New York, NY, September 2023 – Hon. Michael R. Pompeo, 70th U.S. Secretary of State, will receive the Freedom Award at the 2023 Federation of American Cypriot Organizations (FCAO) Annual Testimonial Dinner. The testimonial dinner hosted by FCAO will take place on Friday, September 22, 2023 at Terrace on the Park and is co-chaired by His Excellency Mr. Nikos Christodoulides, President of the Republic of Cyprus and His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America.
The FCAO Freedom Prize recognizes individuals who defend world peace, religious freedom, human rights and democracy and support the national interests of Cyprus and Greece.
Over the years, the FCAO has rewarded esteemed personalities by awarding them various prizes. Past winners include His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America, then-US Senator Joseph Biden, former Greek Prime Minister Mr. Costas Karamanlis, Nikos Kotzias, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic, l ‘American Jewish Council (AJC), many U.S. senators and members of the United States
House of Representatives and prominent American businessmen, academics and philanthropists.
About the Federation of American Cypriot Organizations
The Federation of Cypriot American Organizations (FCAO) is a nonprofit umbrella organization representing 28 Greek Cypriot American organizations across the United States. Its mission is to develop good relations and solidarity between its sections, to promote their common objectives, to represent their interests and to coordinate their social, educational, philanthropic and cultural activities. FCAO undertakes and promotes charitable activities primarily within the Cypriot-American and Greek-American communities; preserves and promotes the Greek language and Greek Cypriot history in the United States; supports the leadership of the Greek Orthodox Church in the United States in establishing and preserving Greek-American identity and the Greek Orthodox faith in the United States; and preserves and promotes Greek Cypriot cultural heritage in the United States.
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