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Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh Presides over Anastasis Service at St. Nicholas Cathedral Followed by an Anastasi Meal
His Eminence Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh presided over the Anastasi Service the evening of Saturday, May 4, 2024, at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Metropolis of Pittsburgh in ...
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Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Presides over Vespers of Agape on Holy and Great Pascha at Resurrection Greek Orthodox Church in Brookville
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided over the Vespers of Agape on Holy and Great Pascha at Resurrection Greek Orthodox Church in Brookville, New York. His Eminence was joined by ...
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Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry (OCPM): St. Dismas the Good Thief
In the Orthodox Church, we know well the words of St. Dismas, the thief crucified beside Christ: “Jesus, remember me when you come into Your Kingdom.” When we say these words in the Divine Liturgy, it ...
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Hellenic Relief Foundation and Partner Organization in Athens ΕΛΕΣΘΥ Complete Successful Food Distribution
For yet another Easter, the Hellenic Relief Foundation together with their partner organization in Athens ΕΛΕΣΘΥ, ensured that beneficiaries of the monthly distributions had all the basics for the ...
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Paschal Message of National Commander Dr. Limberakis
Dear Brother Archons and friends of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate: Christ is risen from the dead, by death, trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life.
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FOCUS North America: Small Mercies in Minnesota
During their visit, FOCUS Minnesota provided new clothes and hygiene products for all of the kids in addition to some household items for their new place. Each visit to FOCUS Minnesota was full of ...
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DID YOU KNOW? EPITAPHIOS May 3
The Epitaphios is a large, beautiful cloth with an embroidered icon of Christ’s dead body lying on the tomb. While Christ appears to sleep, He has descended into Hades to release the captive souls of ...
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Homily for the Vespers of Agape - The Holy and Great Pascha
This truly is the Day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice together and be glad in it! [1] What a blessing to have arrived at the Holy Pascha of the Lord, and especially to celebrate it here at Holy ...
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DID YOU KNOW? MYSTICAL SUPPER May 2
The Passover meal (also called the “Festival of Unleavened Bread”) was instituted by God through Moses. It was to commemorate, through a perpetual day of remembrance, the Angel of Death “passing over” ...
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Archbishop Elpidophoros Presides Over Holy Unction at Saints Catherine and George Greek Orthodox Church Astoria, New York
This Great and Holy Wednesday, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America joined Fr. Anargyros Stavropoulos and the community of Saints Catherine and George Greek Orthodox Church in Astoria, New ...
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Archbishop Elpidophoros Homily for the Service of the Lamentations
In this, our holy Epitaphios Service, we read this prophecy and the vision of the Valley of the Dry Bones, after our chants of eager expectation in the resurrection of the Life in the Tomb – Ἡ Ζωὴ ἐν ...
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Service of the Twelve Gospels at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Shrine Church Flushing, NY
On Holy Thursday in the Greek Orthodox Church we hear the emotion of the Twelve Gospels as we commemorate the death of Christ on the Cross. On this sacred and solemn day His Eminence Archbishop ...