Ieronymos: Refugees World’s Problem
BOSTON – His Beatitude Archbishop of Athens and All Greece in a TNH interview said that “the refugee problem is huge and cannot be carried only by Greece alone; the issue should be internationalized.”...
View ArticleSynod Defrocks Gounaris & Ehrs, Suspends Dokos
NEW YORK – The Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America during its spring meeting decided to punish Rev. James Dokos of Chicago with a one-year suspension for stealing money...
View ArticleNational Archon Lenten Retreat 2016
SOUTHAMPTON, NY— The Thirteenth Annual National Archon Lenten Retreat took place on April 15 and 16 at the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Orthodox Christian Church in Southampton. The theme of the...
View ArticleIOCC Brings Greece’s Needy Easter
NEW YORK – This is one of those years when Orthodox Easter falls more than a month after Western Christendom. For the people of Greece that means they celebrate their feast of feasts amid the anxiety...
View ArticleHoly Thursday in Upper Darby, PA
Holy Week continues for the Greek Orthodox faithful and all those observing the week leading up to Pascha. The Holy Thursday services of the Sacred Passion and Crucifixion of Our Lord were held at St....
View ArticleTracing Jesus’ footsteps- Good Friday in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM— Greek-Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox pilgrims are commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ by following the path in Jerusalem’s Old City where, according to tradition, he walked on the...
View ArticleGreat Holy Friday in Reading, PA
READING, PA – The community of Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church celebrated Great and Holy Friday on April 29, as did the rest of the Orthodox world. While every church has its charm,...
View ArticlePatriarchal Encyclical For Holy Pascha 2016
Beloved brothers and sisters in the Lord, We wholeheartedly address you from the See of the Ecumenical Patriarchate with the joyous greeting “Christ is risen!” The resurrection of Christ is the center...
View ArticlePascha Celebrated in Greece
ATHENS— With “Holy Fire,” fireworks and solemn Masses, Orthodox Christians around the world celebrated Easter on Sunday, commemorating the day followers believe that Jesus was resurrected more than...
View ArticleGood Friday in NY and NJ
NEW YORK—On the afternoon of Good Friday at the Church of Saint Nicholas and the Holy Trinity in Staten Island, the religious leader of the community, Father Nicholas Petropoulakos, conducted the...
View ArticlePatriarch Photios and Early Orthodoxy
We Greek Orthodox find ourselves baptized into the faith when we are too young even to understand what is going on. As we grow into children and teenagers, our parents teach us many of the rituals...
View ArticleCelebrating Resurrection on Staten Island
Staten Island, NY—Faithful Orthodox parishioners celebrated the Resurrection of Jesus Christ at the Church of St. Nicholas and Holy Trinity on Staten Island. At 11:00 pm the parishioners began arriving...
View ArticleCommunity Holy Week Turnout Up from 2015
NEW YORK – Attendance at the Greek Orthodox Churches throughout the New York Metropolitan area saw a rise in attendance during this year’s Holy Week as compared to 2015. The primary reason appears to...
View ArticleSt. Thomas Church in Cherry Hill Celebrates Patron Saint
St. Thomas Church in Cherry Hill, NJ celebrated their patron saint on the feast day of the Apostle. His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos presided over the vesper services on Saturday evening, and the...
View ArticleFollow Your Spirit & Upon This Charge Cry God… for Hellas & St. George
In the midst of the joyous Paschal period, we celebrate the feast of St. George the Great Martyr, one of Romanity’s greatest heroes. As the saintly Greek author Alexandros Papadiamantis notes “the...
View ArticleNYPD Search for Suspect in Icon Theft
NEW YORK— The NYPD is looking for a man with a cane who stole a painting from a church in Upper Manhattan. Police say the robbery occurred at Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church in Washington Heights...
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New Jersey Clergy-Laity Assembly Awards 106 Community Stewards
GARFIELD, NJ – The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey at the its annual Grand Banquet on May 16 awarded 106 stewards of the communities, clergy, members of Parish Councils, the Brotherhoods, the...
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Kimisis tis Theotokou Presents The School of Athens in the Hamptons
NEW YORK— On June 4, Professor Russell Edward Jones of Harvard University’s Philosophy Department spoke at the Muses, Nicholas S. Zoullas Hellenic Center at the Kimisis tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox...
View ArticleOrthodox Synod to Take Place Despite New Pullout, by Russia
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians on Wednesday said a historic meeting of church leaders — the first in more than a millennium — will take place despite a...
View ArticleChristina Hanos Delivers Best Sermon at Chrysostom Festival
CHARLOTTE, NC – Christina Hanos, a 17-year-old senior at Clarkstown High School South in West Nyack, NY, recently represented her parish, Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in West Nyack...
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