The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, convened a new Archdiocesan Council that will convene until the 2022 Clergy Laity Congress.
Just prior to the meeting, the Archbishop addressed the newly established “Senators for Orthodoxy and Hellenism,” a special new organization that brings together clergy and laity from around the Archdiocese with tremendous expertise and institutional memory.
In his keynote address, Archbishop Elpidophoros reminded the Council that “…We have been forced to face unprecedented challenges in the present, even as we were working assiduously to ameliorate challenges from the past. And the fact that we have been so successful is a brilliant testament to the historic levels of cooperation and dedicated service that you have all given to this Eparchy of the First Throne of Orthodoxy, our Ecumenical Patriarchate.”