January 24th, 20210154
New York.- By Vicki James Yiannias
The cheering crowds celebrating the presidential inauguration would have been fewer this year due to pandemic precautions, but there wouldn’t have been room for them anyway, because filling the National Mallwere armed soldiers and police required to guard the new President of the United States in...
January 10th, 20210344
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...
December 19th, 20200817
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...
December 16th, 20200704
New York, NY –
Archbishop Elpidophoros convened the new Archdiocesan Council that will last until the 2022 Clergy Laity Congress. Just prior to the meeting, the Archbishop addressed the newly established “Senators for Orthodoxy and Hellenism,” a special new organization that brings together clergy and laity from around the...
November 21st, 202011325
New York.- By Apostolos Zoupaniotis
On December 6 our Church is celebrating St. Nicholas Feast Day and for the parishioners of St. Nicholas in Manhattan it will mark 19 years without their beloved little church, built in the southern nose of Manhattan to welcome the Greek sailors arriving to the New World.
The destruction of...
October 18th, 20200989
New York.- By Apostolos Zoupaniotis
The Archdiocese of America approaches its first centennial anniversary full of surprises; things that may not be canonical but there are unique and extraordinary.
Metropolitan Evangelos didn't come to Astoria to officiate holy liturgy as it was announced by the Archdiocese.
On October 8 the...
September 12th, 20201784
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese looks financially sound despite difficulties created by the Covid-19 pandemic
New York.- By Apostolos Zoupaniotis
Overcoming the problems created by the Covid-19 pandemic that have shut down most major events across the United States, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America held its first ever virtual...
September 6th, 202041086
Boston.- (GreekNewsOnline)
Professor Rev. Emmanuel Clapsis, one of the 6 senior professors of the Holy Cross School of Theology, whose services were terminated, despite their tenure, posted the following article on his Facebook page, explaining the sad situation. We also include the post of the School’s Administration.
On August...
August 6th, 202001493
By Catherine Tsounis
Photos: Dimitrios Panagos
“We celebrate the first fruits of the harvest on August 6th, the Transfiguration (Metamorphosis) of Christ Feast Day,” said His Eminence, Archbishop Elpidophoros. “I am happy to be here in this summer...
August 3rd, 202021278
New York.- (GreekNewsOnline)
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, with the leadership of the Friends of St. Nicholas and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, today visited the World Trade Center to witness the resumption of construction of the Saint Nicholas Greek...