Every year on the feast day of the Theophany (Baptism of Christ) at Dania Beach (Miami) is celebrated in the morning with a Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of St. Matrona of Moscow followed by the traditional consecration of the... Read more...
“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh…” (1 Tim. 3:16). These are the words of Apostle Paul who emphasized the significance of the Nativity of Christ when he was instructing Timothy. The... Read more...
+ Β Α Ρ Θ Ο Λ Ο Μ Α Ι Ο Σ ΕΛΕῼ ΘΕΟΥ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΣ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΕΩΣ, ΝΕΑΣ ΡΩΜΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΣ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗΣ ΠΑΝΤΙ Τῼ ΠΛΗΡΩΜΑΤΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΧΑΡΙΝ, ΕΛΕΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΙΡΗΝΗΝ ΠΑΡΑ ΤΟΥ ΕΝ ΒΗΘΛΕΕΜ ΓΕΝΝΗΘΕΝΤΟΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ
Prot. No. 225/2020 Encyclical on the Feast of Christmas December 25, 2020
In the first days of the new year, the official 2021 Calendar of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate of America was released.
Your Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, Today is a great day for all of us in this parish. It is the historical first visit of our beloved Archpastor to the St. Matrona of Moscow Cathedral in Miami. We whole-heartedly welcome you to... Read more...
The parish of the Apostle Andrew the First-Called in Kendall (south Miami) is under the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Founded in 1960, the community has been holding services at the current site since 1978. In 1992,... Read more...
On November 22/9 the Orthodox Church celebrates the feastday of Saint Matrona of Moscow. This first and the only parish dedicated the saint in America was opened nine years ago in Miami. In 2015, the Community of St. Matrona moved... Read more...
On November 22, during his archpastoral visit to Florida, Archbishop Elpidophoros, the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, visited the Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Fort Myers.
On November 2, the Church commemorated the following saints of the 4th century: the martyrs Elpidophoros, Akindinus, Pigasius, Anempodistus and Affonius of Persia. It is also the name day of the Primate of the Greek Archdiocese, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America,... Read more...
Saint Elpidophoros lived in Persia in the 4th century and suffered for Christ in the period of the years 330-335, together with the other saints Akindinus, Pigasius, Anempodistus and Affonius. Presumably, the basis for his life story was an ancient... Read more...
On October 2, 2020 the Vicar of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate, Archimandrite Alexander Belya, visited the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in Manhattan where he met with His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros.
