June 28, 2020 Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church – Newburgh, New York My Beloved Christians, I am so very pleased to be here in Newburgh at our community of Saint Nicholas. I have been determined to visit every community in the Direct Archdiocese District, and being with you today brings me one step closer to…

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America visited on Thursday the distraught family of George Zapantis, the Greek American who suffered a fatal heart attack after being tasered at least twice by officers in New York last Sunday. Elpidophoros had a long meeting with his mother Aspasia Zapanti and expressed his sorrow for the event which is currently investigated…

Greek-American policy-makers are raising with the US Administration the possibility that Turkey could turn the emblematic Hagia Sophia church in Constantinople, a universal symbol of religious tolerance of all faiths, to a mosque. Speaking to Greek Reporter, Congressman Gus Bilirakis and Christos Marafatsos, Vice-Chair of National Diversity Coalition for Trump, say that there is a real threat that Turkish President…

With the blessings of Archbishop of Zambia Ioannis , on 28th of June 2020 Fr Arsenios performed the Divine Liturgy at the Parish of St Andrew in Kitwe Copperbelt on a Pastoral visit. This is the first liturgy performed after the closing of the churches due to Covid 19 disease. In his remarks Fr Arsenios…

29 June 2020 MEDIA RELEASE In an atmosphere of spiritual joy and with deep emotion the memory of Saints Peter and Paul, the Chief of the Apostles, and the first anniversary of the enthronement of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia were commemorated in Sydney. This double celebration was combined with the promotion of a…

George Zapantis, a 29-year-old Greek-American, was killed by police in New York’s borough of Queens, after a neighbour misreported that he was carrying a gun inside his own home. Ricky Noble, a neighbour of Zapantis, blamed another neighbour entirely for the incident and described the deceased as a good person who often brought them Greek…

“The Hagia Sophia holds enormous spiritual and cultural significance to billions of believers of different faiths around the world,” Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback posted on Twitter on Friday. “We call on the government of Turkey to maintain it as a UNESCO World Heritage site and to maintain accessibility to all…

  The Fourth of July, 2020 To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Communities, the Distinguished Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Day, Afternoon, and Church Schools, the Philoptochos Sisterhoods, the Youth, the Hellenic Organizations, and…

Health Minister Kiril Ananiev on Monday ordered Bulgarians to resume wearing masks again at all indoor public venues after the Balkan country last week recorded its highest weekly rise in novel coronavirus cases. “All persons who were without protective face masks in the church at the Rila Monastery during the prime minister’s visit will be…