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Memory Eternal of Presvytera Nikki Stephanopoulos

By Webmaster on September 30, 2023 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: The National Herald CLEVELAND – Presvytera Nikki Stephanopoulos, passed away at her home in Beachwood, Ohio on September 29, 2023 at the age of 90. Her husband, the Rev. Dr. Robert G. Stephanopoulos was by her side. Born in Minnesota, Presbytera Nikki was a public relations dynamo and a mentor to many women, and men, who served the Church alongside of her. The daughter of Andrew and Margaret Chafos from Rochester, Minnesota, Presvytera Nikki graduated from Rochester High School and the University of Minnesota before moving to New York City with the Campus Crusade for Freedom. She met her…

Former Archimandrite John Heropoulos Married a Man and Became a Protestant Pastor

By Webmaster on September 29, 2023 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: The National Herald By Theodore Kalmoukos BOSTON – The former Archimandrite of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, John Heropoulos, who left the priesthood after twenty years of ministry, surprised everyone when The National Herald revealed that on January 9, 2016, he married a man. The National Herald now reveals that John Heropoulos became a pastor at a Protestant church in the White Mountains area of New Hampshire. John Heropoulos was widely known in the Church and the Greek-American Community in America as a clergyman with abilities and administrative skills. He served as Deacon to the late Archbishop Iakovos…

Episode Eleven of the Black American Orthodox Experience on OCN

By Webmaster on September 28, 2023 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: The Orthodox Observer In this eleventh installment, Fr. Samuel Davis speaks with Holy Cross seminarian Cornelius (Kevin) Grandberry about his conversion, his charismatic background, the importance of lay chaplaincy, and effective Orthodox outreach. Baptized and Chrismated into the Church in July 2020, Cornelius comes from a Nondenominational/Pentecostal background, and has a Master of Divinity degree from Liberty University with a concentration in Evangelism and Church Planting. He is currently a seminarian at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, recently completing his first year of study. The Black American Orthodox Experience is a program focused on Orthodox missions in…

The NHM Hosts the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America’s Centennial Exhibit

By Webmaster on August 30, 2023 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: Orthodox Times The National Hellenic Museum (NHM) in Chicago’s Greektown neighborhood is hosting the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America’s centennial exhibit Legacy, Renewal & Unity: Celebrating 100 Years of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, from September 16, 2023, through February 11, 2024. Last year, members of the Greek Orthodox church and community came together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Archdiocese (1922-2022), the legacy of the church and the breadth of the organization’s impact. The exhibit was designed to help people from both within and outside of the Greek community understand and celebrate the history of the…

Father Alex Karloutsos Speaks About War in Ukraine, Divisions in America

By Webmaster on August 30, 2023 Governance & Unity Essays, Governance & Unity News

Source: The National Herald SOUTHAMPTON, NY – In an interview featured on 27east.com, Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Father Alexander Karloutsos spoke about the war in Ukraine. Tom Gogola’s article begins by noting that, “the war in Ukraine may be thousands of miles away, but it hits close to home for Father Alex Karloutsos of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons in Shinnecock Hills.” Gogola writes that, “Karloutsos is joining his church colleagues in decrying the punishment, he says, of hundreds of Russian-based clergymen in the Russian Orthodox Church who have opposed the war…

Former Executive Director of the Archdiocese Jerry Dimitriou. (Photo by GOA/Dimitrios Panagos)

Jerry Dimitriou Responds to GOA News Release

By Webmaster on August 19, 2023 Governance & Unity Essays, Governance & Unity News

Source: The National Herald NEW YORK – Jerry Dimitriou, past Executive Director of Administration of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA), has issued a statement responding to a news release by the GOA. The latter release referred to Dimitriou’s being sentenced by the U.S. District Court – Southern District of New York on August 2, 2023, to two years of probation, four months of house incarceration, and over one hundred hours of community service for charges related to personal tax evasion while he served at the Archdiocese. The full text of his statement follows: August 5, 2023 – FOR…

New FAQs on Charter Site as Archbishop Concludes Initial Discussions with Clergy Nationwide

