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June 1, 2025

Justin the Philosopher and Martyr and his Companions

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This Week

Sunday, June 1 Fathers of the 1st Council
8:45 am Orthros / 10:00 am Divine Liturgy

Monday, June 2
7:00 pm Choir Practice

Saturday, June 7 Saturday of Souls
9:00 am Orthros / 10:00 am Liturgy

Next Week and Highlights of Upcoming Services and Events

Sunday, June 8 Holy Pentecost
8:45 am Orthros / 10:00 am Divine Liturgy

Monday, June 9 Monday of the Holy Spirit
9:00 am Orthros / 10:00 am Liturgy

June 11-15 Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta-Clergy Laity 2025

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Tenth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 21:1-14

At that time, Jesus revealed Himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and He revealed Himself in this way. Simon Peter, Thomas, called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the beach, yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any fish?" They answered him, "No." He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, for the quantity of fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his clothes, for he was stripped for work, and sprang into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off. When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish lying on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them; and although there were so many, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask Him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after He was raised from the dead. .

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Fourth Tone. Daniel 3.26,27.
Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers.
Verse: For you are just in all you have done.

The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 20:16-18, 28-36.

IN THOSE DAYS, Paul had decided to sail past Ephesos, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost. And from Miletos he sent to Ephesos and called to him the elders of the church. And when they came to him, he said to them: "Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son. I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears. And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me. In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, 'it is more blessed to give than to receive.' " And when he had spoken thus, he knelt down and prayed with them all.

Gospel Reading

Fathers of the 1st Council
The Reading is from John 17:1-13

At that time, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him power over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work which you gave me to do; and now, Father, you glorify me in your own presence with the glory which I had with you before the world was made.

"I have manifested your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world; yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you; for I have given them the words which you gave me, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you did send me. I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are mine; all mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me; I have guarded them, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves."

Memorials and Trisagions

Memorials
40 Days ~ Annette Ploumis
Daughter of the late George and Sophie Ploumis
Sister of Evelyn Ploumis-Devick (David) and Mary Nichols (Edward)
Partner of Stacy Chiarello

40 Days ~ Christofis Georgiou
Brother of Andrea (Andrew) Petrides
Uncle of Ted and Nicholas Petrides
Beloved family member

Trisagions
1 Year ~ Vassilios Nicholas Troupos
Husband of Eleni
Son of Geriasimos and Eleni
Brother of Fotini

2 Years ~ Janice Laskas Huston
Wife of George
Mother of Debra, Katherine, Jeffrey and Samantha

40 Days Blessing of Mother and Child
Alice Sofianos ~ Daughter of Milti and Betty, Sister of Eleni

The coffee hour is given in loving memory of Annette by her sister, Evelyn and Janice by her husband, George. It is lovingly prepared and served by Philoptochos.

Saints and Feasts

June 01

Fathers of the 1st Council

The heresiarch Arius was a Libyan by race and a protopresbyter of the Church of Alexandria. In 315, he began to blaspheme against the Son and Word of God, saying that He is not true God, consubstantial with the Father, but is rather a work and creation, alien to the essence and glory of the Father, and that there was a time when He was not. This frightful blasphemy shook the faithful of Alexandria. Alexander, his Archbishop, after trying in vain to correct him through admonitions, cut him off from communion and finally in a local council deposed him in the year 321. Yet neither did the blasphemer wish to be corrected, nor did he cease sowing the deadly tares of his heretical teachings; but writing to the bishops of other cities, Arius and his followers requested that his doctrine be examined, and if it were unsound, that the correct teaching be declared to him. By this means, his heresy became universally known and won many supporters, so that the whole Church was soon in an uproar.

Therefore, moved by divine zeal, the first Christian Sovereign, Saint Constantine the Great, the equal to the Apostles, summoned the renowned First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea, a city of Bithynia. It was there that the shepherds and teachers of the Church of Christ gathered from all regions in the year 325. All of them, with one mouth and one voice, declared that the Son and Word of God is one in essence with the Father, true God of true God, and they composed the holy Symbol of Faith up to the seventh article (since the remainder, beginning with "And in the Holy Spirit," was completed by the Second Ecumenical Council). Thus they anathematized the impious Arius of evil belief and those of like mind with him, and cut them off as rotten members from the whole body of the faithful.

