Posts tagged with "archbishop"
Archdiocese Executive Committee Holds Spring Meeting; Elpidophoros Forms Advisory Committee on the Charter
April 23rd, 202101343 New York.- (GreekNewsOnline) On Thursday, April 22, 2021, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America convened virtually the regularly scheduled Spring meeting of the Executive Committee of the Archdiocesan Committee. Following an opening prayer, the Archbishop addressed the group, noting the joyful difference in how we would...
President Biden holds a virtual Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Greek Revolution for the Greek American Community
March 25th, 202101709 New York.- By Apostolos Zoupaniotis With the participation of over 100 Greek Americans, the White House celebrated for the first time virtually – due to the Covid-19 pandemic – the Greek Independence Day. This year’s celebration coincided with the Bicentennial of the Greek Revolution of 1821. President Biden was...
115th Annual Epiphany Celebration in Tarpon Springs, Florida
January 10th, 202101343 Tarpon Springs, Fla. (GreekNewsOnline) 16-year-old Colten Sakadales, a junior at Tarpon Springs High, was this cross dive winner of the 115th Annual Epiphany Celebration that took place in the Spring Bayou, of the little picturesque village founded more than a century ago by Greek sponge divers. His brother was last year’s...
The Saint Basil Academy children share their joyful Christmas interview of Elpidophoros
December 28th, 202001312 New York.- On December 10, 2020, the Saint Basil Academy children and staff welcomed Archbishop Elpidophoros for their socially distant Christmas celebration. Traditionally, in the past, the Greek Orthodox Archbishop visits the Academy for the annual Christmas celebration: His Eminence is welcomed by hundreds of guests who come to watch...
Speaking the Same Language: Jews and Greeks on Hanukkah
December 19th, 202001688 Archbishop Elpidophoros and Rabbi Marans of AJC discuss the “Festival of Lights” and the victory of the Maccabee Martyrs over King Antiochus IV Epiphanes New York.- By Vicki James Yiannias Hannukah, the Jewish festival of lights, celebrates the re-dedication of the Temple after the Maccabean Revolt (167-160 BCE), which...
Elpidophoros: the Persian Martyr, By John Athanasatos
November 1st, 202003057 When His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros came to America, it was the first time many of us heard the name Elpidophoros. We knew the name in Greek, meant “hope-bearer” but perhapsdid not know it was the name of a great martyr. Even if and when there was a feast day was probably unknown to many of us. Today, November 2, the Orthodox...
US Government, Biden and Elpidophoros react on the earthquake
October 31st, 20200871 New York.- (GreekNewsOnline) Messages of condolences and solidarity to Greece and Turkey, following the 6.7 R of magnitude that hit Smyrna (Izmir) and the Island of Samos, have been sent by the U.S. Department of State and the National Security Advisor O’Brien, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Archbishop Elpidophoros...
Elpidophoros Announces Appointments to the 2020-2022 Archdiocesan Council
October 25th, 202001650 NEW YORK – Archbishop Elpidophoros of America has announced his appointments to the 2020-2022 Archdiocesan Council. The Archdiocesan Council is advisory and consultative body to the Archbishop and to the Holy Eparchial Synod and is concerned with the ministries, institutions and financial affairs of the Archdiocese. Its voting...