Center for Family Care
June 14, 2021
It's time once again to Soak Up the Son! Join us this summer as we focus on our calling to "Go Forth" as apostles in the world. This isn’t an invitation for a select few; we are all called to share the light of Christ and this summer we will explore how we can do that. Read More
Center for Family Care
June 10, 2021
Presvytera Melanie continues her conversation with William Christy, this time including his father and mother, Father Paul and Presvytera Mary, and his twin sister, Gabriella. Each family member shares their personal perspective related to William's diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy - the joys, challenges, and the way their love for God and His love for them was made manifest through their experiences. Read More
Center for Family Care
June 7, 2021
How can we find light in times of darkness? How can we be a light? How can we help our families become lights in darkness? Join us as we discuss these questions and more in this GOA Center for Family Care webinar. Read More
Outreach and Evangelism Ministries
May 28, 2021
"Parish Leadership" is a series of 1-hour presentations on various aspects of parish leadership. Each 1-hour talk is offered with natural 15-minute sections to permit parish councils and ministry leaders to watch all or part of each video as time allows. Read More
Center for Family Care
April 28, 2021
William Christy - On Faith, Wheelchair Basketball, and How The Teachings of the Fathers Shape His Response to His Disability. Presvytera Melanie speaks with William Christy about being a young adult with Cerebral Palsy, a PK (priest's kid), his love for English Literature, Wheelchair Basketball, and how the teachings of the Fathers of the Church encourage him and inform his worldview. Read More
Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries (Y2AM)
April 13, 2021
Jesus tells us that He came to shed His blood and "give His life as a ransom for many.” But what exactly does that mean? What does the Orthodox Church teach about atonement? Read More
Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries (Y2AM)
April 5, 2021
We often think of faith as meaning either "certainty" (confidence that some idea is true) or "religiosity" (participation in a group's activities). But the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent is dedicated to Saint John Climacus, and the top rung of his "Ladder of Divine Ascent" describes faith. Read More
Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries (Y2AM)
March 18, 2021
After weeks of learning about forgiveness and pride and judgment, we begin Great Lent with a Sunday dedicated to icons. Why? On one level, this is the anniversary of the triumph over Iconoclasm in 843 AD. But there's more to this triumph than meets the eye. Read More
Center for Family Care
March 17, 2021
Presvytera Melanie speaks with Presvytera Elaine Stavropoulos regarding her daughter's Autism diagnosis, and the ministry to families with disabilities which blossomed forth as a result. Read More
Center for Family Care
February 24, 2021
Fr Alex Goussetis speaks with Prevytera Melanie DiStefanos about the launching of a new podcast series that is dedicated to special needs families. Read More
Center for Family Care
February 16, 2021
While parenting doesn’t end when your child becomes an adult, it DOES change! Whether you are parenting an adult child or you are one yourself, the principles that are discussed in this webinar will be helpful to all who listen. Read More
Video
February 9, 2021
The fourth webinar in the Greening the Parish series of the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations features young adults’ hopes for the present and future as they work to protect God’s Creation. Read More
Video
February 9, 2021
The third webinar in the Greening the Parish series of the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations presents ways and practices to advocate for creation care in our communities. Read More
Video
February 9, 2021
The second webinar in the Greening the Parish series of the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations offers insights into best practices of ecumenical partner churches. Read More
Video
February 9, 2021
The first webinar in the Greening the Parish series of the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations focuses on what is currently happening in parishes, what has been effective, and what is possible. Read More
Video
January 27, 2021
On Monday, January 25, 2021, the Archdiocese held a webinar entitled "Economic Aid Act and how parishes can avail themselves of the new Paycheck Protection Program loans and Employee Retention Credits." These economic stimulus programs from the Federal government are available to assist many of our parishes as they continue to meet the financial challenges of the pandemic. Read More
Video
January 20, 2021
The wounds of centuries of slavery have not been fully overcome simply because there was a Civil War, or because there was Reconstruction, or when the Voting Rights Act was signed. Justice takes hard work over generations, and as Christians, we are called to that work. #MLKDay Read More
Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries (Y2AM)
December 15, 2020
2020 has been a rough year. Why does God allow bad things to happen? Why do bad things happen even to good people? People have struggled with theodicy (the problem of evil and suffering) for centuries. Read More
Video
December 14, 2020
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America joins Rabbi Noam Marans, AJC Director of Interreligious and Intergroup Relations, for a Hanukkah conversation on rising antisemitism, Eastern Mediterranean geopolitics, including the strong cooperative bond between Israel, Greece, and Cyprus, faith during this challenging holiday season, and Orthodox Christian-Jewish relations. Read More
Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries (Y2AM)
December 7, 2020
What does it really mean to be a man or a woman? Society usually gives us two extremes: to accept every gender stereotype (no matter how superficial), or to completely reject the differences between male and female (no matter how obvious). Read More