Therefore, recognizing the divine Fathers as heralds of the Faith after the divine Apostles, the Church of Christ has appointed this present Sunday for their annual commemoration, in thanksgiving and unto the glory of God, unto their praise and honour, and unto the strengthening of the true Faith.

June 01

Justin the Philosopher and Martyr and his Companions

This Saint, who was from Neapolis of Palestine, was a follower of Plato the philosopher. Born in 103, he came to the Faith of Christ when he was already a mature man, seeking to find God through philosophy and human reasoning. A venerable elder appeared to him and spoke to him about the Prophets who had taught of God not through their own wisdom, but by revelation; and he led him to knowledge of Christ, Who is the fulfillment of what the Prophets taught. Saint Justin soon became a fervent follower of Christ, and an illustrious apologist of the Evangelical teachings. To the end of his life, while preaching Christ in all parts, he never put off his philosopher's garb. In Rome, he gave the Emperor Antoninus Pius (reigned 138-161) an apology wherein he proved the innocence and holiness of the Christian Faith, persuading him to relieve the persecution of Christians. Through the machinations of Crescens, a Cynic philosopher who envied him, Saint Justin was beheaded in Rome in 167 under Antoninus' successor, Marcus Aurelius (reigned 161-180). Besides his defense of Christianity (First and Second Apologies), Saint Justin wrote against paganism (Discourse to the Greeks, Hortatory Address to the Greeks), and refuted Jewish objections against Christ (Dialogue with Trypho).

June 02

Nicephorus the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople

Saint Nicephorus was born in Constantinople about the year 758, of pious parents; his father Theodore endured exile and tribulation for the holy icons during the reign of Constantine Copronymus (741-775). Nicephorus served in the imperial palace as a secretary. Later, he took up the monastic life, and struggled in asceticism not far from the imperial city; he also founded monasteries on the eastern shore of the Bosphorus, among them one dedicated to the Great Martyr Theodore.

After the repose of the holy Patriarch Tarasius, he was ordained Patriarch, on April 12, 806, and in this high office led the Orthodox resistance to the Iconoclasts' war on piety, which was stirred up by Leo the Armenian. Because Nicephorus championed the veneration of the icons, Leo drove Nicephorus from his throne on March 13, 815, exiling him from one place to another, and lastly to the Monastery of Saint Theodore which Nicephorus himself had founded. It was here that, after glorifying God for nine years as Patriarch, and then for thirteen years as an exile, tormented and afflicted, he gave up his blameless soul in 828 at about the age of seventy. See also March 8.

June 03

Lucillian of Byzantium, 4 martyred Youths and Paula the Virgin

Formerly a priest of the idols near Nicomedia, the Saint came to the Christian Faith in his old age; this was during the reign of Aurelian (270-275). Lucillian was brought before Silvan the Count; when he refused to return to the service of the idols, his jaw was broken, he was beaten with rods, and hanged upside down, then imprisoned with four Christian children, Claudius, Hypatius, Paul, and Dionysius. All of them were brought out again before Silvan, and remaining constant in their faith, were cast into a raging furnace. Preserved unharmed, they were sent to Byzantium, where the children were beheaded, and Lucillian was crucified. The virgin Paula, a Christian, buried their holy relics. For this, she was taken before the Count, and refusing to sacrifice to the idols, was stripped naked and mercilessly thrashed; after other torments, she was beheaded, in 270. There was a church in their honor in Constantinople.

June 04

Our Father Metrophanes, Archbishop of Constantinople

Saint Metrophanes was born of pagan parents, but believed in Christ at a young age, and came to Byzantium. He lived at the end of the persecution of the Roman Emperors, and became the Bishop of Byzantium from about 315 to 325, during which time Saint Constantine the Great made it the capital of the Roman Empire, calling it New Rome. Saint Metrophanes sent his delegate, the priest Alexander, to the First Ecumenical Council in 325, since he could not attend because of old age. He reposed the same year and was buried by Saint James of Nisibis (celebrated Jan. 13), one of the Fathers present at the First Ecumenical Council. The Canons to the Trinity of the Octoechos are not the work of this Metrophanes but another, who was Bishop of Smyrna about the middle of the ninth century, during the life of Saint Photius the Great.

June 04

Mary & Martha, the sisters of Lazarus

The Holy Myrrh-bearers Mary and Martha, together with their brother Lazarus, were especially devoted to our Savior, as we see from the accounts given in the tenth chapter of Saint Luke, and in the eleventh and twelfth chapters of Saint John. They reposed in Cyprus, where their brother became the first Bishop of Kition after his resurrection from the dead. See also the accounts on Lazarus Saturday and the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women.

