Big George Floyd died a martyr's death at hands of a murderer. The Greek Orthodox church has historically stood in support of civil rights and a famous photograph proves that it has collaborated with the late Martin Luther King, Jr. Eastern Orthodox Christians of all colors and nationalities have a home in the Greek church, including Africans and those of Middle Eastern descent. The Ku Klux Klan did not only target African-Americans, they also committed violence and vandalism against Greek churches, burning crosses at the site of the original Greek Orthodox Church in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. I plea to our church leaders to take a stand and show solidarity with all persons of color in the United States in this time of crisis.

the below passage is from a George Floyd Obituary on BuzzFeed.News:

“One day it’s going to be you and God. You’re going up or you’re going down,” George Floyd says in a video circulating on social media in which he calls on young people to avoid gun violence.

Floyd, 46, died in police custody on Monday after a white police officer pushed his knee into his neck on the ground outside a supermarket in Minneapolis. Video footage showed Floyd saying "I can't breathe" until he became unresponsive, but even then the officer continued to keep him in a neck hold.