January 19th, 20213510
New York, NY – Archbishop Elpidophoros of America has been invited by the Presidential Inaugural Committee to offer prayer at the Virtual Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service. The Service will be held on Thursday, January 21, at 10:00 AM ET. Then-President Joe Biden will join the virtual event hosted by the Washington National...
September 12th, 20201615
New York.- By Apostolos Zoupaniotis
With a message of optimism for the future of the Greek Orfthodox Archdiocese and our Church in America, Archbishop Elpidophoros opened his first Clergy Laity Congress since his enthronement. The 45th Clergy Laity Congress was the first ever virtual Congress in the centennial history of the Greek...
September 12th, 20201780
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, 20200865
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,...
August 12th, 20200833
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...
July 4th, 20200661
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...
July 4th, 20200850
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...
July 1st, 202031271
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...
May 31st, 202062783
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...
May 27th, 20200554
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...