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On Saturday evening, the Order of Saint Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, honored His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, with the Athenagoras Human Rights Award. The annual award ceremony, which recognizes “a person or organization which has consistently exemplified by action, purpose, and dedication, concern for the basic rights and religious freedom of all people,” also coincided with the eighteenth anniversary of His Beatitude’s enthro...

Students at the Saint Nicholas Shrine Church and School welcomed a special guest on Friday, October 7. From Alexandria, Egypt to Queens, New York, the Apostolic Visit of His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros II to the United States — the first ever by a Patriarch of Alexandria— included a trip to the beloved Greek day school in Flushing. Students at the Saint Nicholas Shrine Church and School welcomed a special guest on Friday, October 7. From Alexandria, Egypt to Queens, New York, the...

NEW YORK — Thursday, October 6, marked the first full day of the Apostolic visit of His Beatitude Theodoros II, Patriarch and Pope of Alexandria and all Africa, to the United States. In the morning, His Beatitude met with His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Catholic Archbishop of New York, and His Eminence Archbishop Borys Gudziak, of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia. NEW YORK — Thursday, October 6, marked the first full day of the Apostolic visit of His Beatit...

Q: You took part in demonstrations over the murder of George Floyd, you supported the use of plastic spoons for Holy Communion, and you baptized the children of a gay couple. What kind of hierarch are you? What shaped you? Q: You took part in demonstrations over the murder of George Floyd, you supported the use of plastic spoons for Holy Communion, and you baptized the children of a gay couple. What kind of hierarch...

PHANAR — After nearly a year of preparations, "Kosinitza Manuscript 220" will return to the Patriarchal and Stavropegial Monastery of Theotokos Eikosiphoinissa in Drama, Greece. The manuscript, which was most recently purchased from Christie’s in 2011 and entered the collection of Washington D.C.’s Museum of the Bible in 2014, was among hundreds of priceless objects looted from the Monastery by Bulgarian troops in 1917. Following the discovery of its origins by curator B...

The Hellenic Film Society USA (HFS) has announced the lineup for its annual New York Greek Film Expo, a Greek film festival for all New Yorkers, to be held September 29—October 9, expanding to four theaters across the New York metro area. The Hellenic Film Society USA (HFS) has announced the lineup for its annual New York Greek Film Expo, a Greek film festival for all New Yorkers, to be held September 29—October 9, expanding to four...

International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) announced today that with support from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, IOCC will provide immediate assistance to people in Ukraine displaced by the conflict and receiving aid through six dioceses of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) announced today that with support from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, IOCC will provide immediate assistance to people in Ukraine...

Archbishop Elpidophoros, Honorary Co-Chair of the event with President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades , said, “All of us want justice for Cyprus. All of us want peace. And for this reason, we will never stop demanding for the Turkish troops to stop the illegal occupation of almost half of the island of Cyprus. We can never stop working until we achieve this result. Unity must prevail. Justice must prevail. And if these come to pass, then the bright future of Cyprus will be assured for many gener...

The Greek Orthodox Church of Zoodohos Peghe hosted a special cultural event on Wednesday, September 21, commemorating 100 years since the Asia Minor Catastrophe. Free and open to the public, “Memories, Sounds, and Life,” aimed to share the enduring music, culture, and history of Asia Minor’s Greek population with the community in the Bronx. His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, Consul General of Greece the Honorable Konstantinos Konstantinou, and Consul General of Cyprus the Honorable Mich...

On Tuesday, September 20, 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros welcomed to the Archdiocese the Former Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. George Papandreou.