June 05

Dorotheos the Holy Martyr, Bishop of Tyre

Saint Dorotheus became Bishop of Tyre in Phoenicia about the end of the third century. During the persecution of Diocletian and Maximian, about the year 303, he fled to Odyssopolis in Thrace to preserve his life, and after the death of the tyrants he returned to Tyre. He lived until the reign of Julian the Apostate (361-363), from whose persecution he again fled to Odyssopolis (or, according to Theophylact of Bulgaria, Edessa), but was found by Julian's men and slain in great torments, at the age of 107, in 361. He was very learned, and has left behind writings in both Latin and Greek relating the lives of the holy Prophets, Apostles, and other Saints.

June 06

The Apodosis of the Feast of the Holy Ascension

June 06

Hilarios the New of Dalmation Monastery

Saint Hilarion, the fervent zealot for the veneration of the holy icons, was born in 775 and had Cappadocia as his homeland. About 806-811 he became Abbot of the Monastery of Dalmatus (see May 30), but was exiled by the Emperor Leo the Armenian, and later again by Theophilus; he was set free by the pious Empress Theodora, and again became Abbot of the Monastery of Dalmatus from 843 to 845, until the time of his repose.

June 07

The Saturday of Souls

June 07

Theodotos, Bishop of Ankyra

This Martyr contested in Ancyra during the reign of Diocletian (284-305), when Theotecnus was Proconsul. After the martyrdom of the virgin Tecusa and her seven companions (the virgins Alexandria, Claudia, Phaeina, Euphrasia, Matrona, Julia, and Theodota; they are celebrated on May 18), Saint Theodotus recovered their holy relics and buried them. For this, he was seized by Theotecnus, tormented, and beheaded.

Wisdom of the Fathers

For there is One God, and One Mediator between God and Man, the Man Christ Jesus. For He still pleads even now as Man for my salvation; ...

St. Gregory the Theologian

4th Theological Oration, 4th Century

Saint Catherine News and Events

Saint Catherine Scholarships

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St. Stephens Camp-Summer 2025

St. Stephen's Summer Camp is grounded on the principals of living a true Orthodox lifestyle with twice daily liturgical services, opportunities for reflection, community living and meals, athletics, arts & crafts, and nightly social activities. It offers teens of the Metropolis of Atlanta entering 6th through 12th grades when school begins in the fall, an opportunity to spend a week at our Diakonia Retreat Center.

Ioanian Village Camp-Summer 2025

This once-in-a-lifetime experience offers all the excitement of summer camp while exploring the timeless beauty of Greece. Campers will visit breathtaking religious and historical sites—not as tourists, but as pilgrims. Along the way, they will forge meaningful relationships with fellow Orthodox Christians from around the world, and in the process discover more about their faith, culture, and their own identities as children of God. Best Summer Ever! For more information visit ioanianvillage.org.

Heritage Greece Program

The National Hellenic Society's Heritage Greece Program is a transformative, two-week cultural immersion experience designed for accomplished Greek American college students. For more information and application deadlines, visit: www.nationalhellenicsociety.org/heritage-greece

Home/Business Blessings

Fr. Chrysostom would like to come and bless your home and/or business as we begin the new calendar year and celebrate Epiphany. Please let him know if you would like him to visit your home or business.

Leadership 100

NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Executive Committee of the Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Fund, Inc, a major nonprofit public charitable organization, seeks an Executive Director with overall strategic and operational responsibility for the staff, programs, expansion, and execution of its mission to advance Orthodoxy and Hellenism in America. The ideal candidate should have a track record of fundraising, communication and organizational skills and the ability to interface effectively with the Greek American Community.

Leadership and Management

The Executive Director shall be the chief operating officer of the Corporation and shall be a member in good standing of the Greek Orthodox Church in America, believe in the Church’s mission and should be an active participant in the Church who enjoys working with people, and must be a confident, articulate public speaker.

• Oversee the strategic development of Leadership 100, with special emphasis on oversight of all fundraising and solicitations, and cultivation, including membership recruitment, and creating opportunities for the fellowship, spiritual and cultural growth of members.

• Exercise governance and full transparency over all fundraising and solicitations for the Endowment Fund and the Leadership 100 + Fund, and over the operations and personnel of the Corporation, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee.

