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Washington, DC – On Monday, May 16, 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America participated in the Bicentennial Greek Independence celebration at the White House with President Joe Biden, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and Mrs. Mareva Grabowska-Mitsotakis. Washington, DC – On Monday, May 16, 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America participated in the Bicentennial Greek Independence celebration at the White House with President Joe...

On Thomas Sunday, May 1, 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros made a pastoral visit to the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of New England in Boston before marching in the city’s Greek Independence Parade later that afternoon. The Archbishop was joined by His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios of Boston, His Grace Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos, and Father Thomas Chininis, Dean of the Cathedral, in celebrating the Divine Liturgy. On Thomas Sunday, May 1, 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros made a pastoral visit to the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of New England in Bo...

On Friday evening, after presiding over the Vespers of the Descent from the Cross at Astoria’s Saint Catherine Church earlier in the day, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros visited the Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helen in Brooklyn for the Service of the Lamentations. On Friday evening, after presiding over the Vespers of the Descent from the Cross at Astoria’s Saint Catherine Church earlier in the day, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros visited the Cathedral...

The Phanar--Holy Myrrh or Chrism is the visible sign of the transmission of the Holy Spirit upon members of the Church. And it’s a tangible bond that unites all Orthodox Christians worldwide and through time. But where does it come from? Who makes it? How? And from what materials? The Phanar--Holy Myrrh or Chrism is the visible sign of the transmission of the Holy Spirit upon members of the Church. And it’s a tangible bond that unites all Orthodox Christians worldwide and...

“If we truly desire to hand over our traditions to the next generation, we must give them the fire, not the ashes,” Archbishop Elpidophoros of America advised Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Detroit leadership in a reception with Metropolitan Nicholas of Detroit this past weekend, inviting them expand the ingenuity and imagination they used to achieve local stability and prosperity beyond the boundaries of their metropolis, helping to address Orthodoxy in America’s most pressing issues and move the entire national Church forward. “If we truly desire to hand over our traditions to the next...