NEW YORK – ON FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2020, IN RESPONSE TO THE GROWING TENSIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP ELPIDOPHOROS ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

“THE UNJUST SLAYING OF GEORGE FLOYD CANNOT BE WHERE AMERICA STANDS. VIOLENCE ONLY BREEDS VIOLENCE, BUT WHEN SUCH VIOLENCE IS PERPETRATED BY THOSE IN AUTHORITY, WE MUST ALL STAND UP AND SAY: ‘NOT ON OUR WATCH!’ WE MUST STAND AGAINST RACISM AND STAND FOR EQUALITY FOR ALL.”