• Lead with influence and clear accountability. Report regularly to the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees, of which he/she is a non-voting member, and prepare agendas and full reports.

• Build new innovative ways to engage and build Leadership 100 in the next phase of growth.

Membership, Programs & Planning

• Expand fundraising through membership recruitment and regional outreach.
• Coordinate planning for the Leadership 100 annual conference
• Optimize all aspects of communications—from web presence and social media to external relations, with the goal of creating a stronger brand.
• Represent Leadership 100 at all significant and related conferences and meetings. both private and public. Use external presence and relationships to garner new opportunities.
• Build partnerships in new markets, establish relationships with the funders, and Church and community leaders.
• Manage the Leadership 100 Office, oversee all personnel and coordinate the work of all consultants and oversee the preparation of all financial reports and budgets.
• Oversee relations with the Archbishop and Archdiocese and act as the liaison of Leadership 100 to all Orthodox Christian and Hellenic organizations while organizing any/all meetings or visitations to the Metropolises

The position involves nationwide travel. The candidate must have excellent social skills in relating to all members and committees of Leadership 100 on an individual basis, the general membership, and the staff, as well as to Church Hierarchy and Clergy.

Applicants are to submit a letter of application and a resume or curriculum vitae. Nominators are to submit a letter of recommendation and the nominee’s resume or CV.

The search process strictly adheres to a policy of candidate confidentiality. Applications for nominations are to be submitted to: [email protected] by June 30th.

Metropolis of Atlanta News

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

While Thursday’s celebration of the Lord’s Ascension appears to be the end of the story that began with His Nativity, & Ministry, and continued with His Passion & His Resurrection, it is not, because the Church will never end. Instead, after Christ ascended to sit at the right hand of the Father, we commemorate a new chapter for us on Earth, and a question: how will we carry on Christ’s Gospel?

Before we can celebrate the coming of Holy Spirit at Pentecost, this Sunday, we honor those Fathers who defended Christ as the Second Person of the Holy Trinity. Arius was a Bishop who preached that Christ was not the Son & pre-existing Logos, but an ordinary man “adopted” by God. It is no accident that this week’s readings speak to the need to defend the truth. Paul tells the Ephesians: “Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers... I know that after I have gone, savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Some even from your own group will come distorting the truth in order to entice the disciples to follow them. Therefore be alert…” (Acts 20:28-31) And it is in this spirit of alertness that St. Constantine called the first Ecumenical Council, in Nicaea, in the year 325.

The Fathers of the 1st Council were so filled with zeal, that in anathemizing Arius, they created a statement of belief in “…one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, begotten of the Father Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten, not created, of one essence with the Father through whom all things were made…” This Nicene Creed is familiar to all, but what is less known is how the Creed of 325 ended: “But those who say: 'There was a time when he was not;' and 'He was not before he was made;' and 'He was made out of nothing,' or 'He is of another substance' or 'essence,' or 'The Son of God is created,' or 'changeable,' or 'alterable' — they are condemned by the holy catholic and apostolic Church.” These are strong words to imagine reciting every Sunday, but I mention them so that we never forget how the Holy Fathers of the 1st Council stood firm in what they had received (without change) from the Apostles.

My beloved, this Sunday, may we offer our heartfelt prayers to these Holy Fathers, because they remained with the Truth, and in proclaiming Truth, they have taught us to remain strong in our beliefs. Only by imitating their strength and courage, will we be able to carry out these words of prayer, offered by the Lord for all His Disciples: “And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one” (John 17:11).

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Archdiocese News

Ἀνακοινωθέν περί τῆς Ἱ. Μονῆς τοῦ Σινᾶ

05/30/2025

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Τό Οἰκουμενικόν Πατριαρχεῖον μέ ὀδυνηράν ἔκπληξιν ἐπληροφορήθη ὅτι τό ἁρμόδιον δικαστήριον τῆς Αἰγύπτου ἔθεσεν ἐν ἀμφιβόλῳ τό ἀπό αἰώνων κρατοῦν ἰδιοκτησιακόν καθεστώς τῆς ἱστορικῆς Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς τοῦ Σινᾶ, ἀναγνωρίζον κατ᾽ οὐσίαν εἰς τήν ἐκεῖσε μοναστικήν ἀδελφότητα μόνον δικαίωμα χρήσεως ἐπί τῶν περιουσιακῶν στοιχείων αὐτῆς.

