With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos, the New Jersey Archons met and celebrated a service of thanksgiving for the name day of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey, Saturday, June 11, 2011. Following the name day service, a religious freedom symposium was held. National Secretary John Halecky opened the symposium and addressed the participants on the plight of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Dr. Thomas Papademetriou, the Constantine and Georgeian Georgiou Endowed Professor of Greek History and Executive Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, was the guest speaker for the second half of the symposium. A working luncheon was also held to discuss the day’s events, the organization and structure of the New Jersey Archons, and further efforts to be made for religious freedom for the Ecumenical Patriarchate. (Photos by J. Mindala)