{Garrison, NY} – With grateful acknowledgement to Leadership 100, The Clergy Family Initiative is pleased to announce that it is able to award the disbursement of Ministerial Excellence Grants. These Grants allow financial assistance to Clergy who have completed the Dave Ramsey Personal Financial Literacy Programs. The Clergy Family Initiative was established in 2016 through…

Brookline, MA (April 17, 2024): – Holy Cross School of Theology is thrilled to announce that its Master of Theology Degree (ThM) program has been recognized by Forbes as one of the top one-year online master’s programs in high-impact fields. This prestigious accolade underscores the school’s commitment to delivering exceptional theological education that is both…

Earlier this week, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed Dionyssios Kalamvrezos, Former Ambassador of Greece to Belgium, to the Archdiocese Headquarters. Former Ambassador Kalamvrezos recently published a new book Εικονικός Εφιάλτης. The first presentation of this political fiction novel is now available in bookshops in Athens. Its first presentation will be in Brussels on…

Tuesday, April 16, 2024, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed Christos Soulis, Secretary of Environment and Climate Crisis in Greece of the Nea Demokratia party to the Archdiocese Headquarters. Mr. Soulis traveled to New York City for a private trip and to attend the Greek Independence Day parade. His Eminence wished Mr. Soulis well…

Monday, April 15, 2024, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed the Mayor of Chios Dr. Ioannis M. Malafis, Mr. Stylianos Zervoudis, and Mr. Dimitris Gonias. Mayor Malafis participated in the Greek Independence Day Parade on Sunday as an Honorary Grand Marshal, with His Eminence. His Eminence and Mayor Malafis discussed the wonderful Greek Independence…

On Wednesday, April 4/17, 2024, at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and during the service of the Small Compline, the Great Canon was chanted, and presided over by His Eminence Archbishop Theophanes of Gerash. The following Archimandrites delivered the chanting; Nicodemus, Claudius, Bartholomew, Epiphanios, Dionysios, Christodoulos, Priest Ioannis Antoniou, Archdeacon Mark and Hierodeacon Simeon….

On Wednesday, 17 April 2024, as part of his visit to Athens, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met with the Minister of Education and Religious Affairs of Greece, Mr. Kyriakos Pierrakakis at the Representative Office of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. During their meeting, they had the opportunity to discuss issues of common interest. Also present for…

My soul, my soul arise. Why are you sleeping? The end draws nigh and soon you will be troubled. Take heed, then, that Christ your God may spare you. For he is everywhere present and fills all things. In parishes, the Great Canon is sung independently of Matins, on the evening of Wednesday in the…

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia made a holy Pilgrimage to the “Garden of the Virgin Mary” upon the invitation of Elder Ephraim, Abbot of the Holy Royal Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Vatopedi for the celebration of the Monastery’s main church (katholikon) on the Feast-day of the Annunciation of the Theotokos by the Julian…