As part of the America at 250: Orthodoxy in a New Homeland initiative, we are proud to republish this 2025 account of Archbishop Elpidophoros’s visit to New Orleans, Louisiana, home to Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox […] The post A landmark visit to a landmark parish: Holy Trinity Cathedral in New Orleans appeared first on Orthodox […]
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided yesterday, Monday, April 20, 2026, at the Katholikon of the Holy Monastery of Saint Nektarios in Roscoe, New York, over the Divine Liturgy, the Funeral Service, and the […] The post Archbishop Elpidophoros presides over funeral for Archimandrite Joseph of St. Nektarios Monastery appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
NEW YORK — Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed earlier today in separate meetings the Governor of the Ionian Islands Region, Ioannis Trepeklis, and the Mayor of the Sacred City of Messolonghi, Spyros Diamantopoulos. Both officials […] The post Archbishop Elpidophoros welcomes Ionian Islands Governor and Mayor of Messolonghi ahead of Greek Independence Parade appeared first […]
The community of Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church in West Nyack, New York, led by presiding priest Fr. Michael Palamara, welcomed His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros for Thomas Sunday on April 19, 2026. […] The post Saints Constantine & Helen Church welcome Archbishop Elpidophoros in West Nyack, New York appeared first on Orthodox […]
Please join His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on Friday, April 24, 2026 to welcome the Presidential Guard of the Hellenic Republic to New York City for the Greek Independence Parade Weekend. The Hierarchical Doxology […] The post Archdiocese to welcome Presidential Guard of the Hellenic Republic appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
After the Saviour had miraculously healed the paralytic, the Jews, especially the Pharisees and Scribes, were moved with envy and persecuted Him, and sought to slay Him, using the excuse that He did not keep the Sabbath, since He worked miracles on that day. Jesus then departed to Galilee. About the middle of the Feast […]
Saint Irene was the daughter of a princelet called Licinius; named Penelope by her parents, through a divine revelation she was brought to faith in Christ and at Baptism was renamed Irene. In her zeal for piety she broke in pieces all the idols of her father, who commanded that she be trampled underfoot by […]
This Saint was from Tarsus of Cilicia and contested in martyrdom under Diocletian, in 284: she was cast into a bull fashioned of bronze, which had been heated with fire. Reading copyright Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, used by permission. All rights reserved.
The holy Martyrs Timothy and Mavra were husband and wife. Timothy was from Penapeis in the Thebaid, a reader in the Church, and had been married to Mavra only twenty days when he was betrayed to Arian, the Governor of the Thebaid, as a teacher of the Christians. Arian commanded Timothy to surrender his sacred […]
Close to the Sheep's in Jerusalem, there was a pool, which was called the Sheep's Pool. It had round about it five porches, that is, five sets of pillars supporting a domed roof. Under this roof there lay very many sick people with various maladies, awaiting the moving of the water. The first to step […]
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