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Archbishop Elpidophoros Issues Encyclical for Christmas 2020
Elpidophoros, the Archbishop of the Americas, has released an encyclical for Christmas 2020, during this most unusual of any holiday season most of us have ever experienced.
Likening our many challenges, losses -- and even sometimes despair -- during this...
Diaspora
Archbishop Elpidorphoros Issues Thanksgiving Encyclical
Elpidophoros, the Archbishop of the Americas, issued an encyclical for the great American celebration of Thanksgiving on Monday.
In his missive, he mentioned the nation's current difficulties related to the pandemic, saying "this National Holiday has become associated with a...
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Archbishop Elpidophoros Sends Message to Quake-Ravaged Greece and Turkey
In a message posted on Friday morning on Twitter, Archbishop Elpidophoros, the leader of all the Greek Orthodox faithful of the Americas, sent his condolences and prayers to all those who hav been impacted by the earthquake that struck...
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St. Nicholas Shrine Construction Progressing; New Donors Announced
In a message released to donors and other friends of St. Nicholas Shrine at Ground Zero on Tuesday, Archbishop Elpidophoros announced that great strides have been made recently in the reconstruction of the church and the conceptualizing of its...
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Patriarch Bartholomew Places Metropolitan Methodios of Boston on Suspension Until Christmas
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the leader of all the Greek Orthodox faithful in the world, on Thursday placed the Metropolitan of Boston, Methodios, on "a penance of suspension" until Christmas for what he called "falling into canonical transgressions."
The shocking news...
Culture
Archdiocese of North America Petitions UN on Hagia Sophia Reconversion
It was announced on Tuesday that the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is petitioning United Nations experts to hold the Republic of Turkey accountable for what the archdiocese calls "its deliberate policies to erase the cultural heritage of Orthodox...
Diplomacy
Archbishop Elpidophoros Meets With Pompeo on Hagia Sophia, East Med Tensions
Elpidophoros, the Greek-Orthodox Archbishop of the Americas, met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday at the State Department.
Discussing issues ranging from the takeover of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to peace in the Mediterranean, the talks were...
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Archbishop Elpidophoros Calls for Continued Orthodox – Catholic Dialogue
Greek Orthodox Archbishop of the Americas Elpidophoros spoke on Monday evening at Fordham University as part of its Christ and Anastasia Economos lecture series, lauding the solidarity he had found with Catholic Cardinal Dolan of New York and calling...
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Ceremony at St. Nicholas Shrine at Ground Zero Commemorates 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
Archbishop Elpidophoros, the leader of all the Greek Orthodox faithful in the Americas, officiated at a moving ceremony in front of the rebuilt St. Nicholas Shrine today, the nineteenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center.
At...
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Archbishop Elpidophoros Concludes Virtual Clergy-Laity Conference on Hopeful Note
The 45th annual Greek Orthodox Clergy-Laity conference, the first ever to be held completely virtually, concluded on Thursday with remarks from Archbishop of the Americas Elpidophoros.
He ended the gathering, which had been attended by more than 1,100 of the...