BOSTON – His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco in an interview with the National Herald, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the enthronement of Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, characterized him as a 21st century Archbishop. We note that Archbishop Elpidophoros has visited the Metropolis of San Francisco more than any other Metropolis…

The Metropolis of Atlanta is pleased to cogratulate one of our young people, Elizabeth Schisler (Annunciation, Montgomery, AL). Elizabeth has been awarded a scholarship of $1,000 after being selected from a nationwide group of young women who received both the Gold Scout Award from the Girl Scouts, as well as the highest Eastern Orthodox Christian…

“His Eminence, went on with the mission of food and face mask distribution to three parishes today. The Archbishop visited St. Joachim and Anna, he also visited St. Raphael Thogoto, and St. John Kabiria. All in a good days work.”   ampelonas-trygetes.blogspot.com

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The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Monday again referred to the emotive issue of a reconversion of the Hagia Sophia into a mosque, expressing a hope that reason will reign after all in Turkey. The Patriarch made the statement after officiating at a Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the 12 Holy…

The Asterousia mountain range on the large island of Crete is set to be included in a relevant UNESCO list for its natural beauty and significant fauna and flora. The mountain range on Greece’s largest island is also considered as a cradle of Christianity and monasticism on Crete, one where the Apostle Paul ministered in the…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, officiated at a con-celebratory Vespers service on Monday afternoon beneath the Acropolis in central Athens, and specifically at the spot where the Apostle Paul delivered the well-known Areopagus sermon to the Athenians. The con-celebratory service was in commemoration of today’s Synaxis of the 12 Holy…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, delivered the eulogy for Greek-American George Zapantis, who died last week after being tasered twice by New York City police in the Queens borough, and after a neighbor misreported that he was carrying a gun inside his own home. The funeral was held at the Holy Cross Greek…

Voting is underway in Russia over a referendum to amend the vast country’s constitution. Among the revisions proposed is for a reference to be made in the constitution’s preamble to God, the definition of a family and of marriage as a union exclusively between a man and a woman.