The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, with its headquarters located in the City of New York, is an Eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, The mission of the Archdiocese is to proclaim the Gospel of Christ, to teach and spread the Orthodox Christian faith, to energize, cultivate, and guide the life of the Church in the United States of America according to the Orthodox Christian faith and tradition.
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His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros (Lambriniadis) of America was born in 1967 in Bakirköy, Istanbul.
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Lazarus Saturday
April 27
Small and Great Compline
April 18
Prostrations
April 10
Entering The Church
April 4
Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas (Second Triumph of Orthodoxy)
March 31
Beginning of Lent from the Early Church
March 30
Sunday of Orthodoxy
March 24
Salutations
March 22
Presanctified Liturgy
March 20
Clean Monday
March 18
Lenten Prayer
March 17
Memory Eternal
March 16
Cheesefare Week
March 11
Kollyva
March 5
Meatfare Week
Fast-Free Week (First Week of the Triodion)
February 28
Triodion
February 25