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3 Men and a Bible #35 | Sunday of Orthodoxy
Join Fr Panagiotis Boznos, Nick Lionas, and Steve Christoforou for their weekly Orthodox Christian Bible Study, "3 Men and a Bible."
Feastday of Zoodohos Peghe in the Bronx
Parish Highlight: Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church Campbell, Ohio
Green GOYA Initiative Blooms at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Saturday of Lazarus Retreat
Metropolis of Chicago, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chicago, and the Hellenic Society of Constantinople Present Commemoration of the Fall of Constantinople May 16
The 2024 Spring Edition of the Ionian Village Alumni Magazine, the Golden Bridge, is out now!
St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church in South Bend, IN Holds Blood Drive
Donate Blood and Save a Life at the 2024 Clergy-Laity Congress
Statement of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America on the Conversion of the Monastery of Chora to a Mosque
Did You Know? Name Days May 6
Sunday Sermon Series Thomas Sunday May 12
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