Posted by Leo on 4/18/2008, 1:40 am
Metropolitan Archbishop PAUL of the Antiochian Archdiocese of Australia etc., in announcing the reception of the 6,000 in the Philippines on their website, requested donations to help with things there. He listed a bank account number for wire transfers, but those are costly, so I emailed him about sending a check the old-fashioned way. He says to make it out to "Archbishop Paul Saliba" and mail it addressed as follows:
Archbishop Paul Saliba
2 Brampton Avenue
Illawong NSW 2234
Sydney AUSTRALIA
He says he personally has an account in US dollars, but the Archdiocese does not, so if we send them made out to him personally, he will exchange them.
FWIW, his response was also very grateful and personable. According to the Archd.'s former website, he's 68 years old, from Lebanon, studied in Greece, and studied and worked here in the States from '68-99, including qualifying as an alcohol and drug addiction counselor to help parishioners and other Orthodox in the DC area, where he spent 20 years. Acc. to Orthodoxwiki, the Archd. went from 6 parishes in '99 to 34 last year, to which we can now add about an equal number in the Philippines!
Sincerely,
Leo
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