​The Shepherd's Staff Newsletter for Clergy-Laity 2019 is now available featuring: Tentative Clergy-Laity Schedule; News from the Metropolis, Philoptochos, and Youth Office; and the January through August 2019 Friends of the Metropolis list of don...
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Stavros Papagermanos, Press Office - pressoffice@goarch.org May 11, 2019

NEW YORK – The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America announces to the faithful the election of His Eminence Metropolitan Elpidophoros of Bursa as the new Archbishop of America...


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​The Shepherd's Staff Newsletter for Pascha 2019 is now available featuring: Metropolitan's Message & Calendar; News from the Metropolis, MEFGOX, Philoptochos, Youth Office; an article by Fr. Jarrod Russell; and the January through March 2019 Frie...
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By Margaret Yates (President) Midway on our journey through Great and Holy Lent and the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we wish everyone a Kali Anastasi!
At this time of the year many Philoptochos Chapters are prepar...

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By Margaret Yates (President) ​We are blessed in so many different ways, one of the most important being the ability to give to those less fortunate.  The Christmas season is especially busy as we increase our efforts to make the season brighter ...
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​We are truly blessed, not only for the many blessings we have received in our own lives, but for the ability to assist those less fortunate who are in need of a helping hand. May God bless the hands and hearts of each Philoptochos member in our M...
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The National Council of Churches annual Christian Unity Gathering (CUG) and fall governing board meeting met in Newport News, Virginia from October 13-16, 2019. This year’s CUG remembered and lamented the 400th anniversary of t...
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NEW YORK – The faithful of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America glorify God as they receive with great joy the news from Mount Athos and our spiritual father, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who announced the forthcoming ca...
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NEW YORK – His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided at the first Archdiocesan Council meeting following his election and enthronement as Archbishop.
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Holy Trinity Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan hosted the Greek Orthodox Youth Olympics this past weekend (January 27-28). Young people from all over the Metropolis of Detroit joined together in order to get better acquainted, have fun, and learn ...
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​Recently, Eva Konstantakos (our Metropolis of Detroit Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries) was interviewed by John Lazar of DOOR (Detroit's Own Orthodox Radio) to discuss youth and young adult ministries in the area.
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​Woburn, Mass. – The Metropolis of Boston and Annunciation Church hosted this year’s 34th annual St. John Chrysostom National Oratorical Festival the weekend of June 9-11, 2017. 1st Place Sr. Division: Victoria Martine (Holy Trinity, Carm...
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Representatives of Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Christian churches met today at the Armenian Cathedral of St. Vartan for the first meeting of the joint commission in nearly a decade. The meeting began with a common prayer service followed by open...
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The Executive Committee of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America met today, under the chairmanship of Archbishop Elpidophoros, to discuss the state of Orthodox Christian unity in the USA. Recognizing the challe...
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More than five years in the making, this new text takes a different approach to ecumenical dialogue: instead of addressing together an issue that has prevented full communion between the churches, here the Catholic and Orthodox theologians examine...
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