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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Sunday of the Samaritan Women
May 22
Sunday of the Paralytic
May 15
Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women
May 8
Thomas Sunday
May 1
Easter Sunday, Great and Holy Pascha
April 24
Great and Holy Pascha (Easter Sunday)
Holy Saturday
April 23
Holy Friday
April 22
Holy Thursday
April 21
Holy Wednesday
April 20
Holy Tuesday
April 19
Holy Monday
April 18
Begin the Journey to Holy Week, Palm Sunday
April 17
Palm Sunday
Sunday of Saint Mary of Egypt
April 10
Sunday of St. John Climacus
April 3
Sunday of the Holy Cross
March 27
Sunday of St Gregory Palamas
March 20
Sunday of Orthodoxy
March 13
Forgiveness Sunday (Cheesefare Sunday)
March 6