He lobbied Congress in favor of the Civil Rights Act and marched beside Dr. Martin Luther King in Selma on that historic day in 1965. In 1974. he initiated a massive campaign to assist Greek Cypriot refugees following the invasion of Cyprus by Turkish forces. and he has forcefully spoken out against the violation of human rights by oppressive governments throughout the world. An ardent ecumenist. lakovos was the first Greek Orthodox Archbishop to visit the Pope in 350 years when he was received by Pope John XXIII at the Vatican in 1959. Ten years later. he was the first Greek Orthodox Archbishop to preach in St.
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