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

The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Orthodox Church

The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian - 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

Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Orthodox Church

Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Orthodox Church

Holy Ascension - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Orthodox Church - 25 May 2023

Holy Ascension - 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

Online Chapel - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Orthodox Church - 8 May,Synaxis of the Holy Powder (manna) which emitted from the tomb of Saint John the Theologian

Online Chapel - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Orthodox Church

Feast Day Celebrations at the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity - From the Archdiocese - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

Feast Day Celebrations at the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity - From the Archdiocese - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

Tree Lighting & Kalanta Offered to H.E. Archbishop Elpidophoros at the A...

New Details of Patriarch Bartholomew's US Visit Disclosed

A poster released by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America reveals new details of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's visit to the US.It will occur from 7-17 May 2020.He will visit the following cities:Boston,Massachusetts;Southampton,New York;New York City;Washington,DC;Weirton,West Virginia;and South Bend,Indiana.
Relevant churches in some of the smaller cities include All Saints Greek Orthodox Church in Weirton,West Virginia;Kimisis tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church in Southampton,New York;and St.Andrew's Greek Orthodox Church in South Bend,Indiana.
It will be the Patriarch's first visit to the US in ten years.A personal meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House is also expected.*
Analysis:It is notable that the Patriarch is visiting some less well-known places,along with the inevitable stops of New York City and Washington,DC.This underscores the purely pastoral dimension of the trip,alongside the appropriate pedagogical and political dimensions.

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.

Sweeping Change for Greek Orthodox: Leadership Vacancies

The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate will meet from 9-11 May 2019 in Constantinople, and seldom has their pastoral agenda been weightier.Three vacancies at the Archbishop level need to be addressed, with the death of Archbishop Stylianos of Australia in March,plus the resignations of Archbishop Demetrios of America and Archbishop Gregorios of Thyateira and Great Britain signaling a major generational shift.
Archbishop Demetrios returned home Saturday night to be greeted by his office staff and other intimates with considerable depth of feeling.Indeed, the chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Bishop Andonios has resigned as well.
It has been well-known that His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has felt the need for change at the Archbishop level for some time now,as Archbishop Demetrios,91,and Gregorios,90,became nonagenarians.*
We pray for our Church, that God will guide us, through our new leaders,
to ever more success in witnessing to the Orthodox faith and preserving Hellenism on our respective continents.Amen.