Last week, St. Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church in Palos Heights, Illinois hosted a bonfire for their GOYA members to celebrate completing the school year. GOYAns shared a prayer and dinner, enjoying each other’s company and friendship. Afterward, students participated in a religious education session offered by Fr. George Lamberis, entitled “Overcoming our Paralysis: Drawing near…

The Archdiocese District celebrated their Servant Leadership Awards banquet with over 800 clergy and faithful in attendance. The presence of our spiritual father, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America was a profound and inspiring testament to the unwavering commitment and dedication that defines the heart of our Archdiocese District community. His Eminence and all illuminated…

Your Grace, Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzen, Your Grace Bishop Nektarios of Diokleia, Chancellor of our National Archdiocese, Protopresbyter Elias Villis, Chancellor of the Archdiocesan District, Larry Hatzoglou, Archdiocesan District Council Vice President, Protopresbyter Nicholas Anctil and Christine Balidis, Irene Hatzoglou – Archdiocesan District Philoptochos President Protopresbyter Peter Orfanakos – President of the Archdiocesan District Clergy…

His Eminence Metropolitan Irinaios of Florina, Prespa and Eordaia, from the 1st to 3rd of June 2024, visited the Ecumenical Patriarchate, accompanied by the clergy of the Holy Metropolis, Archimandrite Timotheos Tsismalidis, Archdeacon Theoklitos Stamkos, and Archimandrite Christodoulos Karathanasis, clergyman of the Holy Metropolis of Alexandroupolis, along with Mr. Raphael Karavasiliadis. On 2 May, 2024,…

The Greek Welfare Centre of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia is organising a series of Marriage Preparation Seminars in Sydney, with the next to be held over two days, on Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th of August 2024. The seminars are free and offer couples the opportunity to understand and appreciate various important aspects of…

The OTSA annual meeting will be held from 6 to 8 June 2024 at Hellenic College/Holy Cross (Boston) with the theme of: Who am I? Who are we? Orthodox Christian tradition and questions of identity. Conference papers and panels will explore and respond to the various layers and expressions of identity as understood in our…

On August 24th, the Elpida program of the Annunciation Cathedral in San Francisco will be hosting a multi-parish youth retreat, “Panagia, Parables, and Parea,” at Annunciation from 1-5pm. Parents must be present for the afterparty from 5-7. They will have transformed their gym into an inflatable wonderland with large slides, obstacle courses and more. Children…

NEW JERSEY – The Assembly of Bishops Executive Committee was held at the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America on June 4, 2024. The meeting began with a financial report followed by the approval of new board members for Orthodox Christian Prison Ministries (“OCPM”), Orthodox Christian Fellowship (“OCF”), and Orthodox Volunteer Corps (“OVC”). The…

On Monday, May 21 / June 3, 2024, the feast of Saints Constantine and Helen was celebrated in the Patriarchate. On this holiday, the Church commemorates the work of the great glorious king and equal to the apostles Saint Constantine, the recognition of Christianity as a free religion within the Roman state by the decree…