{"id":5884,"date":"2025-04-02T17:29:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T17:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/pompeo-to-receive-archons-2025-athenagoras-human-rights-award\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T17:29:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T17:29:51","slug":"pompeo-to-receive-archons-2025-athenagoras-human-rights-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/pompeo-to-receive-archons-2025-athenagoras-human-rights-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompeo to receive Archons\u2019 2025 Athenagoras Human Rights Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1265946\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hah-pompeo-320x200.jpg?v=1743604931\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hah-pompeo.jpg?v=1743604931\" alt=\"Pompeo to receive Archons\u2019 2025 Athenagoras Human Rights Award\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hah-pompeo-960x600.jpg?v=1743604932\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[J. Mindala]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">The Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate have announced that the 2025 Athenagoras Human Rights Award will be presented to former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.<\/p>\n<p>National Commander of the Archons Dr. Anthony J. Limberakis released a statement noting that Pompeo\u2019s record of defending human rights around the world, as well as his advocacy for the rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and religious minorities in Turkey, makes him a deserving recipient of the award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecretary Pompeo has consistently demonstrated a heartfelt and deeply informed concern for the rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and all of the religious minorities in Turkey, as well for the plight of all those around the world who have suffered for exercising their freedom of conscience,\u201d Limberakis said, highlighting Pompeo\u2019s visit in 2020 to the Ecumenical Patriarchate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout his lifetime of public service, Secretary Pompeo has been a staunch and steadfast defender of human rights, and is thus a richly deserving recipient of the Athenagoras Human Rights Award,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The award ceremony will take place on Saturday, October 18, 2025, during the Archons\u2019 annual Athenagoras Human Rights Award black-tie banquet at the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel in New York City.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Previous recipients include former president Joe Biden, former president Jimmy Carter, former president George H. W. Bush and first lady Barbara Bush and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/foreign-policy\/1265946\/pompeo-to-receive-archons-2025-athenagoras-human-rights-award\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[J. Mindala] The Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate have announced that the 2025 Athenagoras Human Rights Award will be presented to former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. National Commander of the Archons Dr. Anthony J. 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