For several months, His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas and his Chancellors, Fr. Teodor Petrutiu and Fr. Nick Kotsis, have been searching for someone to take the role of Metropolis Youth Director. That search is finally over! Michael Hostetler, a seminarian from Lansing, MI, began working as our Youth Director on June 1st, 2023. He brings with…

THE GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLIS OF BOSTON HOSTS ITS BI-ANNUAL CLERGY-LAITY ASSEMBLY AIMED AT SUPPORTING ITS PARISHES AND CULTIVATING SPIRITUAL PRACTICES Over 300 clergy and parish representatives attended the day-long event, hearing from numerous guest speakers and attending small group discussions. BOSTON, Mass. (Oct. 28, 2023) — The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston hosted its Bi-Annual…

“Holiness is not something that comes and goes away as the worldly things do, disappearing soon and being lost. Holiness remains, illuminates and brings forth a fragrance”, the metropolitan of Veria said in his homily on the feast of Sant Demetrius the Myrrh-Gusher. His Eminence Metropolitan Panteleimon of Veria, Naousa, and Kampania presided over the…

On Tuesday, 31 October 2023, on the occasion of the feast day of Saint Stachys the Apostle, the first Bishop of Byzantium, the Divine Liturgy took place at the venerable Patriarchal Church of Saint George, which was officiated by His Eminence Metropolitan Dimitrios of France. At the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, His All-Holiness Ecumenical…

The 47th Walkathon of the Greek Welfare Centre, an annual activity which involves walking a certain distance for charity and whose purpose is to raise money for the needs of the implementation of the programs of the charity organisation of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, took place with great success. The event, which was hosted…

On 28 October 2023, His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa, was present in prayer from the Holy Sanctuary during the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Alexandria. Following this, the Patriarch, joined by Metropolitan Panteleimon of Naucratis, Chief Secretary of the Holy…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, accompanied by His Grace Bishop Benjamin of Tralee, travelled to Ankara on Sunday morning, 29 October 2023, and attended the reception at the Presidential Palace to mark the 100th anniversary of the establishment of democracy in Turkey. The other religious leaders were also present, as always, many diplomats of foreign…

Your Eminence(s) and Grace(s), Beloved Fathers and Brothers in Christ, I am so very pleased to be with you here at our National Clergy Retreat in the very pleasant city of Phoenix. I want to thank once again the brothers of the Archdiocese Presbyters Council, who have assiduously labored on behalf of all of us,…

The Office of Greek Education is organizing the second seminar in a series of eight educational events. This seminar, which is the 2nd in the series, will explore innovative teaching methods and different ways of teaching, with a focus on religion, customs, and the traditions of the Holy Twelve Days (Christmas – New Year –…