On Tuesday, 10 March, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia had the joy of meeting and speaking with the young men and women who participate in the GO Youth Initiative of the Holy Archdiocese in New South Wales. On the occasion of the beginning of the new year of activities of the Orthodox Youth, His…

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, in conjunction with the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA) under the spiritual and ecclesial leadership of Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, has launched a Certificate of Completion in Orthodox Theology in Spanish for native-Spanish speaking clergy in the Americas. This new program assists…

On Sunday, 8 March, the memory of Saint Gregory Palamas was honoured at the Representation Church (Antiprosopion) of the Monastery of Esphigmenou on Mount Athos. The celebration was presided over by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Theophylaktos of Caesarea, of the Patriarchate of Alexandria. The feast holds particular significance for the brotherhood of the Monastery of…

On Monday, 9 March 2026, the day on which our Church commemorates the memory of the Holy Forty Martyrs, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, visited the Cemetery of Saint Ignatius of Chalcedon. The Patriarch was accompanied by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon and Deacon Evlogios Tsatsas, Codicographer of the Holy and Sacred Synod….

Due to the closure of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the ongoing war situation in the Holy Land, the Service of the Small Compline and the Second Stanza of the Salutations to the Most Holy Theotokos were held at the Church of Saints Constantine and Helen in Jerusalem. The service was presided over…

On the Second Sunday of Great Lent, after the Divine Liturgy, fathers of the Vatopedi Brotherhood, together with the Abbot Elder Ephraim, went for a reverent pilgrimage near the Monastery to the place of ascetic struggle of Saint Nikodemos the Hesychast and Saint Gregory Palamas, where they offered a supplicatory prayer service. The Holy Great…

The Second Stanza of the Salutations to the Most Holy Theotokos was chanted on Friday, 6 March, at the Church of the Presentation of the Theotokos in Pera, with His Eminence Metropolitan Andrew of Forty Churches, Supervisor of the Great Community of Stavrodromion, presiding. The hymns of the service were chanted by the students of…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America celebrated the 2nd Salutations to the Theotokos at Saint George Church in Kingston, NY on Friday, March 6, 2026 where he was welcomed by parish priest Fr. Jim Kordaris and the community. In his homily, the Archbishop stated: “In the midst of the Holy Season of the Fast, we…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America visited St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church in Albany on Sunday, March 8, for the Divine Liturgy on the Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas, returning to the parish six years after his previous visit during the COVID-19 pandemic. In remarks at the conclusion of the service, the Archbishop reflected on…