December 23, 2021
This Christmas, let us celebrate these gifts, together with all of the other spiritual gifts that we receive from our Heavenly Father. He sent His Only-Begotten Son to be with us – beginning in the Cave in Bethlehem, but continuing in the cave of every human heart. And all we need to do is to humbly receive this gift, and then to practice sharing it and giving it away to others freely.
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December 22, 2021
On Sunday, December 19th, 2021, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, the Department of Religious Education held its first Speaker Series about no other than the Nativity of Christ.
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December 21, 2021
Registration is open for the 16th Annual Metropolis of San Francisco Young Adult Winter Retreat in Lake Tahoe, January 14 – 17, 2022. The theme for the retreat is “Citizens of the Desert: Embracing our Role as Christian Witnesses to our World” with guest speaker Thomaida Hudanish.
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December 16, 2021
This week’s “How-to” Green Your Parish episode features Dr. George Nassos “Greening Your Parish – UCapture” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy1_30RzBfE
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December 13, 2021
We are pleased to announce the arrival of the Ieratikon as published by the Ecumenical Patriarchate! This essential text, designed for use by the Clergy, includes the liturgies of St. John Chrysostom, St. Basil the Great and the Presanctified Gifts.
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December 10, 2021
In the spirit of giving, the Department of Religious Education of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is pleased to present another Series. This newest one is the Speaker Series.
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December 10, 2021
This is the season of Parish Council elections throughout the Archdiocese. Well-intended, faithful parishioners are invited to “run” for the parish council. Suddenly thrust into the spotlight as a candidate, with photo and biography published in the parish bulletin and web site, candidates come to church with a new, distracting self-awareness. Offering to serve, but with the possibility of rejection looming in the approaching election, the willing candidate enters a strange state of limbo awaiting election day.
Read MoreDecember 9, 2021
This week’s “How-to” Green Your Parish episode features Franchesca Duval “Clothing, Water, and Waste”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iiv7PngW0KE
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December 8, 2021
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America received Bishop Apostolos of Medeia at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America headquarters. Bishop Apostolos departs for Greece to lead the team that will begin distributing the Greece Fires Relief Fund.
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December 6, 2021
While I had wanted to have this Divine Liturgy in the Shrine itself, so as to continue our journey to the full opening of the Church – inaugurated by the blessing of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew just last month – it was necessary for us to allow for construction to proceed apace.
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December 3, 2021
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America’s Department of Internet Ministries has updated the Advent Resources section of GOARCH.org.
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The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is pleased to announce that it has granted approximately $300,000 in scholarships to those in need of financial assistance in 2021.
Read MoreNovember 23, 2021
On November 22, 2021, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America convened the Holy Eparchial Synod via video conference for a regularly scheduled meeting.
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November 22, 2021
Dear friends and supporters of Saint Basil Academy, We hope that this newsletter finds you safe and well. We miss seeing everyone’s faces on campus due to ongoing Covid restrictions, but please know that you are in our hearts and minds always. And we can’t wait to see you again once things open up!
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November 19, 2021
With new leadership for the Department of Religious Education comes a new initiative. The Department of Religious Education of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is pleased to announce the launch of the Sunday Sermon Series.
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This week’s “How-to” Green Your Parish episode features Franchesca Duval “It’s Not Politics!”
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I greet you with a salutation of hope and peace in our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ. I would like to share my heartfelt joy to be with you today, my brother bishops of the USCCB, for the first time in the history of our Sister Churches’ relation in this country; I am very grateful to His Excellency, the Most Reverend José H. Gomez Archbishop of Los Angeles, USCCB President, for his fraternal invitation to offer my humble remarks at the end of this session, but also to His Excellency to the Most Reverend David Talley Bishop of Memphis, Chairman of the Bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, for facilitating our presence tonight.
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November 9, 2021
On Monday night, November 8, 2021, the first day of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's return from the United States, President Joe Biden called His All-Holiness to ask about his health and return trip to Constantinople.
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This week’s “How-to” Green Your Parish episode features the parish of St. Paul in Hempstead, NY “Learning from our Parishes”
Read MoreOctober 21, 2021
This week’s “How-to” Green Your Parish episode features Steve Christoforou “Creation and Youth Ministry - Practical Tips”
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