Archbishop Elpidophoros Message on Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai

05/29/2025

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It is with profound concern and deep sorrow that I address the grave situation facing the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine at the God-trodden Mount Sinai, following the recent judicial decision by Egyptian authorities that threatens to seize the monastery’s property and disrupt its sacred mission.

Patriarchal and Synodal Encyclical Issued on the Occasion of the 1700th Anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea

05/29/2025

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We offer a hymn of thanks to the almighty, all-seeing, and benevolent God in Trinity, who vouchsafed that His people reach the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea, which bore spiritual witness to the authentic faith in divine Word born without beginning and truly consubstantial with the Father, “who for us and for our salvation descended, was incarnate and became human, suffered and arose on the third day, and ascended to the heavens, who will come again to judge the living and the dead.”

Archepiscopal Encyclical on the Sunday of the National Sisterhood of Presvyteres, June 1, 2025

05/29/2025

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This year’s National Sisterhood of Presvyteres Sunday arrives one week early due to the forthcoming feast of Pentecost on June 8.

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Presides Over Divine Liturgy at Phanar

05/28/2025

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On Sunday, May 25, 2025, with the blessing of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America had the profound honor of presiding over the Divine Liturgy at the historic and Venerable Patriarchal Cathedral of Saint George in the Phanar.

Holy Cross School of Theology Announces Two Timely and Impactful Online Courses for Fall 2025 through the Huffington Ecumenical Institute

05/27/2025

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The Huffington Ecumenical Institute (HEI) at Hellenic College Holy Cross is pleased to announce two compelling and engaging online courses for Fall 2025.

11th International Summer University Participants Visit Harvard University

05/27/2025

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At the conclusion of Day 3 of the 11th International Summer University at the Maliotis Cultural Center, participants experienced a truly memorable cultural event: a guided tour of the historic Harvard University campus!

Maliotis Cultural Center Hosts Event on Greek Cartooning

05/27/2025

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As part of the 11th International Summer University, the Maliotis Cultural Center hosted a truly exceptional evening dedicated to the powerful legacy of Greek cartooning and its vital role in public discourse.

Maliotis Cultural Center Honors Journalists at 11th International Summer University

05/27/2025

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With hearts full of excitement and minds ready to explore, on May 25, 2025 the Maliotis Cultural Center joyfully welcomed the first official day of the 11th International Summer University: Greek Language, Culture, and Media at the Maliotis Cultural Center of Hellenic College–Holy Cross!

Are AIs the New Intermediary Beings? A Report from the AI and Theology Working Group

05/27/2025

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At the most recent meeting of the AI and Theology working group, I shared a presentation exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI), Orthodox theology, and the legacy of intermediary beings—angels, demons, and more ambiguous entities—in early Christian and monastic thought.

Maliotis Cultural Center Begins 11th International Summer University

05/25/2025

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The halls of the Maliotis Cultural Center came alive last night as they proudly hosted the Welcoming Dinner for the participants of the 11th International Summer University—a truly global initiative that celebrates the Greek language, culture, and media.

Ecumenical Patriarchate News

Patriarchal and Synodal Encyclical Issued on the Occasion of the 1700th Anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea

05/29/2025

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Ἀνακοινωθέν περί τῆς Ἱ. Μονῆς τοῦ Σινᾶ

05/30/2025

Archbishop Elpidophoros Message on Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai

05/29/2025

Patriarchal and Synodal Encyclical Issued on the Occasion of the 1700th Anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea

05/29/2025

Archepiscopal Encyclical on the Sunday of the National Sisterhood of Presvyteres, June 1, 2025

05/29/2025

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Presides Over Divine Liturgy at Phanar

05/28/2025

Holy Cross School of Theology Announces Two Timely and Impactful Online Courses for Fall 2025 through the Huffington Ecumenical Institute

05/27/2025

11th International Summer University Participants Visit Harvard University

05/27/2025

Maliotis Cultural Center Hosts Event on Greek Cartooning

05/27/2025

Maliotis Cultural Center Honors Journalists at 11th International Summer University

05/27/2025

Are AIs the New Intermediary Beings? A Report from the AI and Theology Working Group

05/27/2025

Maliotis Cultural Center Begins 11th International Summer University

05/25/2025

Ecumenical Patriarchate News

Patriarchal and Synodal Encyclical Issued on the Occasion of the 1700th Anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea

05/29/2025