Archiepiscopal Encyclical on Great and Holy Pascha 2023
April 14, 2023Prot. No. 84/2023
Prot. No. 84/2023
On March 26, the fourth Sunday of Great Lent dedicated St. John of the Ladder, the Brooklyn Cathedral of St John the Forerunner & Baptist was visited by Archbishop Elpidophoros of America who led the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil... Read more...
On March 25, the Greek Church celebrates the feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos according to the New Julian calendar.
On March 24, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America met with Bishop Isaiah of Sumperk, Vicar of the Olomouc-Brno Diocese of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in Manhattan.
On February 28, the New York Public Library hosted the 2023 Interfaith Breakfast, a traditional interfaith event organized by City Hall. At the invitation of the office of Mayor Eric Adams, three hundred religious leaders and prominent figures from across... Read more...
On January 19 (January 6 on the Julian Calendar), the Orthodox Church celebrates the Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ, also known as the Theophany (“Appearance of God”), as it was the first time Jesus was revealed to be God. ... Read more...
On the feast of the Nativity of Christ, which the Church celebrates on January 7 (December 25 on the Julian Calendar), two divine liturgies were celebrated in the St. Matrona of Moscow Cathedral in Miami, the main churchof the Slavic... Read more...
Dear and beloved fathers, brothers, and sisters in Christ, our Lord and Savior,
At the turn of 2022/2023, the Calendar of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate of America for the new year 2023 was published.
On December 25, 2011, the first church in America dedicated to St. Matrona of Moscow opened in Miami. Today it is the main cathedral of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate of America. December 25 (December 12 on the Julian Calendar) is... Read more...
+ B A R T H O L O M E W BY GOD’S MERCY, ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE-NEW ROMEAND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHTO ALL THE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH
On November 2, the Church commemorates the 4th century Persian martyrs SS. Acindynos, Pegasios, Aphthonios, Elpidophoros, and Anempodistus. The Greek translations of their Persian names are instructive. Acindynus means “unimperilled”; Pegasius is derived from pegazo or “to gush forth”; Aphthonius... Read more...