Philoptochos Helps Women Facing Domestic Violence
NEW YORK – Domestic violence is a complex and painful enough reality in any context. Unfortunately, the attitudes and conditions that make it possible, like secretiveness, are among the darker...
View ArticleAnnual Orthodoxy in America Lecture Presented at Fordham University
THE BRONX – With pipe organ resounding through University Church, Archbishop Demetrios of America and Fordham university officials in full academic regalia marched to the chancel accompanying the...
View ArticlePolice Say Fr. Adam Metropoulos of Bangor Admits Improper Sexual Conduct
BANGOR, ME – Rev. Adam Metropoulos, who was the presiding priest at St. George Greek Orthodox parish in Bangor, ME for the past 13 years and was arrested on September 15 on charges of possessing child...
View ArticleWSJ Excited Over St. Nick’s Oct. 18 Ground Blessing
NEW YORK – The Wall Street Journal is also caught up in the excitement over the new St. Nicholas and its Ground Blessing on Saturday, October 18 at noon. In an article titled “A Church Near Ground Zero...
View ArticleGround is Blessed Where New St. Nick’s Will Rise – UPDATED
By Constantinos E. Scaros and Constantine S. Sirigos NEW YORK – The images of the ground blessing service of the new St. Nicholas Shrine at Ground Zero on October 18, presided over by Archbishop...
View ArticleAnnual Archons Banquet Fetes Religious Freedom and Human Rights Advocate
NEW YORK – Still basking in the glow of the ground blessing for the St. Nicholas shrine at Ground Zero at noon – Archbishop Demetrios of America called it a great day from Alpha to Omega – clergy,...
View ArticleGrand Opening for Alaska Church
ANCHORAGE, AK – Greeks stretch across the United States from coast to coast, and then some. Holy Transfiguration, in Alaska’s largest city, Anchorage, is the Northernmost Greek Orthodox Church in...
View ArticleGround Blessed Where St. Nicholas Church Will Rise Again
By Constantinos E. Scaros and Constantine S. Sirigos NEW YORK – The images of the ground blessing service of the new St. Nicholas Shrine at Ground Zero on October 18, presided over by Archbishop...
View ArticleStratakis Honored by Archons
NEW YORK – Christopher Stratakis, Esq. was recently honored with “Nicholas J. Bouras Award for Extraordinary Archon Stewardship” by the Order of St. Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at a...
View ArticlePloutarchos Helps Church Rebuild
PALM HARBOR, FL – Greek singing superstar Giannis Ploutarchos took time out of his U.S. tour to help some fellow Greeks in need: the community of Sts. Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene in Palm Harbor, FL...
View ArticleNew Philoptochos’ President Maria Logus Talks to The Natioanl Herald
NEW YORK – The National Philoptochos Society of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has a new president, attorney Maria (Logothetis) Logus; her grandfather abbreviated the surname in 1903. Logus...
View ArticleChrysanthemum Ball Glowed With Love for Skeadas
NEW YORK – When Aphrodite Skeadas asks for something, it is hard to say no. It is one of the secrets to her success as National President of Philoptochos over the past six years, but sooner or later...
View ArticleStephen Cherpelis Honored at St. Michael’s Home Name Day Gala
NEW YORK – With St. Michael’s Home for the Elderly on the verge of a new era – the closing on the purchase of its future home in Uniondale Long Island will take place on November 11 – its annual name...
View ArticleSt. Athanasius in Arlington Massachusetts Celebrates Dual Anniversary
ARLINGTON, MA – St. Athanasius Greek-Orthodox parish in Arlington MA celebrated a dual anniversary on November 1: 50 years since its parish’s establishment, and 25 years of the honorable and successful...
View ArticlePutin, Religion, Ukraine Panel at Orthodox Christian Study Center
NEW YORK – Russian President Vladimir Putin has emerged at a great enigma if not danger in foreign affairs, and the Orthodox community is in a position to shed light on him through events like the...
View ArticleFirst U.S. Conference on Women Deacons to be held in New York City
By Marilyn Rouvelas Readers of The National Herald last June may have seen Theodore Kalmoukos’ front-page interview with Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia, in which he “welcomed the revival of the...
View ArticleIntroduding TNH Religion Supplement: Examining the NT’s Historicity
Welcome to the inaugural edition of The National Herald’s Religion Insert. This is not a section devoted to members – clergy or laity – of the Greek Orthodox Church, or of the Church, or any church, as...
View ArticleSt. Michael’s Closes on New Home
NEW YORK – The St. Michael’s home for the elderly, one of the most beloved institutions of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, took a giant step into the future on November 20 when it closed on...
View ArticleSt. Nicholas Feast Day 2014 at Ground Zero; Construction Two Months Away
NEW YORK – One day before the Feast Day of St. Nicholas much of Ground Zero was a hive of construction activity near the site of the New St. Nicholas Shine. Work was being done inside the Vehicle...
View ArticlePope’s Visit to Patriarch Historic; Both Call for Moslem Dialogue
CONSTANTINOPLE – Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Pope Francis of Rome demanded an end to the violent persecution of Christians in the Middle East and called for dialogue with Muslims to work...
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