Benefit Concert in Reading, PA Raises Funds for St. Nick’s at Ground Zero
READING, PA – The St. Xenia Philoptochos Society of Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Reading, PA had a goal: to raise $100 per member – approximately $11,500 – for the rebuilding...
View ArticleOne Vision Realized, New Dreams Engendered at HCCS in Brooklyn
PARK SLOPE – The sun was bright, but the smiles on the faces of the students were brighter still – like the future of the Hellenic Classical Charter School (HCCS) they attend – they were celebrating...
View ArticleStrong in Faith: Life and Acts of Father Raphael Morgan
I first learned of Father Raphael Morgan in quite a roundabout manner. His fascinating personal journey and the legacy he has left to Eastern Orthodoxy across the planet is singular, to say the least....
View ArticleRev. Angelo Artemas is Leaving the Annunciation Church in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE– Rev. Angelo Artemas is leaving the Annunciation parish in Milwaukee, WI after three years of service there. He succeeded Rev. James Dokos, who has been charged for theft from the trust of a...
View ArticleAbp. Demetrios Speaks to TNH of Holy Cross Theological School
BOSTON – Archbishop Demetrios of America in an interview with TNH said that he doesn’t see anything wrong that the newly-appointed president of Hellenic College and Holy Cross (HCHC) Rev. Christopher...
View ArticleEleni Gage Delights Philoptochos Gathering With Story of New Book
NEW YORK – The Spring Luncheon of the Archdiocesan Cathedral Philoptochos Society is one of events the community in New York looks forward to. The attendees on May 14 were mainly women, but the men...
View ArticleHCHC’s 73rd Commencement Dedicated to Triantafilou
BOSTON– The 73rd commencement ceremony of Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC) was dedicated to its retiring President, Rev. Nicholas Triantafilou. The ceremonies...
View ArticleRev. Spyridon C. Papademetriou (1925-2015) Served 54 Years as a Priest
[I met Rev. Spyridon Papademetriou a few years ago at the Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Reading, PA. When I told him my name, he explained that he read my columns in The...
View ArticleNY Cathedral Philoptochos World Hunger Day Feeding Project on May 27
NEW YORK – On May 27, one day prior to World Hunger Day, members of the Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society will mark the occasion at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Manhattan, by assembling 12,000...
View ArticleDracopoulos Speaks of NH Achievements and the Future of the Diaspora
[The speech delivered by Andreas C. Dracopoulos, co-President of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and one of the National Herald’s guests of honor at its 100th anniversary celebration on May 22 at the...
View ArticleBishop Anthimos Passes Away
Bishop Anthimos, born Anthimos Drakonakis on the island of Crete, has fallen asleep in the Lord. A bishop of the Archdiocese of America, Anthimos “has been the subject of controversy and is now...
View ArticleBishop Anthimos Dies at 81
BOSTON, MA – Retired Bishop Anthimos of Olympos died at age 81 at his home in West Yarmouth, MA on May 29, probably from heart failure. Born as Georges Draconakis in Castelli, Crete on November 19,...
View ArticleEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Lauds Ethnikos Kyrix “Miracle”
[The following is the English text of the letter sent by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Antonis Diamataris, Publisher-Editor of the National Herald, on the occasion of the newspaper’s 100th...
View ArticleOrthodoxy On the Rocks in America?
NEW YORK – An in-depth and extensively-cited study of religious affiliation of Americans published on May 12 by the well-regarded Pew Research Center found that the number of Americans who identify...
View ArticleHCHC’s New President, Rev. Christopher Metropoulos, Speaks to TNH
BOSTON – Rev. Christopher Metropoulos, the newly-appointed president of Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC), granted his first exclusive interview to TNH in which...
View ArticleFellowship and Praise at The Orthodox Christian Studies Center Reception
NEW YORK – The Orthodox Christian Studies Center Benefit Cocktail Party at Thalassa restaurant in Lower Manhattan was a celebration of what has been achieved in a short period of time after OCCS was...
View ArticleHoly Cross in Brooklyn Dismisses Greek School Director
BROOKLYN – The parish council of the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Brooklyn dismissed Michalis Kakias from his position of the Director of the Afternoon Greek School, after seven years of...
View ArticleThe Cathedral School in Manhattan Celebrates 65th Graduation
NEW YORK – The historic 65th graduation of The Cathedral School (THS), the day school of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Manhattan, was marked with a moving ceremony on June 8. As the students and their...
View ArticleFr. Gounaris Abandons Tarpon Springs Parish; He Has Gone to Greece
TARPON SPRINGS – Father Anastasios Gounaris, the pastor of the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Tarpons Springs Florida, has abandoned his parish and the active priesthood and has fled to an unknown...
View ArticleFr. Andreas Vithulkas Appointed Brookville Pastor
NEW YORK – Father Andreas Vithulkas has been appointed as pastor of the Church of the Resurrection in Brookville, NY. Bishop Andonios of Phasiane recently made the announcement at a clergy Syndesmos...
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