By Webmaster on August 18, 2023 Governance & Unity News, Governance Top Stories

Source: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America New Frequently Asked Questions have been added to the GOA Charter website (https://charter.goarch.org/faq), an interactive site dedicated to providing accurate, accessible, and up-to-date information regarding the proposed revisions to the GOA Charter. In the vein of the broad participation that has characterized the revision process, these FAQs reflect the questions, comments, and feedback shared by clergy and lay people through the site’s submission form. Individuals periodically receive emailed responses to their submissions from the GOA, as well. In addition to submitting questions through the Charter website, faithful are also encouraged to meet with His…

Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

An Appeal for the Restoration of Hagia Sophia: A Call to Preserve the House of Wisdom

By Webmaster on July 30, 2023 Governance & Unity News, Governance Top Stories

Source: Greek City Times by GCT The Great Church of Holy Wisdom, Hagia Sophia, is a living monument to the glory of our Orthodox Christian Faith and a visible symbol of all that is best in the worship and liturgy of our Church,” said Archbishop Elpidophoros of America in the Archepiscopal Encyclical on the Day of Mourning for Hagia Sophia. He added, “Its seizure and second conversion to use as a mosque, on July 24, 2020, is a day of mourning for all Orthodox Christian People, as well as for all people of religious conviction.” “Three years later, we continue to…

Members of the Eparchial Synod of the Archdiocese of America with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Also shown are Metropolitan Emmanuel Geron of Chalcedon and Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain. (Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate/ Nicholas Papachristou)

What Metropolitan Emmanuel and Patriarch Bartholomew Said to the Metropolitans of America

By Webmaster on July 29, 2023 Governance & Unity Essays, Governance & Unity News

Source: The National Herald By Theodore Kalmoukos BOSTON – The National Herald publishes here the fourth and final part of the confidential report from the meeting of hierarchs of the Eparchial Synod of the Archdiocese of America with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. This article features what Metropolitan of Chalcedon Emmanuel and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew said. The report contains the following: “Next, Metropolitan Chalcedon took the floor, emphasizing the need to build a spirit of mutual trust between the Archbishop of America and the members of the Eparchial Synod, and in no case should [people] be given…

Clearinghouse of Liturgical Items

By Webmaster on July 29, 2023 Governance & Unity News, Governance Top Stories, Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Throughout the Archdiocese, there are new parishes in need of liturgical items such as censers, chalice sets, baptismal fonts, kouvouklia, and more. There are also many established parishes that have several of these items, some of which are never used. The Department of Stewardship, Outreach and Evangelism is working with the parishes to match up those that have with those that need in order to provide these basic liturgical items for only the cost of delivery. Items Needed See a listing of the items needed at parishes and missions of the Archdiocese Items…

Episcopal Ordination of His Grace Bishop-Elect Theophan of Philomelion

By Webmaster on July 25, 2023 Governance & Unity News, Governance Top Stories

Source: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America On Tuesday, July 25, 2023, with the blessings of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, His Grace Bishop-elect Theophan of Philomelion was ordained to the episcopacy during the Divine Liturgy presided over by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America at the Patriarchal Cathedral of Saint George, at the Phanar. In his address, Archbishop Elpidophoros stated: “You, Bishop-Elect Theophan, are called to bring to your ministry in America the same ‘trans-national and spiritual force’ that His All-Holiness speaks of, to minister to the faithful over whom you shall preside in love. You have been elected to…

Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Elects H.G. Bishop Apostolos of Medeia as Metropolitan of New Jersey

By Webmaster on July 24, 2023 Governance & Unity News, Governance Top Stories

Source: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate convened today, July 24, 2023, and elected His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeia as Metropolitan of New Jersey. In the wake of this consequential decision, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America shared the following reflections: “With profound joy, I extend my fervent congratulations to His Eminence Apostolos on his election to the seat of the Metropolitan of New Jersey. I pray that our Lord grants him wisdom and abundant blessings as he assumes the sacred duties entrusted to him by our Church. The Metropolitan has devotedly served…

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