On Saturday, March 18, 2023, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America continued his visit in Boca Raton, FL, meeting with the Executive Board of the Saint Mark Philoptochos for a breakfast. The Philoptochos President, Barbara Tasiounis, along with the First Vice President of the National Philoptochos, Anita Kartalopoulos, spoke about the wonderful ministries and organizations…

In the afternoon of Friday, March 17, 2023 His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America gathered with South Florida Archons at Saint Mark Church in Boca Raton, FL for a roundtable discussion on the life and role of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Along with 10 Archons from Saint Mark, other faithful from South Florida gathered with the…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America arrived in Boca Raton on Thursday, March 16, 2023, for a pastoral visit to Saint Mark Greek Orthodox Church. Upon arrival at the airport, he was greeted by Clergy and Archons of Saint Mark. During his first evening he attended a dinner with Saint March Church Parish Priest, Rev….

With the blessing of Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeia, more than 100 people attended “Women In Orthodoxy,” the New Jersey Lenten Retreat of the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The talented panel of speakers was led by Archon George E. Demacopoulos, PhD, the…

(Edited by John Chryssavgis with a foreword by John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.) In celebration of the 2021 visit to the University of Notre Dame by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, as well as the thirtieth anniversary of his election, this groundbreaking volume gathers together and introduces eleven important joint statements from the patriarch, addressing diverse topics from…

The Patriarchate of Jerusalem, represented by His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, along the Holy Synod and the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, the clergy and the faithful, condemn the heinous terrorist attack that took place this morning during the Sunday service, at the hands of two Israeli radicals, which targeted the…

On Friday, March 4/17, 2023, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of our holy Father Gerasimos of the Jordan in his holy Monastery, located on the West Bank of the Jordan River in front of its mouth at the Dead Sea. About Abba Gerasimos, the Church has handed down to us that he came from Lycia…

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The Pemptousia online platform has introduced an improved application called ‘Vimatarissa’, named after the patronal icon of the Mother of God, preserved at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi. With the Vimatarissa app, useidiers can access the Internet and read the ‘Words of Life’ segment, by the Fathers and Saints of the Orthodox Church,…