On Friday, April 18, 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided over the Great Vespers of the Descent from the Cross (Ἀποκαθήλωσις) for Holy and Great Friday at Saint Catherine and George Greek Orthodox Church in Astoria, New York.
On Holy Saturday, April 19, 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America celebrated the Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil at Holy Resurrection Greek Orthodox Church in Brookville, New York. Fr. Panteleimon Papadopoulos, Proistamenos of Holy Resurrection, and Fr. Milton Stamatos, associate priest, concelebrated with the Archbishop.
On Great and Holy Friday evening, April 18, 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America joined Fr. Andreas Vithoulkas, Fr. Samuel Davis, and the faithful of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at Ground Zero for the Orthros of Holy Saturday. On this evening the faithful join in chanting the Lamentations, the moving […]
This morning, April 18, 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America participated in an ecumenical “Way of the Cross over the Brooklyn Bridge” alongside His Eminence Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, and the Most Rev. Robert J. Brennan, Bishop of Brooklyn.
Outside of Constantinople, towards the district of the Seven Towers, there was in ancient times a very large and most beautiful church named in honour of the Theotokos; it had been built about the middle of the fifth century by the Emperor Leo the Great (also called "Leo of Thrace," he is commemorated on Jan. […]
Both of these Saints were disciples of the Apostle Paul, who mentions them in his Epistle to the Romans, saying: "Jason and Sosipater my kinsmen greet you" (16:21). Jason was from Tarsus of Cilicia, and became bishop there. Sosipater was from Patras of Achaia, and became Bishop of Iconium. When they had shepherded their churches […]
On the island of Mytilene (Lesbos in ancient times), near the village of Therme, the villagers had a custom of ascending a certain hill on this day to celebrate the Divine Liturgy in the ruins of a small chapel, although no one knew whence the tradition sprang. In the year 1959, certain villagers began seeing […]
Mark was an idolater from Cyrene of Pentapolis, which is near Libya. Having come to the Faith of Christ through the Apostle Peter, he followed him to Rome. While there, at the prompting of Peter himself and at the request of the Christians living there, he wrote his Gospel in Greek, and it is second […]
George, this truly great and glorious Martyr of Christ, was born of a father from Cappadocia and a mother from Palestine. Being a military tribune, or chiliarch (that is, a commander of a thousand troops), he was illustrious in battle and highly honoured for his courage. When he learned that the Emperor Diocletian was preparing […]
This friend of the court brief is the most recent effort of the Assembly of Bishops to further its particular interest of safeguarding the liberty of all Americans to practice their faith.
Therefore, on this year’s Mission Sunday, and every day, I pray that each of us will support the Holy Church’s most critical mission by praying for the missionaries and mission priests around the world
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