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Featured Speakers

This year's Clergy Laity Congress features impactful ministry panels and workshops designed to equip delegates with the tools, resources, and inspiration needed to strengthen parishes and foster thriving communities. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue, gaining valuable insights and practical strategies to enhance their local ministries. The Congress aims to empower participants with a renewed sense of purpose and vision, ensuring the ongoing growth and vitality of their parishes and the broader Orthodox Christian community. Throughout the week, there are a wide number of topics being addressed in both Ministry Panels and Workshops.

Demetri Papacostas

Demetri Papacostas

Demetri Papacostas

Biography

Demetri Papacostas is Parish Council President of the St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at Ground Zero in NY. Along with the Proestamino, the Executive Director and the amazing staff, they are resurrecting the parish and community of St Nicholas, and creating a national and international platform to share Orthodoxy and Hellenism with the world.

He, and his wife Susan, are gratefully and passionately participating in many of our Orthodox and Hellenic institutions and community initiatives, including running marriage seminars for the Archdiocesan District. Mr  Papacostas is on the Board of Directors of IOCC, the Board of Trustees for HCHC and the Board of Directors of HABA.

Demetri is a professor of finance at City University of New York and is involved in the Energy Transition. His career spans decades in Foreign Exchange Derivatives trading and structuring at JPMorganChase, BOA, ABN Amro, and Bloomberg LP.

He has published many articles and has written the preeminent book on FX Options, “Foreign Exchange Options and Risk Management: Market Dynamics, Models and Human Behaviour.”

Mr. Papacostas received a BA from New York University in Economics and Computer Science, and an MBA from Pace University.
 

47th Biennial
Clergy-Laity Congress
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America