http://www.goarch.org Encyclicals from Archbishop Demetrios of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. daily 1 2008-05-30T11:03:17Z http://www.goarch.org/news/encyclicallent2010 We begin this holy season of the year in anticipation of the great spiritual blessings that we will receive through a deeper commitment to God and through our repentance and humility as we live each day in His divine presence. Great and Holy Lent is a very treasured period, filled with moments in which we can focus our hearts and minds on the grace of God. Through daily prayer, fasting, worship, and offering for the needs of others, and by the grace of God our lives will continue to be transformed by Him and our souls will be drawn closer to our Lord Jesus Christ. No publisher nmorrow release encyclical lentpascha 2010-02-11T20:55:00Z Article http://www.goarch.org/news/scoba-missionencycl-02-05-2010 The Lenten fast that precedes the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha is upon us. Like the dawn of a new day, the beginning of this 40-day journey provides opportunities for us to recommit ourselves and our whole lives to Christ our God. The Sunday before Great Lent, February 14th, 2010, is Mission Sunday.... No publisher spapagermanos release encyclical scoba lentpascha 2010-02-05T17:05:00Z Article http://www.goarch.org/news/stphodiosencyclicalel-en On this feast day of Saint Photios the Confessor, we have the blessed opportunity to honor the life and work of an amazing Patriarch and Theologian of our Holy Orthodox Church. We also commend the witness of our beloved Saint Photios National Shrine in St. Augustine, Florida. This relationship of the name of a great Father of the Church and the Shrine was initiated in 1969 by Archbishop Iakovos of North and South America. Together with leaders and donors of our Greek Orthodox Church in America, he recognized the historical significance of the Shrine, which was a place of worship for a small group of Greek immigrants in the late eighteenth century. No publisher nmorrow release encyclical 2010-02-01T18:16:21Z Article http://www.goarch.org/news/threehierarchsencyclicalel-en In this first month of the new year we are blessed to have in the calendar of our Holy Orthodox Church the commemoration of the Three Great Hierarchs and Ecumenical Teachers, St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom. On this day of their feast, we honor the lives and witness of these holy and brilliant men, who brought glory to God through their amazing service to the people in the name of Christ. Their lives offer to us a genuine image of the power of the Gospel, the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ, as they each believed in Him to the depths of their hearts, souls, and minds and as they were transformed by His presence into godly men imbued with divine power and wisdom. No publisher nmorrow release encyclical 2010-01-27T20:59:07Z Article http://www.goarch.org/news/haitiencyclical%20-01-13-2010 In response to this tragedy, I ask first and foremost of the faithful of the Greek Orthodox Church in America to offer their fervent prayers for the people of Haiti. No publisher spapagermanos release encyclical 2010-01-13T23:07:45Z Article http://www.goarch.org/news/stbasilsencyclical2010-en We greet the beginning of this new year and the end of the first decade of the new millennium in the grace and strength of our Lord. The coming of the New Year is always accompanied by a variety of emotions and concerns, as well as goals and plans. It is a time for reflecting on the past and anticipating what the year may bring. As we look back and forward in our thoughts, it is essential that we be mindful of the centrality of Christ and our spiritual well-being in all that we do. For reflection and anticipation are both characteristics of our lives as Orthodox Christians. No publisher nmorrow release encyclical 2009-12-30T15:30:18Z Article http://www.goarch.org/news/patriarchalchristmas09encyclical-en No publisher nmorrow release encyclical 2009-12-16T17:05:09Z Article http://www.goarch.org/news/archbishopschristmas09ecnyclical-en On this holy feast of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, we gather in joyous celebration of the One who gives us rebirth and new life. We offer praise to God for His abundant grace and for His divine plan for our redemption and salvation. No publisher spapagermanos release encyclical 2009-12-16T16:00:00Z Article http://www.goarch.org/news/thanksgivingencyclical2009 This holiday, a traditional American day of thanksgiving to God, has been celebrated for generations, through times of peace and security and in times of great crisis and tragedy. Under all circumstances of life and at all times, it has been a day that offers an enduring witness to the power of thankfulness. No publisher nmorrow release encyclical 2009-11-19T19:30:58Z Article http://www.goarch.org/news/encyclical11082009 No publisher nmorrow release encyclical 2009-11-03T11:59:27Z Article http://www.goarch.org/news/stscosmasdamianencyclical-en On this day when we commemorate the Holy Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian, we are reminded by the lives and deeds of these two saints of the beautiful parable of our Lord concerning the Good Samaritan. In the Gospel of Luke we read of the compassion of the Samaritan who tended the wounds of the injured traveler and arranged for his care until he was healed. No publisher nmorrow release encyclical 2009-10-28T15:19:24Z Article http://www.goarch.org/news/encyclicalfor28ofoctoberel-en With gracious hearts for our blessed faith and heritage, we observe the annual commemoration of OXI Day once again. The significance of our remembrance of this special day originated in a firm stand against the forces of tyranny and oppression that threatened Greece and the world in 1940. It is also inextricably linked to our identity as Hellenes and Orthodox Christians. No publisher nmorrow release encyclical 2009-10-21T19:43:26Z Article http://www.goarch.org/news/l100sunday2009 No publisher nmorrow release encyclical 2009-10-02T20:22:49Z Article http://www.goarch.org/news/exhaltationofholycross-09-11-2009 I greet you in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ on the Feast of the Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, a major Feast of our Holy Orthodox Church which we commemorate each year on September 14. No publisher spapagermanos release encyclical 2009-09-11T16:53:02Z Article http://www.goarch.org/news/newecclesyrencyclical-07-21-2009 We give thanks to God for the beginning of this Ecclesiastical New Year and for His abundant blessings, which fill our hearts with gratitude, deepen our faith, and strengthen our souls. No publisher spapagermanos release encyclical 2009-08-24T16:00:00Z Article