Biography

Andrew Veniopoulos has a long a distinguished career in serving the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the Eastern Orthodox Church in general.  He has been instrumental in coordinating all aspects of the trips of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the United States and around the world since His All-Holiness’ first visit to the United States in 1997. He has coordinated on behalf of His All Holiness, meetings with every sitting President of the United States since 1997, United Nations Secretary General, and foreign leaders from Mexico, Cuba, Israel, and Palestine, to name a few.

In 2014, he worked with his fellow co-founders of His All Holiness’s meeting with His Holiness Pope Francis in Jerusalem, Israel.  In 2016, he coordinated a “Trip of Peace” to the island of Lesvos to raise awareness of the issue involving thousands of refugees with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Pope Francis, and Archbishop Ieronimos of Athens among the participants. Also in 2016, he served as logistics coordinator for the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, which took place on the island of Crete in Greece.  He served as Project Executive for the Friends of Saint Nicholas, overseeing all aspects of the completion of construction of the Saint Nicholas National Shrine.  He was recently appointed as the Executive Director of the Saint Nicholas National Shrine.

Andrew is native and currently resides in New York City, where he attended New York University, majoring in Politics and Philosophy.