The Vatopedi Brotherhood on Wednesday, amid an atmosphere of devoutness and deep emotion, conducted the Translation of the Relics of reposed Elder Joseph of Vatopedi, the spiritual father and mentor of the Brotherhood and a rejuvenator of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi. The Translation of the Relics comes 12 years to the day…

The Feast of St. Luke, the Apostle and Evangelist, has been solemnly celebrated in the homonymic Church of Birmingham. His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene, accompanied by His Very Reverence Archimandrite Nikodemos Anagnostopoulos, Chancellor of the Archdiocese, presided over the Feast. In his sermon at Vespers, joined by the city’s clergy, His Grace referred to…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Great Vespers with Rassophoria, Stavrophoria, and Tonsure My Beloved Community of Holy Cross and Hellenic College: Tonight, on the eve of the Feast of the Deposition of the Holy Relics of Saint Gerasimos the New in Cephalonia, we gather in our evening prayer to bestow upon members of our…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Opening Remarks for the Bishop Gerasimos Memorial Conference Maliotis Cultural Center Your Eminences and Graces, President Cantonis, Esteemed Faculty of past and present, Dear Students, Beloved Sisters and Brothers in Christ, In the alternate verses of the Synaxarion of the Feast of the Deposition of the Holy Relics of…

On May 6, 2021, the Metropolis of Chicago announced the establishment of a new parish advancement initiative – the Mustard Seed Fund – to help drive parish growth through evangelism, welcoming, and outreach. The Mustard Seed Fund seeks to replicate the successful model of the COVID-19 Parish Relief Fund, which raised more than $250,000 for…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Remarks for the Festschrift Ceremony for His Eminence Demetrios, Former Archbishop Hellenic College and Holy Cross Brookline, Massachusetts   Your Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Your Eminence Metropolitan Savas, Your Graces, Bishop Joachim and Bishop Athenagoras, Esteemed President of our School, Mr. George Cantonis, Dear Members of the Faculty – both…

On Wednesday, October 20, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, accompanied by their Eminences Archbishop Aristarchos of Constantina and Metropolitan Joachim of Helenoupolis, had a fraternal gathering with priests and fathers responsible for churches and communities in the West Bank and Israel, at the invitation of the Hegoumen of Ramallah Archimandrite Galaktion.     Jerusalem-Patriarchate

Youths from the Church of Albania’s Holy Metropolis of Apollonia and Fier traveled to the southeast Albanian city of Korce this month to tour and view works conducted by the local Metropolis. The group of young people was also received by the Metropolitan of Korce, His Eminence Ioannis. The tour also included visits to Orthodox…

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, was received this week Uganda President Yoweri Museveni in the capital of Kampala. The Primate of the Alexandrian Patriarchate was in Uganda for a wide-ranging missionary tour. The Uganda President welcomed the Patriarch, thanking him for the work of Patriarchate…