6:00 – 8:00 pm

Welcome Reception
[Metropolitan Club, 1700 H Street, NW] 

Program

• Welcome: Conference Chairman Mike Manatos
• Greetings: Archon National Commander Dr. Anthony Limberakis
• Remarks: US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross
• Remarks: Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios 

8:00 – 9:30 am

Breakfast and Opening Remarks

[Trump Hotel, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Presidential Ballroom] 

Program:

• Welcoming Remarks: Conference Chairman Mike Manatos
• Invocation: Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios
• Remarks: Archon National Commander Dr. Anthony Limberakis
• Remarks: Christian Research Institute President, Hank Hanegraaff
• Patriarchal Message & Response: Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, HE Archbishop Demetrios
• Benediction: His Grace Bishop Angaelos,  Coptic Orthodox Church, United Kingdom

10:00 – 11:30 am

Session One: History of the Christian Church

[Trump Hotel, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Presidential Ballroom]

Moderator/Panel Chair: 

• Fr. John Meyendorff & Patterson Family Chair of Orthodox Christian Studies at Fordham University, Archon George E. Demacopoulos

Panelists:

• S.T., Professor of Early Christian Studies, Catholic University of America, Sidney Griffith
• Fredrick A. Whitney Professor of Contract Law, St. Johns Law School, Mark Movsesian
• Dean & Michael G. and Anastasia Cantonis Professor of Byzantine Studies, Hellenic College/Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, James Skedros
• Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, Samuel Tadros

12:30 – 1:30 pm

Capitol Hill Lunch

[Capitol Hill, Russell Senate Office Building, 2 Constitution Ave, NE, Kennedy Caucus Room]

Program:

• Welcoming Remarks: Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce Andrew E. Manatos
• Invocation: His Eminence Archbishop Dionysios Kawak, Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese
• Greetings: Archon National Commander Dr. Anthony Limberakis
• Remarks: Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former Chairman, Helsinki Commission, Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD)
• Remarks: Chairman, House Global Human Rights Subcommittee and Co-Chairman, Helsinki Commission, Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) (invited)
• Benediction: Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios

2:30 – 4:00 pm

Session Two: Persecution of Christians and Possible Solutions

[Capitol Hill, Capitol Visitor Center Auditorium] 

Please note that this event is not covered by the conference registration fee and is free.

Opening Remarks:

• Panel Co-Chair, Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce Andrew E. Manatos
• Senator James Lankford (R-OK)

• Co-Vice-Chair, Congressional Religious Freedom Caucus, Congressman Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)

Moderator: 

• CEO of the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs, William Antholis

Panelists:

• His Eminence Archbishop Dionysius Kawak, Syriac Orthodox Church
• His Grace Bishop Angaelos, Coptic Orthodox Church, United Kingdom
• V. Rev. Fr. Isaac Crow, Antiochian Orthodox Church
• Anna Koulouris, Communications Advisor, Patriarchate of Jerusalem

• Johny Messo, President, World Council of Arameans (Syriacs)

6:30 – 7:15 pm

Cocktails

7:30 – 10:00 pm

Conference Banquet

[Trump Hotel, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Presidential Ballroom] 

Hosted by The Nicholas J. and Anna K. Bouras Foundation

Program:

• Welcoming Remarks: Archon National Secretary, The Hon. B. Theodore Bozonelis
• Invocation: Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios
• Greetings: Archon National Commander Dr. Anthony Limberakis
• Remarks: American Center for Law& Justice Executive Director, Jordan Sekulow
• Remarks: Former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus

• Response: Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios
• Benediction: His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion, Bishop of Los Angeles and Metropolitan of Southern California and Hawaii

8:00 – 9:30 am

Breakfast

[Trump Hotel, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Presidential Ballroom] 

Program:

• Welcoming Remarks: Archon National Commander Dr. Anthony Limberakis
• Invocation: Rabbi Arthur Schneier, President and Founder, Appeal of Conscience Foundation

• Remarks: Former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus
• Remarks: Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Human Rights Subcommittee & Commissioner, Helsinki Commission, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)
• Benediction: Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios

10:30 – 12:00 pm

Session Three: Freedoms of Religion and the Press

[Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Auditorium]

Opening Remarks:

• Panel Chair/Archon National Secretary The Hon. B. Theodore Bozonelis

Moderator: 

• Fox News Chief Religion Correspondent, Lauren Green

Panelists:

• US Commission on International Religious Freedom Vice Chair Kristina Arriaga de Bucholz
• Helsinki Commission Policy Advisor, Nathaniel Hurd
• Newseum Institute Religious Freedom Center COO, Gene Policinski
• Religious Freedom Institute Senior Director, South & Southeast Asia, Dr. Timothy Samuel Shah

12:30 – 1:30 pm

Lunch

[Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave, NW] 

Hosted by the American Hellenic Educational and Progressive Association (AHEPA)

Program:

• Welcoming Remarks: AHEPA Supreme President Carl Hollister
• Invocation: Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios
• Greetings: Archon National Commander Dr. Anthony Limberakis
• Remarks: Archon Dr. Andrew J. Ekonomou
• Remarks: American Center for Law & Justice Chief Counsel, Jay Sekulow
• Benediction: Very Reverand Father Isaac Crow, Antiochian Orthodox Church

1:45 pm

Participants begin walking from Newseum to Trump Hotel

2:30 – 4:00 pm

Session Four: Sacred Sites and Property Rights

[Trump Hotel, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Presidential Ballroom] 

Opening Remarks:

• Panel Chair/Archon National Commander Dr. Anthony Limberakis

Moderator: 

• Tufts University Fletcher School for Law & Diplomacy Visiting Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution, Elizabeth Prodromou

Panelists:

• US Ambassador to Qatar (retired), Ambassador Patrick Theros
• President of the National Council of Churches / Director of the Ecumenical Office of theArmenian Church of America, His Eminence Archbishop Vicken Aykazian
• Chair of the FoleyHoag UN Practice Group, Christina Hioureas, Esq.
• Executive Director, Armenian Legal Center for Justice & Human Rights, Kate Nahapetian

• President and Founder, Appeal of Conscience Foundation, Rabbi Arthur Schneier 

.

6:30 pm

Buses begin departing Trump Hotel for USIP

7:00 – 9:30 pm

Farewell Dinner

[US Institute of Peace, 2301 Constitution Avenue, NW] 

Program:

• Welcoming Remarks: Archon Andrew Manatos
• Invocation: Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios
• Remarks: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Congressman Ed Royce (R-CA)
• Remarks: Archon National Commander Dr. Anthony Limberakis
• Response: Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios
• Benediction: President, Hellenic College Holy Cross, Father Christopher Metropoulos

9:30 pm

Buses return to Trump Hotel 

Conference Concludes