Milestones Apr. 25, 2005

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Died. Archbishop Iakovos, 93, primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in North and South America for 37 years, noted for leading the church into mainstream religious life; of a pulmonary illness; in Stamford, Conn. a Vietnam War protester who also marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Ala., he championed ecumenism; met with Jews, Muslims and Protestants; and in 1959, after the enthronement of Pope John XXIII, became the first Greek Orthodox Archbishop in 350 years to meet with a Roman Catholic prelate.

By Melissa August, Harriet Barovick and Elizabeth L. Bland