His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America honored Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology with his visit on the weekend of February 5-6 to bless the students and the entire community as the spring semester got underway. His Eminence officiated at Great Vespers in Holy Cross Chapel on Saturday, the eve of the…

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Last summer, we witnessed with shock and sadness the horrific wild fires that devastated our beloved Motherland Greece. In response to these events, our Holy Archdiocese issued encyclicals to each parish community requesting that funds be collected for the sole purpose of assisting our affected brothers and sisters in Greece. We committed that all funds…

Greek correspondent in Egypt Nikolaos Katsikas passed away over the weekend in Cairo at the age of 57. Katsikas was the correspondent of the Athens News Agency, Greek public television and Cypriot public television for the Mideast country. The deceased, who held a degree in Byzantine music, served as the vice-president of the Greek Cultural…

Members of the Church of Greece’s Holy Synod will convene this week for three days, until Wednesday, for their regular assembly during the month of February. According to a communique by the Holy Synod, administrative issues will be on the agenda. In a related development, the patron saint of the Holy Synod of the Church…

The association of theologians on the large island of Crete this week expressed support and solidarity with a group of teachers in the city of Irakleio, who, on the occasion of the feast day of the Three Hierarchs, the patrons of Greek learning and letters, allowed pupils to attend a Divine Liturgy service. The educators…

A state funeral was held today in Athens for former Greek President of the Republic Christos Sartzetakis, who passed away on Sunday at the age of 92. Due to ongoing public assembly restrictions still in place due to the pandemic, the funeral service and interment at the Athens First Cemetery was conducted with only close…

European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas, in a video message, praised efforts by Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, to bridge differences and build consensus among disparate groups, as he noted. Schinas, who also holds the Commission portfolio entitled “Promoting our European Way of Life”, repeated the Union’s call for the reopening of…

Today, Feb. 7, marks the 14th anniversary of the election of His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos II to the Throne of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece. Ieronymos, born Ioannis Liapis, was elected as the new Archbishop by members of the Church of Greece’s Holy Synod, elevated from Metropolitan of Thebes and Livadia. Over the course…