The Athenagoras Human Rights Award 2024 was awarded to Iulia Navalnaya by Archbishop of America Elpidophoros, who in the past had criticized the tactics of the Patriarchate of Mashas, ​​which he has called to abandon fantasies and align with both the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the other Orthodox Churches.

Approaching the bench of the State of New York’s highest legal authority, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America counseled the court, “[God is] the source and foundation of the law” and “and He asks only that we do justly, and practice love and mercy, compassion and understanding,” opening the investiture ceremony of three new associate Judges—Madeline Singas, Anthony Cannataro, and Shirley Troutman, who are the most recently appointed Associate Judges of the New York State Court of Appeals on April 5, 2022.