​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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NEW YORK – On November 13, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros offered the keynote address at an Ecumenical Symposium titled “Truth does not fear dialogue,” hosted by...
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NEW YORK – His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will convene a national conference on Greek Education with the theme: “The Vision for Greek Education in the United States.”
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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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The Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation met from October 24-26, 2019 in Maryland to continue its work on marriage. Members of each delegation delivered papers on the rite, theology, and practices concerning marriage as understood in each re...
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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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