5 million Americans who visit Greece every year. and to the tens of thousands who live here.

"He lives on in our shared commitment to protect cultural heritage, preserve history and honor a culture that has shaped the world," he said and emphasized: "Above all, he lives on in the extraordinary Greek diaspora in the US – a community of faith, family, giving...

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Teodora Florea
As we have at Saint Nicholas in Sibiu, the icon of Saint Savior that the parents brought in 1946, so in Greece, faith lives through concrete places, not just in words. When the Ambassador says "spiritual example", I think she also means something like this.
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Cristina Dobre
Yes, that's right. That icon from Saint Nicholas in Sibiu reminded me of how faith is preserved through objects brought from home, not through speeches. I think that the ambassador was also thinking about such concrete things, which connect the generations, not just about general ideas. Have you ever been to Sibiu to see him?
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