A delegation from the Order of St. Andrew, led by Archon and Ambassador George L. Argyros and National Commander Anthony J. Limberakis, MD, is currently participating in an ‘Archon Religious Freedom Mission to the European Union’ in pursuit of human and religious rights for the Ecumenical Patriarchate. National Commander Limberakis will be offering updates on important developments and status alerts via the social networking tool “Twitter”. All Archons and interested persons who are connected to this network are encouraged to log onto www.twitter.com/orderofstandrew and become a follower, or visit www.archons.org and click on the “Twitter” tab below the homepage image to read these updates.

The delegation will be traveling to Madrid, Spain–which currently holds the EU presidency, Brussels, Belgium, and Athens, Greece till February 7, 2010. They are being guided by His Eminence Metropolitan Emanuel of France. Together with Archons Argyros and Limberakis, the delegation also includes Archon Christopher Stratakis, Legal Counselor, Spiritual Advisor Fr. Alex Karloutsos, and Mr. Rob Lapsely, former Assistant Secretary of State for California. Coverage on the religious freedom mission will be available in the coming weeks on www.archons.org and in the next issue of The Archon newsletter.