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NEWS OF OUR MEMBERS
National Leadership 100 Sunday
Observed for Seventeenth Year
Mike Manatos, Leadership 100 Executive Committee Member,
addresses the congregation of St. George Church in Bethesda,
Maryland while John Sitilides and Fr. Peter Thornberg look on.
National Leadership 100 Sunday was celebrated across
the nation for the seventeenth consecutive year on
Sunday, October 26, 2025. The celebration, closest to the
Feast Day of St. Iakovos, is in honor of the Founder of
Leadership 100, Archbishop Iakovos of Blessed Memory.
Parish Priests read the Encyclical issued by His
Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on
behalf of the Holy Eparchial Synod at the Divine Liturgy.
Materials were distributed, which outlined the support
provided by Leadership 100 for the National Ministries
of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, as well
as for ministries in every Metropolis.
John Sitilides, Leadership 100 Executive Committee
Member, addresses the congregation of St. George
Church in Bethesda, Maryland while Mike
Manatos and Fr. Peter Thornberg look on.
Leadership 100 has 1,410 members from a broad
spectrum of Greek Orthodox leaders, men and women
of all ages from every field of endeavor. Since its
founding, Leadership 100 will have distributed more
than $89 million in grants to the National Ministries and
Institutions of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of
America, including the only Greek Orthodox
Theological School in the United States, Holy Cross, as
well as to Metropolis Ministries and humanitarian needs
in the nation and around the world.
Events included St. George Church in Bethesda,
Maryland, where Mike Manatos and John Sitilides, both
members of the Leadership 100 Executive Committee,
addressed the parish.
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