My Beloved Christians – brothers and sisters in the Lord, I am truly delighted to be with you today, at this magnificent Cathedral of Ἀγία Σοφία – the Mother Church of South-East Florida. I am especially pleased that I can be here for this celebration of your remarkable program of the restoration of the Cathedral,…

Archbishop Elpidophoros Meets with New AHEPA Supreme President Mr. Jimmy Kokotas and the Executive Director of AHEPA Mr. Basil Mossaidis at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in New York City. (September 17, 2021) goarch.org

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The art exhibition “Paris-Athens – The birth of modern Greece 1675-1919”, will be held at the renowned Louvre for four months, beginning in late September. This event retraces the cultural, diplomatic, and artistic relations maintained by France and Greece in the 19th century. Among the hundreds of priceless works of art on display is the…

The memory of St. Sophia and her three martyred daughters was commemorated in splendor on Thursday at a chapel dedicated to the saints in the village of Fteri, in the Mantinia region of the Peloponnese, in southern Greece. Numerous faithful and pilgrims were on hand for a con-celebratory Vespers officiated by the Bishop of Tegea,…

The memory of ethnomartyr Polykarpos, the early 19th century Metropolitan of Larissa, was commemorated on Thursday by the Holy Metropolis of Larissa and Tyrnavos, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his death in the cause of Greek liberation from dour Ottoman rule. During a ceremony, the Metropolitan of Larissa and Tyrnavos, His Eminence…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Thursday convened, via video conference, a regular meeting of the Holy Eparchial Synod. Hierarchs of the Archdiocese were first briefed over a very joyous announcement, by the Mother Church, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, confirming a visit to America this autumn of the Ecumenical Patriarch, His All-Holiness…

The Church today venerates the memory of Sophia & her three daughters: Faith, Hope, and Love, better known by their Greek names of Pistis, Elpis and Agape – and by extension Vera, Nadezhda, and Lyubov in Russian. These saints were from Italy, and contested for the Faith in the year 126, during the reign of…

Yesterday, September 15, the Tver Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church solemnly celebrated its 750th anniversary with the Divine Liturgy at Holy Transfiguration Cathedral. The diocese is one of the five oldest in the Russian Church, founded in 1271. The original Transfiguration Cathedral was built in 1290 under the holy Prince-Passion-Bearer Michael of Tver, and…