Members of the Eparchial Synod of the Archdiocese of America will visit Constantinople on April 5, at the invitation of the Ecumenical Patriarch, His All-Holiness Bartholomew I. Chaired by the Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, members of the Holy Eparchial Synod convened in a regular session to examine various current issues, including the resignation…

The Archbishop of Canada, His Eminence Sotirios, this week received visiting Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in Montreal. Greece’s top diplomat was accompanied by his Canadian counterpart, Mélanie Joly. Taking to his official Twitter account, Dendias on Wednesday emphasized that “…I visited the St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Montreal with the Canadian foreign ministry,…

The Church today venerates the memory of Savinos, the Martyr of Egypt. Today is also the feast day of Christodoulos, the Wonderworker of Patmos. On the occasion, the Pemptousia platform has posted a feature today on the Holy Monastery of St. John the Theologian, located on the Dodecanese Island of Patmos, which was founded by…

The memory of one of two of Thessaloniki’s patron saints, St. Gregory Palamas, the Wonder-worker Archbishop of Thessaloniki, was celebrated on the second Sunday of Great Lent, with festive events centered at the Metropolitan Cathedral, where the Holy Relic of the saint is preserved and venerated by the faithful. As per centuries-old ecclesiastical tradition, the…

His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, accompanied by the country’s culture minister, Lina Mendoni, on Monday afternoon inaugurated an exhibition of heirlooms, Holy Icons, liturgical objects and print editions reverently brought to Greece by ethnic Greek refugees of Asia Minor after 1922. The exhibition, entitled “Hail! Asia Minor: A Cradle of Memory”,…

The new President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Nikos Christodoulides, continued an official visit to Athens on Tuesday, with meetings with Greek leadership and political party leaders. Mr. Christodoulides, who was elected as the island republic’s head of state last month, met with Greek foreign Minister, Mr. Nikos Dendias. Afterwards, he was received by…

On Saturday, 11 March 2023, His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea hosted, at the Archdiocesan offices, a planning meeting with the Sunday School teachers from the various parishes in the Archdiocesan District of Perth. His Grace received an update on the current level and activities of the Sunday School programs, especially the learning resources, class…

By Kristen Bruskas, Director of Development and Communications Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco The Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate from the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco welcomed with great joy His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America to Phoenix, Arizona during the 46th Annual Folk Dance and Choral Festival. On Saturday, February 18, 2023,…

A regular meeting of the Holy Eparchial Synod was convened today by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America for the purpose of deliberating on current matters concerning the life of the Church. The Archbishop updated the synodal hierarchs on the second meeting of the Mixed Commission on the new Charter for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese…