[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 12, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E715]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING FATHER ALEXANDER KARLOUTSOS

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                           HON. LEE M. ZELDIN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 12, 2022

  Mr. ZELDIN. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of my friend, Father 
Alexander Karloutsos, who was recently awarded the Presidential Medal 
of Freedom, our nation's highest civilian honor.
  Father Alex has spent more than half a century as a Greek Orthodox 
Priest, including as the pastor of Kimisis Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox 
Church of the Hamptons, in the First Congressional District of New 
York.
  In 1994, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew named 
Father Alex as a Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which 
is the highest honor a married clergyman can receive in the Orthodox 
Church.
  He has also served as the first Vicar of Public Affairs of the Greek 
Orthodox Archdiocese of America and as a spiritual advisor to several 
U.S. Presidents.
  I am grateful to Father Alex for his decades of service to the Greek 
Orthodox community, Long Island, and our Nation. I send my sincere 
congratulations to Father Alex, his wife, Xanthi Karavellas Karloutsos, 
their three children, and nine grandchildren. This honor is so well 
deserved.

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