Posts tagged with "Greek Orthodox"
45th Clergy Laity Congress concluded with calls for unity
September 12th, 20201448 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...
Archbishop Elpidophoros’ first Clergy Laity Congress is virtual
September 6th, 20200588 New York.- (GreekNewsOnline) The Clergy-Laity Congress is the highest legislative body of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. It is convened biennially with the participation of over 1,000 representatives of over 400 parishes across the United States. It is presided over by the Archbishop and it is concerned with matters,...
Archbishop Elpidophoros Convenes National Clergy on Pension Plan
August 12th, 20200719 New York, NY – On Tuesday, August 11, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros convened the Clergy of the entire Archdiocese in order to discuss the current status of the Archdiocese Pension Plan. The webinar lasted about three hours and over 350 members of the clergy attended, discussing with the Archbishop the Pension...
Archbishop Elpidophoros thanks Greek News for the special issue on his enthronement
July 4th, 20200408 New York.- (GreekNewsOnline) In a letter to the Publisher and Editor of the “Greek News” Apostolos Zoupaniotis Archbishop Elpidophoros of America thanks our newspaper for publishing a special issue on the first anniversary of his enthronement. “I communicate with you in order to thank you and the entire staff for your...
Confusion in the Direct Archdiocesan District on the mode of the distribution of the Holy Communion
July 4th, 20200651 New York.- By Apostolos Zoupaniotis Faithful and priests in the Direct Archdiocesan District are rather confused about the mode of distribution of Holy Communion. On May 18, the Chancellor Fr. Andreas Vithoulkas in a memo send to all priests of the Direct Archdiocesan District said that “As a temporary measure only, Holy...
The current pension plan of the priests is not sustainable and cannot be saved, Archbishop Elpidophoros told spring Meeting of the Archdiocesan Council
July 1st, 20203918 New York, NY (GreekNewsOnline) On June 29, 2020 Archbishop Elpidophoros of America convened the Spring Meeting of the Archdiocesan Council. Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, travel and meeting restrictions, and public health concerns, the meeting was held virtually via video conferencing in two separate sessions. The Archdiocese...
Archbishop Elpidophoros explains why he instructed the use of multiple spoons for the Holy Communion
May 31st, 202062162 New York.- By Apostolos Zoupaniotis Many Greek media around the world reported the exclusive story of the “Greek News” on the decision by Archbishop Elpidophoros of America to instruct the priests of the Direct Archdiocesan District (his own Metropolis) to offer Holy Communion using separate spoons for each person – as a...
Archbishop Elpidophoros Holds Town Hall with National Sisterhood of Presvyteres
May 27th, 20200505 New York – On Tuesday, May 26, 2020, Archbishop Elpidophoros held a wide-ranging virtual conversation with more than 175 the members of the National Sisterhood of Presvyteres (the wives of clergy) addressing questions regarding their husbands, families, and parishes during the COVID-19 pandemic. President of the Sisterhood of...