In recognition of Juneteenth, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America issued the following message via his social media accounts: “Today we observe Juneteenth, the day that marks the emancipation of the last enslaved African Americans in Texas in 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. It is a day of truth-telling and of remembrance. For generations, men, women, and children were held in bondage and denied the freedom that is t…
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