Mayor Adams, Dear Friends, Invocation May we bow our heads in prayer: We give thanks to you, O God, for this day of celebration of Greece and Orthodoxy by the City of New York. We express our gratitude to Mayor Adams, and to all who serve the good people of New York. Sustain their efforts….

Your Grace, Bishop Irinej and Protopresbyter Andreas, Archiepiscopal Vicar of the Saint Nicholas National Shrine, Colonel Matthew Bogdanos, Assistant District Attorney for the City of New York and Head of the Antiquities Trafficking Unit, Ms. Devon Eastland, Senior Specialist of Early Printed Books at Swann Galleries, General Counsel of our Sacred Archdiocese, George Tsougarakis, Dear…

In a message for the third Sunday after Pascha, April 30, 2023, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel expressed his gratitude to all Christian women for their work in the Church and society. The Holy Myrrhbearers are models for Christian women: full text Christ is risen! On the third Sunday after the feast of the Resurrection of…

The Holy Theological School of Halki was visited on Thursday, April 27, by a large group of clergy from the Holy Metropolis of Ioannina, along with their families and associates. The visitors, who are in Constantinople due to the canonisation of Saint Jeremiah, Patriarch of Constantinople, from Epirus, were received in the Great Synod of…

A C-130 military transport plane carrying 20 Greek citizens and 19 from other countries who were evacuated from Sudan landed at Elefsina Air Force Base, west of Athens, after 9 p.m. Thursday. The operation concluded the rescue and evacuation operations in Sudan, the National Defense General Staff announced. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the base,…

  The 2023 Greek Independence Parade Committee cordially invites you to the final parallel events to celebrate the Greek Independence Anniversary in New York: Last Ceremonial Open Community Parade Meeting The Last Ceremonial Open Community Parade Meeting will take place on April 27 at 7:45 p.m. at Stathakion Cultural Center (22-51 29th Street New York,…

The Presidential Guard of Greece has arrived! The first stop this morning was an assembly at the Cathedral School for all of the parochial schools of the Archdiocesan District. Students had the opportunity to learn about the history of the Presidential Guard from the Evzones themselves— as well as to snap some photos one on…

On Good Friday 2023, after the Service of the Great Hours, those who participated in the decoration of the Epitaphios had the unique opportunity to see the unveiling of the mosaic in the courtyard fountain of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul. The mosaic is a copy of the magnificent mosaic found in the Mausoleum of…

On Sunday, 23rd April 2023, the Sunday of Thomas, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain presided over Matins and concelebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. George in Kingston-upon-Thames. Among those concelebrating were the Priest-in-charge, Very Revd Archimandrite Aemilianos Papadakis, the Vicar General Protopresbyter Konstantinos Garibaldinos, Reverend Oeconomos Nikolaos Kokkinos,…