Saint Basil Academy had a wonderful start to its Christmas season with a festive celebration hosting their Christmas pageant on December 9, 2023. Esteemed guests included His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, the Consul General of Greece to New York Konstantine Konstantinou, President of the Board of Trustees of the Academy Dr. Steven Gounardes and…

Konstantinos Konstantinou, Consul General of Greece in New York, reverend fathers and presbyteres, members of the Board of Trustees of Saint Basil Academy, beloved ladies of the Philoptochos Society, from all over the country. I am blessed to be here and so happy to be here with all of you to celebrate Christmas. At Christmas…

Friday, December 8, 2023, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America cordially welcomed to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Headquarters the Mayor of Ammochostos, Cyprus, Dr. Simos Ioannou who was accompanied by the Consul General of the Republic of Cyprus in New York City, Mr. Michalis Firillas. With the mayor were Deputy Mayor Chrysanthos Zannetos, Municipal Councilor…

New York, NY – The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is pleased to announce the formation of the Advisory Committee on Mission Fulfillment for St. Basil Academy. This newly established committee has been commissioned by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America with performing a strategic evaluation of the Academy’s mission in order to propose a…

Yesterday, 7 December, His Grace Bishop Silvester presided over the service of laying of the foundation stone for the construction of a primary school in Budhebera – Mayuge right after the consecration of the new place of worship. One of our strategic focus areas is Education and Community Development _ to ensure inclusive and equitable…

Pemptousia would like to invite you to join us for a Digital Fellowship on Saturday 9th Dec 2023 at 07:30 PM Athens time (05:30 pm UK Time) (12:30 PM EST) The talk will be in Greek with simultaneous translation into English, Romanian, French, Russian, Georgian and Arabic. There will be time for questions and answers…

On Thursday, November 24th / December 7th, 2023, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of our Holy Father Gerasimos of Mount Athos, the Mikrayiannanitis and hymnographer of the Church. On this day, the whole Church, especially Mount Athos, and even the Church of Jerusalem remembers that Saint Gerasimos was born in 1903 in Northern Epirus, came…

Greece and Turkey on Thursday agreed to reboot their relations, establishing a roadmap designed to usher in a new era of closer ties between the two NATO allies but historical foes. In a landmark visit of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to Greece, the longtime sparring partners agreed to focus on pursuing good neighborly relations, keep…

The President of the Hellenic Republic, Ms. Katerina Sakellaropoulou, during her official visit to Vienna, at the invitation of her Austrian counterpart, Mr. Alexander van der Bellen, attended a reception held in her honour at the Ambassador’s residence. The gathering was attended by Greek expatriates and hosted by Greece’s Ambassador in Austria, His Excellency Mr….