Message
September 24, 2022
This is the day that the Lord has made! Let us rejoice and be glad in it!* Indeed, what a joy it is for me personally to be here in Seattle, with the vibrant Greek Orthodox Communities of the American Northwest. Read More
Orthodox Observer
September 24, 2022
The Greek Orthodox Church of Zoodohos Peghe hosted a special cultural event on Wednesday, September 21, commemorating 100 years since the Asia Minor Catastrophe. Free and open to the public, “Memories, Sounds, and Life,” aimed to share the enduring music, culture, and history of Asia Minor’s Greek population with the community in the Bronx. His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, Consul General of Greece the Honorable Konstantinos Konstantinou, and Consul General of Cyprus the Honorable Michalis Firillas opened the evening with remarks. Read More
Address
September 23, 2022
Tonight, the Federation of Cypriot American Organizations gathers together in celebration of its solidarity as a community, and with the desire to honor a fellow countryman with its highest honor. You are bestowing the Lifetime Achievement Award upon the Distinguished Professor Kyriakos A. Athanasiou – holder of the Henry Samueli Chair in Engineering at the University of California Irvine, and member of both the National Academy of Inventors and the National Academy of Medicine. Read More
Department of Religious Education (DRE)
September 23, 2022
This week, find insights about the upcoming Gospel reading where the Lord recruits His first four disciples. But why does the Lord command His disciples to go on a fishing trip? Read More
Orthodox Observer
September 23, 2022
On September 23, 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros welcomed two new Metropolis of New Jersey Vicars for a blessing on their new assignements: Archimandrite Nektarios Cottros, Vicar of New Jersey, serves as the Proistamenos of St. George Church in Piscataway; Read More
Orthodox Observer
September 23, 2022
On Thursday, September 22, 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros met with former Ambassador of the United States to Greece, and new Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, Geoffrey Pyatt in New York City. Read More
News Release
September 23, 2022
There was no need to travel all the way to the Aegean this past weekend to experience Greek hospitality, culture, and food. Locals only had to attend the annual Greek Festival, hosted since 1973 by the Greek Orthodox Holy Trinity Church in New Rochelle. Participants had many diverse activities to choose from. Read More
Department of Communications
September 22, 2022
NEW YORK— Today, September 22, 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed His Excellency Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Mrs. Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki to the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at the World Trade Center. Read More
Department of Religious Education (DRE)
September 22, 2022
The Department of Religious Education (DRE) of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, is pleased to announce that the Metropolis of New Jersey will host the 39th Annual St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival Nationals at the St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Clifton, NJ, on the weekend of June 9 to 11, 2023. Read More
Orthodox Observer
September 21, 2022
Today, at the Archdiocese, the Rev. Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Throne George Kasapoglou received the Archbishop’s blessing upon his assignment Read More
Address
September 21, 2022
I know that I speak for everyone in this room, when I say that we are all so very pleased to have this opportunity to share the afternoon with you, especially in the very busy days of the United Nations General Assembly. Read More
Orthodox Observer
September 21, 2022
On Wednesday, September 21, 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros received Mr. Spilios Livanos, Read More
News Release
September 21, 2022
Baltimore, MD – With the blessing and permission of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, and by the hands of His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeia, Konstantinos Loukas, the Youth Director of the Metropolis of New Jersey, was ordained to the Holy Diaconate on Saturday, September 17, 2022. Read More
Orthodox Observer
September 21, 2022
Come to know the fellowship of Orthodoxy on Tap NYC. Join on September 27th for a discussion with guest speaker Fr. Demetrios Kazakis at Kyma Hudson Yards. "Food is on us!" Read More
News Release
September 21, 2022
With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios, Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Mobile, AL will host a regional Music Conference & Workshop presented by the Archdiocesan School of Byzantine Music on November 5, 2022 from 11:00 AM until 4:00 PM. Read More
Encyclical
September 21, 2022
This month of September is replete with commemorations that define us as a People, even as they are hard to bear because of the loss and devastation. We just passed the twenty-first memorial of September Eleventh, and we are now upon the one hundredth anniversary of the Asia Minor Holocaust that cost so many lives and changed the face of the Greeks across the Hellespont in Pontos and the coasts of Asia Minor. Read More
Orthodox Observer
September 20, 2022
On Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at the Archdiocese, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Mr. Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla. Read More
Orthodox Observer
September 20, 2022
On Tuesday, September 20, 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros welcomed to the Archdiocese the Former Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. George Papandreou. Read More
Message
September 20, 2022
I am delighted to be with you today, to help you commence this academic year with the Servie of Agiasmos, in order to sanctify and bless all of your efforts here at the wonderful Greek-American Institute at our precious Parish of Zoodochos Peghe. Read More
Orthodox Observer
September 20, 2022
On Saturday, September 17, students, faculty, and administration at the Greek School of Sts. Constantine and Helen in Jackson Heights and the Greek School of Plato in Brooklyn andreceived a blessing for the new school year from His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros during the service of the Agiasmos. Read More
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