Beloved in Christ, I am so very pleased to spend this last day of 2023, and this last Sunday – New Year’s Eve – worshipping with you, the faithful members of Saint Gerasimos. I think of the marvelous and spiritually rewarding days that many of us spent together in Kefalonia back in October, and I…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed Rev. Protopresbyter Dr. Peter J. Spiro to the Archdiocese to announce his appointment as Director of a new National Ministry for Human Trafficking Awareness. The Ministry, which has been approved by the Holy Eparchial Synod, is titled FREEDOM (Faith-based Resolve to Eradicate Enslavement: Didactic Outreach Ministry). Also in…

GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA ARCHEPISCOPAL ENCYCLICAL Prot. No. 363/2023 Archepiscopal Encyclical on the New Year 2024 January 1, 2024 Ὥστε εἴ τις ἐν Χριστῷ καινὴ κτίσις· τὰ ἀρχαῖα παρῆλθεν, ἰδοὺ γέγονε καινὰ τὰ πάντα. (Πρὸς Κορινθίους Β´ 5:17) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation! What’s past has passed. Behold!…

Yesterday, 1 January 2024, Bishop Silvestros visited St Jude Thaddeus parish in Namutumba where he attended the Divine Liturgy that was co-served by Reverend Fathers; Paulas Kasule, Emmanuel Kungo and Andrew Wambwa_ to celebrate the feast of the Circumcision of our Lord Jesus Christ and the commemoration of saint Basil the Great. In his remarks,…

POST-HUMANISM AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE International Scientific Conference PHAICON 24 Athens, Greece, Oct. 31 – Nov. 3, 2024 Co-organizers Saint Maxim the Greek Institute Office of the Orthodox Church at the European Union   SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Apostolos Nikolaidis, Professor Emeritus of Sociology of Religion and Social Ethics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Head of the…

By the mercy of God Almighty John X Patriarch of Antioch and all the East to My brothers, Pastors of the Holy Church of Antioch My sons and daughters, all over this Apostolic See “Bethlehem has opened Eden: come let us see!… come, let us seize Paradise hidden in the cave! … here the Virgin…

Prot. No. 350/2023 Archepiscopal Encyclical on the Feast of Christmas December 25, 2023 Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, Youth, Greek Orthodox Organizations,…

POST-HUMANISM AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE International Scientific Conference PHAICON 24 Athens, Greece, Oct. 31 – Nov. 3, 2024 Co-organizers Saint Maxim the Greek Institute Office of the Orthodox Church at the European Union SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Apostolos Nikolaidis, Professor Emeritus of Sociology of Religion and Social Ethics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Head of the Scientific…

On Tuesday, December 6/19, 2023, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of Saint Nikolaos, Bishop of Mira of Lycia the wonderworker. On this feast, the Church commemorates Saint Nikolaos as the Father of the Church in the 4th century, “a rule of faith and an image of piety”, who participated in the First Ecumenical Council of…