Archbishop Elpidophoros Homily at Great Vespers and Stavrophoria (HCHC 2023)

Tonight we adorn our celebrations for the Commencement of our precious Σχολή, with the awarding of Alumni Crosses to those observing their tenth, twenty-fifth, and fiftieth anniversaries of graduation. It truly is a moment when we see the march of the “long black line” of clergy and lay leaders who have emerged from the School with distinction and with their own distinctiveness.

May 19, 2023

Remarks by Archbishop Elpidophoros at the OCMC Banquet

What a wonderful event for our Orthodox Christian Mission Center, here at Saint Katherine in Falls Church! All of you are to be commended for your presence, but especially the organizers for OCMC and the Parish, who have made this evening possible. I would have liked to have been here for the Vespers, but I was delayed by today’s enthronement of His Eminence Metropolitan Saba, the new leader of the Antiochian Church in America.

May 17, 2023

Greetings by Archbishop Elpidophoros to the Clergy Laity Assembly and Philoptochos Convention & the Northern New Jersey Honoree Grand Banquet (2023)

Tonight we come together as one Metropolis – fifty two parishes and two hundred and fifty delegates from the communities and the Philoptochos chapters. We assemble in this festive meal to celebrate a successful Clergy laity Assembly and Philoptochos Convention, and to recognize those who minister in this Metropolis and the surrounding community with the spirit of love and service.

May 17, 2023

Archpastoral Exhortation to the Metropolis of New Jersey Clergy Laity Assembly and Philoptochos Convention

Once again we are assembled for the Clergy Laity Assembly of the Holy Metropolis of New Jersey. I have just returned from a pilgrimage to the Patriarchate of Alexandria, and I would share some of the inspiration that all of the pilgrims – received, from His Beatitude Patriarch Theodore, from the faithful clergy, and the lay leaders we encountered.

May 17, 2023

REMARKS By His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America at the Enthronement of His Eminence Metropolitan SABA

My Dear Brother, Metropolitan Saba,

In your precious and sacred person, I address the entire assembly of the Orthodox today, with special reference to the most honorable representatives of His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East: His Eminence Metropolitan Antonios and His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan.

May 13, 2023

Archbishop Elpidophoros Remarks at the Flag Raising Ceremony – Bowling Green

We have just marched with the Presidential Φρουρά from the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine, in order to gather here at Bowling Green, and raise the emblem of Greek Independence. We gave abundant thanks and praised God in our Doxology at Saint Nicholas, which stands – reborn – an image of the Renaissance of Greece that we mark in that most famous of years,  1821. Now, we have come to this place where, every year, the honor to raise our National Standard is afforded to our community, thanks to efforts of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of the Greater New York, and we thank them for their dedication to this occasion.

April 29, 2023

Archbishop Elpidophoros Remarks at the Doxology for the Greek Revolution In the Presence of the Presidential Guard

We have the tremendous honor this morning of receiving the Presidential Φρουρά here at the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine. This elite guard of the Hellenic Republic, who represent all the champions of Greece through the ages, are here as part of the solemnities we are celebrating to observe Greek Independence Day here in New York City.

April 29, 2023

Archbishop Elpidophoros Remarks at the Official Repatriation Event of Three Manuscripts to the Panagia Eikosiphoinissa Patriarchal and Stavropegial Monastery

Today, I rejoice to represent the Spiritual Father of the worldwide Orthodox Church, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, as we receive, in this transmission of manuscripts, an extraordinary example of honesty and responsibility. Truly, we are humbled by the openness and receptivity of our guests, here within the Pentelic Walls of the Saint Nicholas National Shrine.

April 29, 2023

Archbishop Elpidophoros - Eulogistic Remarks at the Trisagion for Father Angelo Artemas

Even in the midst of this pain and grief that we observe at this moment, we make our solemn affirmation: Christ is Risen! Even now, our beloved Father Angelo is joining in our declaration of Faith. His untimely and truly unjust passing from this world to the next cannot, and will not, silence his voice. In the heavens, his faith echoes throughout eternity.

April 24, 2023