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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...

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...

Archbishop Elpidophoros Begins Largest-Ever Clergy-Laity Conference

Archbishop of the Americas Elpidophoros is looking forward to hosting the largest-ever conference for both clergy and laity that has ever been held in the 98-year-long history of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in America. Due to coronavirus concerns, the much-anticipated...

Archbishop Elpidophoros Deplores Turkey’s Conversion of Orthodox Church into Mosque

Elpidophoros, the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, deplored Friday's decision by Turkish authorities to re-convert the Byzantine-era Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Savior in Chora back into a mosque. The Archbishop wrote on Twitter: "After the tragic transgression with...

Archbishop Elpidophoros to Address Democratic National Convention

The Democratic National Committee has released the names of all the religious figures who will speak during the party's national convention, which will be staged in a completely different way this year, using live streaming of speeches, due to...

Archbishop Elpidophoros Meets with President Trump on Hagia Sophia

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America met with President Trump and Vice President Pence late on Thursday to discuss Turkey's recent decision to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque. The previously-unannounced meeting with the President and Vice President at the White House...

Archbishop Elpidophoros, Cardinal Dolan Decry Hagia Sophia Decision in Joint Statement

In a joint statement issued on Wednesday, Greek Orthodox Elpidophoros and Catholic Cardinal, Timothy Dolan, deeply deplored Turkey's decision last Friday to reconvert Hagia Sophia into a mosque. Both churchmen joined together to express their indignation at the events of...

Archbishop of America Elpidophoros Says ''Divisions Must Cease''

The newly-elected Archbishop of America, Elpidophoros, stated after a meeting he had on Friday with Greek Foreign Minister George Katrougalos and Deputy Terens Quick that divisions among the Greek community of America ''must cease.'' Elpidophoros noted that he is ''armed with...

US Ambassador Pyatt Meets Elpidophoros, New Archbishop of America

American Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt met with the newly-elected Orthodox Archbishop of America Elpidophoros in Athens on Monday afternoon. With a picture of the two of them uploaded to his personal Twitter account, Pyatt informed the public of his...