Humanitarian aid from Athens municipalities and the Attica regional authority for Türkiye and Syria have already filled 160 trucks, noted Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Andreas Katsaniotis in social media on Monday. The first consignment of this humanitarian aid will depart by ship on Wednesday, he noted. The public response to a call for humanitarian aid…
A Holy Relic of St. Daniel Katounakiotis of Smyrna was Translated on Sunday, 12 February 2023, to the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, where the Holy Relic was solemnly and reverently received by the Monastery’s Abbot, Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, and Vatopedi Fathers and Elders. The Holy Relic was conveyed by Hieromonk Fr. Nifon Katounakiotis,…
On Sunday, 12 February 2023, in the suburb of Brunswick in Melbourne, the cutting of the Vasilopita of the Central Pontian Union of Melbourne and Victoria “Pontiaki Estia” took place, by His Grace Bishop Evmenios of Kerasounta, Archiepiscopal Vicar of Northcote. His Grace Bishop Evmenios conveyed to the members of the association the wishes and…
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, accompanied by The Grand Chancellor Archimandrite Theodoros, visited on Tuesday,14 February 2023, The Governor of Istanbul, Mr. Ali Yerlikaya, and expressed to him on behalf of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Greek Orthodox Community the deepest condolences for the thousands of victims of the deadly earthquake that struck south-eastern Turkey,…
On Friday, February 10, 2023, students from the Archdiocesan District’s parochial schools visited the Archdiocese and met with His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros for a celebration of International Greek Language Day. Students from St. Demetrios Preparatory School (Astoria), Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Day School (Brooklyn), and the Cathedral School (Manhattan) recited poems and presented artwork commemorating…
Opening Prayer Beloved Brothers and Sisters, Let us join together in prayer: O God, the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe, we call upon you from the depths of our hearts in this hour of our desperate need, as we struggle to face the unspeakable loss in Türkiye and Syria: Grant rest to the souls…
Washington, DC — Today, Tuesday, February 14, 2023, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America led an Interfaith Prayer Service for Türkiye and Syria at Georgetown University. The service was an opportunity for religious and civic leaders to pray together, in solidarity with Türkiye and Syria and the diaspora communities here in the United States, for…
As directed by His Beatitude Patriarch John X, and among the tasks of the relief committee launched and followed up by His Beatitude in the Patriarchal Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand, a delegation of Their Eminences Bishops Constantine Kayyal and Arsenios Dahdal, Dr. Walid Dagher, Mr. Ghassan Karam and the student Ilyas Kusoglu of…
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