One-time grants of up to $2,500 will be made available to those who are facing extreme financial hardship as a result of COVID-19.
Clergy
March 28, 2020
A series of digital toolkits to aid parishes during the COVID19 crisis. This toolkit includes: 1) Online Giving: A COVID-19 toolkit for parishes; 2) How to add online donations to your web site with PayPal: A step-by step guide; 3) Facebook Digital Toolkit for Faith Communities, which outlines live broadcasting, donations, and more tools Facebook offers for Churches. Read More
Center for Family Care
February 28, 2020
Fifteen years ago, a Greek Orthodox parish began small fellowship groups that met regularly in parishioner homes. Today, the ministry continues and the benefits are worth hearing! Read More
Center for Family Care
January 7, 2020
The Clergy Initiative, a ministry of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Center for Family Care, is pleased to announce the launch of the first-ever Parish Council Nominee Training Video Series. Read More
Center for Family Care
January 7, 2020
The Clergy Initiative Parish Council Nominee Training Video Series for the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago Read More
Center for Family Care
January 7, 2020
The Clergy Initiative Parish Council Nominee Training Video Series for the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey Read More
Center for Family Care
January 7, 2020
The Clergy Initiative Parish Council Nominee Training Video Series for the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco Read More
Center for Family Care
January 7, 2020
The Clergy Initiative Parish Council Nominee Training Video Series for the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Pittsburgh Read More
Center for Family Care
January 7, 2020
The Clergy Initiative Parish Council Nominee Training Video Series for the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Detroit Read More
Center for Family Care
January 7, 2020
The Clergy Initiative Parish Council Nominee Training Video Series for the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta Read More
Center for Family Care
January 7, 2020
The Clergy Initiative Parish Council Nominee Training Video Series for the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Denver Read More
Center for Family Care
January 7, 2020
The Clergy Initiative Parish Council Nominee Training Video Series for the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston Read More
Center for Family Care
January 7, 2020
The Clergy Initiative Parish Council Nominee Training Video Series for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and Greek Orthodox Direct Archdiocesan District. Read More
Press Office
September 5, 2019
The implementation and enforcement of the Policies for the Safety of Children and Youth take another step forward towards the goal of ensuring that every ministry and event is physically, emotionally, and spiritually safe and healthy for the children of all Greek Orthodox Churches in America. Read More
Church Leadership
June 10, 2019
As a first step in gauging the efficacy of the investments made by the Archdiocese in its Ministries, the Archdiocese commissioned Barna Group, a leading research group that works with faith-based organizations, to perform a study with two phases. The objective of the research was to determine which Ministries are found to be the most useful to users and should be maintained, perceptions of the value of those Ministries and where investments should be made, reduced or eliminated to optimize the use of Total Commitment funding. Read More
Church Leadership
November 7, 2016
As Orthodox Christians, we have been given a sacred trust. We have received the treasure of the Gospel – the Good News of Jesus Christ. With this sacred trust comes the great responsibility to share it. Read More
Registry
January 1, 2016
2015 Registry Statistics of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Read More
Parish Council
December 31, 2015
A guidebook for Parish Councils and an Organizational Chart of the GOA Read More
Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries (Y2AM)
December 7, 2015
Obtaining references can be possibly a difficult task during in screening and selection. Here is Microsoft Word Document containing a sample set of Guidelines for Reference Check, it can help you gain the best information possible during such a screening. Read More
Center for Family Care
October 1, 2015
Just as the Divine Liturgy (which literally means work of the people) is an on-going dialogue of prayer chanted between priest and laity in the presence of God, Philoxenia is an on-going dialogue of love lived between the priest, his family and the parish members in the presence of God and the larger community of witnesses outside the church. It is in this sense also a kind of evangel testifying to whether Christ is segregated to Sunday Liturgy, or is a relationship of love entered into and received through one another in daily life. Read More
Church Leadership
December 7, 2010
Social Networking and Digital Communication Policy for Volunteers and Youth Workers. Read More