With the blessings and encouragement of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the canonical permission of His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia accepted the honorary invitation of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Rizareios Seminary Mr. Panagiotis Tsakiris and traveled…

His Eminence Metropolitan Andrew of Forty Churches made an official visit to Cyprus. On 13 November 2023, the Metropolitan performed a Trisagion service at the tomb of the late Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus. Among those present at this solemn service were the Chief Secretary of the Holy Synod, Fr. George, clergy from the Metropolits…

The new Consul General of Greece in Constantinople, Mr. Konstantinos Koutras, accompanied by his associates, paid an official visit yesterday, Friday, 17 November 2023, at the Theological School of Halki. The Consul General, during his first visit to the Theological School of Halki since taking office, was welcomed by the Abbot, His Grace Bishop Kassianos…

Your Grace and Reverend Fathers, Archdiocesan Cathedral Philoptochos President Madelene Lambiris and the Entire Cathedral Philoptochos Board and Sisterhood, Chrysanthemum Ball Co-Chairs, Catherine Moutoussis and Roula Zervoudakis, National Philoptochos President Arlene Siavelis Kehl, Ambassador Sekeris of the Permanent Mission of Greece to the UN, Consul General Konstantinou, Our Esteemed Honorees: Christopher and Mary Stratakis, and…

Your Holiness, In welcoming you to the Archdiocesan headquarters for a second time, I express to you the honor that all our Greek Orthodox feel in the presence of such an esteemed Churchman and spiritual Leader. I believe it was twenty-five years ago that Your Holiness visited my predecessor, Archbishop Spyridon, and I am pleased…

On Friday, November 17, 2023, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I of the Holy See of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church visited the Archdiocese Headquarters during his Pontifical visit to the United States of America. In his welcoming remarks, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America expressed gratitude for the close relationship between the Greek Orthodox…

On Thursday evening, November 16, 2023 His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America hosted a dinner with the Presvyteres from the Archdiocesan District. The meal was held at the Church of Our Savior in Rye, NY. Mrs. Elaine Allen, Treasurer of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, also attended the event in order to speak about the Clergy…

On Thursday, November 3/16, 2023, the Patriarchate celebrated in Lydda the feast of the glorious great martyr George the Trophy-Bearer. On this day, the Church, especially the Church of Jerusalem, remembers that according to his wish, after his martyrdom in Rome, the relics of Saint George were transported and buried in Lydda by his servant….

The Novosibirsk Theological Seminary is holding a conference today in honor of an exceedingly rare publication that was discovered in its library in the spring. In 1570, Ivan Fyodorov, one of the fathers of Eastern Slavonic printing, printed a Slavonic Psalter with the Book of Hours in Zabłudów (in modern Poland). Until this year, there…