I pray that this Christmas will be a peaceful one for you and yours, for Christ comes to us as the Prince of Peace. May such peace appear speedily upon the earth, and may all people receive its inestimable blessing.
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America was warmly welcomed to St. John’s Greek Orthodox Church in Blue Point, NY by Rev. Fr. Dean A. Panagos and the faithful, for the Divine Liturgy on the Sunday before the Nativity, Dec 22, 2024.
Last night, December 20, 2024, the Romanos the Melodist Chanters Society of New York held their second of this year's Byzantine Music Christmas Concerts.
On December 18, 2024, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America attended The Cathedral School in New York, New York's annual Christmas Concert, during which students performed carols and hymns of the Nativity.
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark are delighted to announce their joint pilgrimage to Rome and Constantinople in 2025. This momentous journey, taking place from July 14–24, will commemorate the Jubilee of Rome and the 1700th Anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea—a pivotal moment in Christian history that established the Nicene Creed as a foundational expression of the Christian faith.
The evening of December 19, 2024, Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral’s A. Fantis School in Brooklyn, New York celebrated the Nativity season with a community-wide Christmas program.
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, in his capacity as a Professor at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, recently participated in a teleconference in which Kristina Mantasasvili, a PhD candidate, defended her dissertation titled “Anthropological models. From Philokalia after Palamas to Ecumenical Movement (WCC).”
In a historic first, the School of Byzantine Music of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America participated in an international conference on the thematic relevance of Byzantine Music and the Psaltic Art.
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America gathered with faithful for the annual Christmas Party at our National Shrine, located at the World Trade Center site, on Wednesday, December 18, 2024.
During the Synaxis of the Hierarchs of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, held from September 1 to 3, 2024, in Constantinople, His Eminence Metropolitan Stephanos of Kallioupolis and Madytos delivered a noteworthy address titled: “The Typikon and Liturgical Tradition of the Great Church and Deviations from it in Liturgical Practice.”