Archbishop Athenagoras visits Los Angeles, 1936

Description: Archbishop Athenagoras has lived in New York for the past six years, and on April 5th conducted Palm Sunday services with assistance from Reverend G. Papanagiotou as part of an inspective tour of churches on the West Coast.
Standing outside, Athenagoras wears long, plain black robes and a tall black hat and a large piece of jewelry hanging from his chest. His beard goes past his shoulders and he holds a staff in his right fist. Another church official watches him in the background.
Photograph appears with the article, "Archbishop Visits City," Los Angeles Times, 06 Apr 1936: A1.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 4667 - Archbishop Athenagoras Arch Deacon Nicodemos Rev. G Papanagioton Greek Orthodox Church officials 4/5/36 [stamped:] Apr 9 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Archbishop Athenagoras of the Greek Orthodox Church in Southland on tour.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_13876
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j7c1p
Manifest url

Rights statement: copyrighted
Rights contact: UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Rights Holder: The Regents of the University of California
Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .