Santa Barbara AHEPA Chapter 243

ORDER OF AHEPA
SANTA BARBARA CHAPTER #243
Established October 17, 1929
“Promoting the Harmony of Greek Culture, Service, and Community”
“Keeping the Spirit Alive”
www.ahepa20.org/chapters
“Let’s Do Something Great in 2008”



LETTER OF COMMENDATION

Brother Ahepan, James Angelos,

We are living in a changing and complex world. Electronic instant communication is creating a smaller world yet we are becoming isolated islands to ourselves. Our nation is engaged in a conflict in a distant land with the potential of successful outcome changing the dynamic of the area, bringing that part of the world into the modern global family. Yet the majority of our people do not suffer or participate in this undertaking. We observe this event on the television as a distant event in which we are uninvolved and therefore it is not in our consciousness.

We know that our soldiers return home as changed individuals. When the delicate emotional center is warped by the stress of combat it needs healing. Too many combat veterans return home only to have the emotional manifest later into the physical body as a cascade of illness syndromes. You have chosen to break through the isolation of this modern world by volunteering to use your skills as a physician to heal that center of perfect energy and forestall the onset of the imperfect manifestation in the physical body.

This service to your fellowman is imbued in every good physician. Indeed it is an unselfish ministry of the highest order. This recalls a prior generation with its ethos of self sacrifice.

The mission statement of Ahepa contains six articles. The most important of these is the mission of Philanthropy-“love of people” and the Hellenic principle of “man’s commitment to humanity”. Your actions speak to these ideals.






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IT IS FOR THESE REASONS BROTHER JAMES, THAT WE HONOR YOU TODAY.


It is appropriate that this presentation takes place on the day that our Holy Orthodox Church commemorates the Pentecost, and follows the day in which our nation honors our National Symbol-The Flag of the United States of America-and the high ideals it represents.

With you go the prayers of your Parish community and of your Ahepa brothers for the safety of you and your family. May you always know that you are protected. May you always know that whatever you need will be provided. May you have life and wisdom.

WE PROUDLY PROCLAIM-“AXIOS”


PRESENTED ON THIS DAY, SUNDAY JUNE 15, 2008 TO AHEPAN BROTHER JAMES ANGELOS


PSG Lyle Hochberger DG John Triantafyllos PDG Peter Triantafyllos
PDG Costa Frangos George Alexiades Jim Arger
Thanasis Batalas Gregory P. Brown James P. Brown, D.C
Dr. G. Chachakos Gus B. Chachakos Jim Chachakos
Mathu P. Chrestenson Chris Compogiannis Steve Compogiannis
John P. Demourkas Peter J. Demourkas Costa S. Gastouniotis
Alex P. Haimanis Chris Hartman Anthony Kallas Ph.D
John Laury Gregory J Pantages Jr Geo Papazacharioudakis
Nick A. Pappas Bill Pertsulakis Sam Petronakis William E Poulis Esq Steve T Poulos Rev Fr Simon Thomas Ahileas Tziouvaras Paul Tziouvaras