On Sunday, October 9, 2022, nearly 450 campers, staff and friends gathered to celebrate FIFTY years of their beloved Fanari Camp. Through the efforts of the 50th Anniversary committee and the support of many sponsors, donors and those who attended, it was an amazing evening. With its unique casual and open seating, there was plenty…

On Friday, November 18, HIs Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros received Ms. Eleni Chovri, President of Med-Professionals, at the Archdiocese. Ms. Chovri presented His Eminence with an honorary plaque in recognition of the assistance the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America provided to the community through its Covid-19 Relief Fund. The award had been formally announced in collaboration…

The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco offered a Deacons Retreat at Saint Nicholas Ranch and Retreat Center in Dunlap, CA from October 28 – 30, 2022. The retreat welcomed Deacons and Diaconal Candidates, and some of their spouses, who spent over two days in fellowship while gaining valuable information and insight into the important…

On Tuesday, November 22, 2022, two new Vicars for the Archdiocesan District visited the Archdiocese for an Archpastoral blessing upon their new assignments: Rev. Protopresbyter Nikiforos Fakinos (Left of the Archbishop), appointed as the Vicar of Western Long Island, serves as the Proistamenos for the Saint Demetrios Church in Merrick, NY and Protopresbyter Constantine Lazarakis,…

On Monday, November 8/21, 2022, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Synaxis of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel and all the Bodiless Hosts. By the term “Synaxis”, the Church means the assembly – gathering of its members, in order to give thanks and praise the Archangels and especially the Archangel Michael, because he…

The splendid ecclesiastical calendar of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi for 2023 is now available. The 2023 Vatopedi calendar is dedicated to 20th century St Sophrony, the Elder of Essex, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his repose in the Lord.  vatopedi.gr

Monday’s great matronal feast day of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple was reverently celebrated by the Church of Crete’s Metropolis of Kydonia, as the Theotokos, the All-Holy Virgin Mary, is the patroness and protector of the Cretan port city of Hania, the capital of the Metropolis. The Metropolitan of Kissamos & Selinos,…

With the blessing of the Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, a historic decision was taken on Monday by members of the Orthodox community of St. Spyridon of Kingsford, Sydney. Specifically, some 85 percent of voting community members approved a proposal to enter into the full spiritual and administrative jurisdiction of the Holy Archdiocese of…

The Archbishop of Thyateira & Great Britain, His Eminence Nikitas, this week received Greece’s visiting minister of education and religious affairs, Niki Kerameos, at the Holy Archdiocese in London. The Greek minister arrived in the British capital to promote bilateral cooperation in the higher education sector.