The Ordination of His Eminence +Pavlos as Metropolitan of North and South America on February 13, 1998. This program shows the ordination of Archimandrite Pavlos Stratigeas to the Episcopacy of the Genuine Greek Orthodox Church. Also seen in the program is his Enthronement as Metropolitan to the See of the Holy Metropolis of the Genuine Greek Orthodox Church of North and South America. The Enthronement occurred at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Markella in Astoria, NY. CORRECTION: @ 7:13 the Priest reading the announcement from the Holy Synod is the Chancellor of the Church of Greece, Archimandrite Chrysostomos, the future Metropolitan of Attika, not Metropolitan Kallinikos, the future Archbishop of All Greece. And, the date of the ordination was on February 13/26, 1998- not Feb. 13/16, 1998. This program is in GREEK. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC2f1y95cl0

Archimandrite Pavlos Stratigeas (Metropolitan of America; Emeritus) gives an introduction to the Greek Orthodox Church, and what it teaches. There are two sections to the program. We edited them together. This program was recorded at the Cathedral of St. Markella in Astoria, NY in July of 1988 using a Portapak SONY U-matic VTR and camera. The tape is deteriorating but it is still quite viewable. The program is in English. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh2YUkG0YJk

This program is mostly in ENGLISH. Archimandrite Pavlos (Stratigeas) interviews Fr. Bessarion, a former Benedictine Monk who was just ordained to the Deaconate in the Greek Orthodox Church by the hands of Metropolitan Petros. While editing the old U-Matic camera original video tape this program was recorded on the editors of GOCTV noticed something near the end of the cassette. It is a short clip of the Astyfides brothers sitting for a light and sound check in order to be interviewed by Archimandrite Pavlos. We have left it in for our viewers to see. The archivists at GOCTV are searching diligently for the tape of that actual program. We have also left in a candid moment when Arch. Pavlos shows a moment of amused irritation with Met. Petros. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEYBJROrSxc

Archimandrite Pavlos Stratigeas gives a sermon on the Feast Day of St Basil the Great at the Cathedral of St Markella in 1990. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAzAEkYVN_c