Source: Los Angeles Times

On April 29, 2000, the Los Angeles Times published an article on Archbishop Demetrios' first Easter message since becoming the leader of the Greek Orthodox Church of America. Archbishop Demetrios spoke out against "the lure of modern attitudes toward the human body." Demetrios continued: "We live in an age which glorifies and pampers the body, one which makes any and every effort to combat the aging process, to preserve the fleeting beauty of our nature, and to deny the painful sting of our mortality."