December 9, 2019
ΝΕΑ ΥΟΡΚΗ – Μετ᾽ ιδιαιτέρας συγκινήσεως η Ιερά Αρχιεπισκοπή Αμερικής ανακοινώνει την εν Κυρίω μακαρία κοίμηση του Γέροντος Εφραίμ, προηγουμένου της Ιεράς Μονής Φιλοθέου Αγίου Όρους, συμβάσα το παρελθόν Σάββατο, 7 Δεκεμβρίου ε.ε., στην Ιερά Μονή Αγ. Αντωνίου Αριζόνας, όπου εγκαταβιούσε ο αείμνηστος Γέροντας κατά τα τελευταία έτη.
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December 7, 2019
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, presided at the Archieratical Divine Liturgy at the Greek Orthodox Shrine Church of St. Nicholas in Flushing, NY, perhaps the largest parish of the Archdiocese, where many hundreds of faithful came to worship.
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December 5, 2019
NEW YORK – Representatives of Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches met Dec. 4, at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
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November 27, 2019
NEW YORK – The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America received with much gratitude today's official announcement from the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate that His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew together with the Holy and Sacred Synod welcomed the proposal of the Holy Eparchial Synod of our Archdiocese...
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November 25, 2019
NEW YORK – Today, we learned that the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced the arrest of Jerome “Jerry” Dimitriou, former Executive Director of Administration for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOARCH).
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November 21, 2019
NEW YORK – The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America announces the appointment of Rev. Fr. Gary Kyriacou as Director of Ionian Village.
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November 18, 2019
CHICAGO – During the Seventeenth National Philoptochos Children’s Medical Fund Luncheon held Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, designated the Sunday of the Good Samaritan each year (which is the 8th Sunday of Luke according to the Kanonion) as National Philoptochos Society Sunday.
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November 14, 2019
NEW YORK – On November 13, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros offered the keynote address at an Ecumenical Symposium titled “Truth does not fear dialogue,” hosted by...
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November 6, 2019
NEW YORK – His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will convene a national conference on Greek Education with the theme: “The Vision for Greek Education in the United States.”
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November 5, 2019
SYOSSET, NY – Archbishop Elpidophoros visited Metropolitan Tikhon, on Monday Nov. 4, 2019, at the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). The two hierarchs exchanged formal greetings in the St. Sergius Chapel.
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October 30, 2019
NEW YORK – At the October 17, 2019 Archdiocesan Council, Executive, and Finance Committee meetings, the Archdiocesan budget for 2020 was approved (2020 Adopted Budget) .
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October 25, 2019
NEW YORK – The New York Board of Rabbis (NYBR) welcomed Archbishop Elpidophoros and honored him at their post-sukkah reception, on October 23, 2019. The sukkot – a week-long festival that takes place five days after Yom Kippur – celebrates God’s protection of the Israelites as they fled bondage in Egypt.
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October 24, 2019
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese will celebrate the Feast Day of Saint Elpidophoros, patron saint of Archbishop Elpidophoros, on this, his first year as Archbishop of America.
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October 23, 2019
NEW YORK – The Chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, Rev. Protopresbyter Andreas Vithoulkas announces that His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros has appointed Dr. Anastasios Koularmanis, currently the Superintendent of Saint Demetrios Greek American School in Astoria, NY, as the new Director of Greek Education.
Read MoreOctober 21, 2019
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The National Council of Churches annual Christian Unity Gathering (CUG) and fall governing board meeting met in Newport News, Virginia from October 13-16, 2019. This year’s CUG remembered and lamented the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first people from Africa, who were immediately enslaved, with a ceremony at Point Comfort, the place of arrival. The Very Reverend Constantine Morales attended the ceremony as the representative of Archbishop Elpidophoros.
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October 21, 2019
NEW YORK – The faithful of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America glorify God as they receive with great joy the news from Mount Athos and our spiritual father, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who announced the forthcoming canonization of four Athonite fathers: Elders Ieronymos of Simonopetra, Daniel Katounakiotis, Joseph the Hesychast and Ephraim Katounakiotis.
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October 19, 2019
NEW YORK – His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided at the first Archdiocesan Council meeting following his election and enthronement as Archbishop.
