On Friday evening, October 26, 2007, the Annual Archon Banquet Weekend commenced with an Orientation Dinner held at the Hilton Hotel, New York, NY. His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America, Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was joined by the members of The Order of Saint Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Archons-elect, and the National Council and Regional Commanders.