Roots of the Franko-Latin Church (Greek)

Details: Created on Saturday, 06 March 2010 22:29

Fr. Pavlos Stratigeas (the future Metropolitan of America) interviews Athanasios Sakarellos on the subject of the origins of the terms, "Roman Catholic", and "Greek Orthodox".

NOTE: This program is in Greek and was taped in March of 1988 at the Cathedral of St. Markella in New York City.

Part I

Part II

Part III

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