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October 18, 2019
SOMERSET, NJ – On Thursday, October 17, 2019, His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeia, accompanied by Nicholas Anton, the Director of the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations of the GOA, attended the banquet of the 22nd Sobor (clergy-laity) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of
Read MoreOctober 17, 2019
NEW YORK - The Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America convened for their regular fall meeting, October 15-16, under the presidency of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and:
Read MoreΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΙΚΗ ΕΓΚΥΚΛΙΟΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ 45η ΕΠΕΤΕΙΟ ΤΗΣ ΕΙΣΒΟΛΗΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΥΠΡΟ
Ἀρ. Πρωτ.: 11/19 20 Ἰουλίου 2019
Πρὸς τοὺς Σεβασμιωτάτους καὶ Θεοφιλεστάτους Ἀρχιερεῖς, τοὺς Εὐλαβεστάτους Ἱερεῖς καὶ Διακόνους, τοὺς Μοναχοὺς καὶ Μοναχές, τοὺς Προέδρους καὶ τὰ μέλη τῶν Κοινοτικῶν Συμβουλίων, τοὺς Ἐντιμολογιωτάτους Ἄρχοντες τοῦ Οἰκουμενικοῦ Πατριαρχείου, τὰ Ἡμερήσια καὶ Ἀπογευματινὰ Σχολεῖα, τὶς Φιλοπτώχους Ἀδελφότητες, τὴν Νεολαία, τὶς Ἑλληνορθόδοξες Ὀργανώσεις καὶ ὁλόκληρο τὸ Χριστεπώνυμο πλήρωμα τῆς Ἱερᾶς Ἀρχιεπισκοπῆς Ἀμερικῆς
Προσφιλεῖς Ἀδελφοὶ καὶ Ἀδελφὲς ἐν Χριστῷ,
Ὅπως πολλοὶ ἀπὸ σᾶς γνωρίζετε, τὴν σημερινὴ ἡμέρα σηματοδοτεῖ ἕνα πολὺ σημαντικὸ γεγονὸς στὴν ἱστορία τῶν Ἑλλήνων καὶ τῆς Ὁμογενείας. Ἡ εἰσβολὴ τοῦ τουρκικοῦ στρατοῦ στὴν Κύπρο σαράντα-πέντε χρόνια πρίν, ἡ ἐκτόπιση τῶν κατοίκων της, οἱ ὁποῖοι ἔγιναν πρόσφυγες στὴν ἴδια τους τὴν πατρίδα, καὶ ὁ βίαιος διαχωρισμὸς τῆς νήσου παραμένουν ἕως καὶ σήμερα μία θλιβερὴ ἀδικία. Δὲν μποροῦμε νὰ ξεχάσουμε ὅτι ἡ Ἐκκλησία τῆς Κύπρου ἱδρύθηκε ἀπὸ τοὺς Ἀποστόλους Παῦλο, Βαρνάβα καὶ Μᾶρκο τὸν Εὐαγγελιστή, καὶ ὅτι εἶναι Ἐκκλησία, ἡ ὁποία ἀπέκτησε καθεστὼς αὐτοκεφαλίας μὲ ἀπόφαση Οἰκουμενικῆς Συνόδου (Ἔφεσος 431 μ.Χ.). Ὁ νησιωτικὸς αὐτὸς λαὸς μὲ ἱστορία πλέον τῶν δέκα χιλιάδων ἐτῶν, ἔχει ὑποφέρει πολλὰ διαμέσου τῶν αἰώνων ἀλλὰ ἔχει ἀντέξει ὅλων τῶν εἰδῶν τὶς δοκιμασίες καὶ τὶς ταλαιπωρίες.
Ὄχι μόνο ὡς Ὀρθόδοξοι ἀδελφοὶ καὶ ἀδελφές, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὡς ἁπλοὶ ἄνθρωποι πρέπει νὰ προσευχόμεθα γιὰ δίκαιη καὶ ἄμεση λύση γιὰ τὴν Κύπρο. Ἡ βία γεννᾶ μόνο βία, καὶ οἱ δυνάμεις καὶ τὰ κράτη ποὺ βρίσκονται πέραν τῶν ὑδάτων τῆς Κύπρου ὀφείλουν νὰ διαπραγματεύονται μαζί της καὶ νὰ μὴ παρεμβαίνουν. Τὴν εἰρήνη μποροῦν νὰ τὴν ἐπιτύχουν οἱ ἴδιοι οἱ Κύπριοι μόνοι τους.
Τὴν ἡμέρα αὐτή, καθὼς θρηνοῦμε τὴν ἀπώλεια ἀνθρώπων, τὴν καταστροφὴ μνημείων καὶ τὴ βία, ἡ ὁποία ποτὲ δὲν ἀποτελεῖ λύση γιὰ τὴν ἀνθρώπινη οἰκογένεια, ἂς προσφέρουμε κάτι παραπάνω ἀπὸ τὶς προσευχές μας, ἀφοῦ τιμοῦμε τὴ μνήμη ἐκείνων ποὺ ἀναπαύονται ἐν εἰρήνῃ. Ἂς συστρατευθοῦμε μὲ τοὺς συνανθρώπους μας, οἱ ὁποῖοι μποροῦν νὰ βοηθήσουν, καὶ ἂς ἐνθαρρύνουμε τοὺς ἔμπιστους συνεργᾶτες μας νὰ βροῦν λύσεις. Εἶναι πολλὰ αὐτὰ ποὺ μποροῦμε νὰ κάνουμε ὡς Ἀμερικανοὶ μέσῳ τῆς κυβερνήσεώς μας. Ἡ Κύπρος ἀποτελεῖ μὲν ἠθικὸ ζήτημα γιὰ κάθε ἄνθρωπο, περισσότερο ὅμως γιὰ μᾶς, ποὺ μᾶς ἑνώνει μὲ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς Κυπρίους ἡ κοινὴ πίστη καὶ ἀκόμη τὸ ἴδιο αἷμα.
Εἴθε ὁ Θεὸς νὰ δώσῃ γρήγορη καὶ δίκαιη λύση γιὰ ὅλους τοὺς Κυπρίους, καὶ νὰ τοὺς χαρίσει ἐλπίδα, δικαιοσύνη καὶ ἐθνικὴ συσπείρωση, ἡ ὁποία ὁδηγεῖ στὴν εἰρήνη καὶ στὴν εὐημερία γιὰ ὅλους.
Μὲ πατρικὴ ἀγάπη ἐν Κυρίῳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ,
✝ ὁ Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἀμερικῆς Ἐλπιδοφόρος