On Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at the Archdiocese headquarters, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Mr. Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla. Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Carlos. F. Cossio; Ambassador of Cuba in Washington Ms. Lianys Torres Rivera; Deputy Ambassador to the UN Mr. Yuri Gala; Chief of…

On Tuesday, September 20, 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros welcomed to the Archdiocese the Former Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. George Papandreou. Mr. Papandreou recognized the special Centennial year of the Archdiocese and thanked His Eminence for his leadership in the Greek-Orthodox community in the United States. His Eminence also expressed his gratitude…

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The Pemptousia platform is a sponsor of a performance of excerpts of the trilogy “Great Hours”, by composer Andreas Katsigiannis, to be held at the Herod Atticus Odeon on Sept. 29. The performance is a collaboration with the State Orchestra of Athens. The excerpts will be interpreted by performers Glykeria, Dimitris Bassis and Jonathan Jackson,…

The occasion of the Translation of the Holy Relics of St. Amphilochios the New was reverently commemorated on Monday at the Holy Monastery of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, on the eastern Aegean Island of Patmos, the location of the Cave of the Apocalypse. An archieratical Divine Liturgy was held in the morning, officiated by…

The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania’s Metropolitan of Apollo-NI-a and Fieri, His Eminence Nikolaos, this week arrived at the historic Monastery of St Jovan Bigorski, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, which is located in the western part of the Republic of North Macedonia, a land-locked country that lies north of the northern Greek province…

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, commemorated the 200-year anniversary of the creation of the Theological School of Arad. A Patriarchal message was read out during a blessing ceremony at the university chapel of the Hilarion FeLEa Secondary School in the Romanian city.

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Monday officiated at the great Vesper service, on the eve of today’s feast day of St. Eustathios, the Great Martyr. As per ecclesiastical rite, the service was held in the Patriarchal chapel of St. Andrew the First Called, which is located in the Patriarchal…

The Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa’s Bishop of Bukoba and Western Tanzania, His Grace Chrysostomos, spoke to Pemptousia television today regarding issues affecting the parishes and ministry in the far-off corner of Africa. Among others, His Grace referred ominously to what he warned was an “intrusion” by the Russian Church in the Patriarchate’s ecclesiastical…