The Conception of the Most Holy Theotokos by St. Anna at Saint Demetrios of Merrick - 2020

Orthros and Divine Liturgy from Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church,Merrick,New York*This feast is celebrated on 9 December.A part of the Christmas canon is chanted beginning on The Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos Into the Temple.*At the chanting of the Epistle:Proskomen,Sofia,Proskomen (Let us attend,Wisdom,Let us attend)*Irini pasi:Peace be unto all.*Klinomen:Bow your heads to the Lord.*Blessing:The love of God,the grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ,and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.*St.Anna isn't mentioned in the New Testament,yet she is mentioned by the Holy Fathers and in ancient hymns about her,so she is part of the holy tradition of the Church.

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Receives the 2024 James Parks Morton Interfaith Award - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Orthodox Church

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Receives the 2024 James Parks Morton Interfaith Award - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Orthodox Church

Assembly of Bishops Executive Committee at the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America June 4, 2024 - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Orthodox Church

Assembly of Bishops Executive Committee at the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America June 4, 2024 - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Orthodox Church Photo:Archbishop Elpidophoros of America,center;Metropolitan Saba of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America to his right;Bishop Irenej of Eastern America,Serbian Orthodox Church,to his left-other hierarchs unidentified

Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue to be Hosted by Huffington Ecumenical Institute - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Orthodox Church

Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue to be Hosted by Huffington Ecumenical Institute - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Orthodox Church

The Enthronement of Metropolitan Apostolos of New Jersey - 16 September 2023 - Cathedral of St.John the Theologian,Tenafly,New Jersey

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, “Religious Freedom and the Ecumenical Patriarchate”, Presentation of the Religious Freedom Report by ACN International - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Orthodox Church

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, “Religious Freedom and the Ecumenical Patriarchate”, Presentation of the Religious Freedom Report by ACN International - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Orthodox Church

REMARKS By His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America at the Enthronement of His Eminence Metropolitan SABA - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Orthodox Church

REMARKS By His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America at the Enthronement of His Eminence Metropolitan SABA - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Orthodox Church

March 26th - Contrition Vespers Archbishop Elpidophoros of America - service starts at 19:00 - Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Resurrection,Brookville,New York

Great Vespers of the Annunciation of the Theotokos (03/24/23) - St.Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral - Washington,D.C.

Mixed Commission Communique - From the Archdiocese - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

Mixed Commission Communique - From the Archdiocese - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

Archbishop Elpidophoros Arrives in Washington for State Department Event

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America has arrived in Washington,D.C. to participate in the U.S. Department of State's Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom.The forum runs from 16-18 July 2019.Archbishop Elpidophoros,who is based at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America's headquarters in New York,was invited to the Ministerial by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback.Also attending will be His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem and All Palestine.*
His Eminence will speak at the Breakout Session on Atrocity Prevention-Protecting Vulnerable Religious Minorities in Conflict and Crisis Settings,which is being held at the State Department's Burns Auditorium on 17 July from 1:15-2:45 pm.Moderating the session will be Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Conflict & Stabilization Denise Natali.*
U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence will address the Ministerial on the closing day.

The Enthronement of Archbishop Elpidophoros of America - attending is His Grace Bishop Irenej of Eastern America (Patriarchate of Serbia) and other members of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America - video begins at 12:35 on the video clock - Archbishop Elpidophoros enters with His Eminence Metropolitan Avgoustinos of Germany and kisses his mother,who is there with his father.

Archbishop Elpidophoros to be Enthroned in June

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will be enthroned on 22 June 2019 at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York.Presiding will be His Eminence Metropolitan Avgostinos of Germany,representing His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.*
Archbishop Elpidophoros will be hosting a teleconference on 16 May 2019 with the clergy of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America to ascertain their hopes and concerns for his new ministry.It is accessible to clergy only.He has been receiving congratulatory messages from the likes of US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt;the World Council of Churches;as well as His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas.