Saint Catherine Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2025-05-04
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Saint Catherine Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (561) 833-6387
  • Fax:
  • (561) 833-6391
  • Street Address:

  • 110 Southern Blvd.

  • West Palm Beach, FL 33405


Contact Information




Services Schedule

Sunday Services:

  8:45 am     Orthros

10:00 am     Divine Liturgy

 

Sunday School Classes: 

11:15 am     After Holy Communion


Past Bulletins


This Week and Upcoming Events

 Christ is in our midst!  He is and ever shall be!

 Our services are streamed live on the internet.
at our Saint Catherine website - www.stcatherine-wpb.org
 

Join us for Orthodox Divine Liturgy every Sunday at 10:00 a.m.

Light a candle and offer a prayer at Saint Catherine (click above).
The online form sends the names of your family and friends
direct to Father Chrysostom at the altar;prayers are offered
during the Proskomidi in preparation for the Divine Liturgy! 

 

May 4, 2025

Pelagia the Nun-martyr of Tarsus

 

Links to the service text:  Links to the service texts are through the Digital Chant Stand of our Archdiocese.  For optimal viewing select the "GR-EN Text/Music" link for Matins (Orthros) and Divine Liturgy. Apps may be downloaded for your phone or tablet. Link to the Digital Chant Stand 

Holy Communion:  Holy Communion is reserved for baptized and chrismated Orthodox Christians only.  If you are interested in becoming an Orthodox Christian, please contact Father Chrysostom Mitchell at (561) 320-1224 or [email protected].

Coffee and Fellowship:  Please join us for coffee and fellowship in the Hellenic Cultural Center immediately following the Divine Liturgy.
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This Week

Sunday, May 4     Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women
     8:45 am  Orthros / 10:00 am  Divine Liturgy
   Outreach-sandwich making for the homeless in the HCC

Monday, May 5
   Outreach-serving the homeless at St. Ann’s
     7:00 pm  Choir Practice

Tuesday, May 6
   11:30 am  Seniors Club Meeting


Thursday, May 8     St. John the Theologian
     9:00 am  Orthros / 10:00 am  Liturgy

May 9th-10th     GOYA District Olympics @ St. Demetrios in Ft. Lauderdale

Next Week and Highlights of Upcoming Services and Events

Sunday, May 11     Sunday of the Paralytic
     8:45 am  Orthros / 10:00 am  Divine Liturgy                                 


Monday, May 12
     7:00 pm  Choir Practice


Tuesday, May 13
   AHEPA / DOP Meetings


Wednesday, May 14     Mid-Pentecost
     9:00 am  Orthros / 10:00 am  Liturgy


Thursday, May 15
     6:30 pm  Parish Council Meeting


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Stewardship: Thank You Stewards! Your donations make a difference! As of April 10th, 2025 we have received $109,357 in Stewardship donations. Together, we can achieve our new 2025 Stewardship Goal of $216,000 for our beloved Saint Catherine. Donate your Time, Talent & Treasure and become a 2025 Steward today! Click the DONATE link below.

The Donate buttons here and on our website lead to our online giving site.  Again, thank you for your support!

Youth Safety Resources:  We’re committed to connecting young people with Jesus Christ. To do that, we need to create ministry environments that are safe and health. For more on how you can help, please visit our Youth Safety website: goarch.org/safety.

Church Services Streamed:  Many of our Divine Liturgies have been recorded and can be viewed at www.youtube.com.  Subscribe to our YouTube channel; you will be notified when we begin a live stream.

Saint Catherine Greek Orthodox Church (Services from 2020 until now)

Saint Catherine Greek Orthodox Church (Selected services from 2015-2019)

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Fourth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Luke 24:1-12

On the first day of the week at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking spices, which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel; and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how He told you, while He was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise." And they remembered His words and returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told this to the Apostles; but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home wondering at what had happened.


Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Second Tone. Psalm 117.14,18.
The Lord is my strength and my song.
Verse: The Lord has chastened me sorely.

The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 6:1-7.

In those days, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said, "it is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brethren, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." And what they said pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochoros, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaos, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them. And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.


Gospel Reading

Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women
The Reading is from Mark 15:43-47; 16:1-8

At that time, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph. And he bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; for it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed. And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here; see the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you." And they went out and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.


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Memorials and Trisagions

Memorials

40 Days ~ Demetra Galazoudis
Aunt of Mary, Elena and Andrew
Beloved member of Philoptochos


40 Days ~ Nick Palmer
Father of Chrisanthy and Elaine
Grandfather of Alexandra and Nicole
Uncle of Christina and Jonas

40 Days ~ Chrisoula Lambrakis
Wife of Bill
Mother of Marina (Robert), Andrea and Paul


40 Days ~ Nikoletta Varsamis
Mother of John (Julie)
Grandmother of Nicole and Evan (Cassie)
Great Grandmother of Layla
Beloved member of the family here and in Greece.



Trisagions

Annette Ploumis
Daughter of the late George and Sophie Ploumis

Sister of Evelyn Ploumis-Devick (David) and Mary Nichols (Edward)
Partner of Stacy Chiarello


Chrisoula Mitrosilis
Beloved cousin of Tina Stogiannis, Betsy Pascal and Mary Swanson

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Saints and Feasts

May 04

Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women

About the beginning of His thirty-second year, when the Lord Jesus was going throughout Galilee, preaching and working miracles, many women who had received of His beneficence left their own homeland and from then on followed after Him. They ministered unto Him out of their own possessions, even until His crucifixion and entombment; and afterwards, neither losing faith in Him after His death, nor fearing the wrath of the Jewish rulers, they came to the sepulchre, bearing the myrrh-oils they had prepared to annoint His body. It is because of the myrrh-oils, that these God-loving women brought to the tomb of Jesus that they are called the Myrrh-bearers. Of those whose names are known are the following: first of all, the most holy Virgin Mary, who in Matthew 27:56 and Mark 15:40 is called "the mother of James and Joses" (these are the sons of Joseph by a previous marriage, and she was therefore their step-mother); Mary Magdalene (celebrated July 22); Mary, the wife of Clopas; Joanna, wife of Chouza, a steward of Herod Antipas; Salome, the mother of the sons of Zebedee, Mary and Martha, the sisters of Lazarus; and Susanna. As for the names of the rest of them, the evangelists have kept silence (Matt 27:55-56; 28:1-10. Mark 15:40-41. Luke 8:1-3; 23:55-24:11, 22-24. John 19:25; 20:11-18. Acts 1:14).

Together with them we celebrate also the secret disciples of the Saviour, Joseph and Nicodemus. Of these, Nicodemus was probably a Jerusalemite, a prominent leader among the Jews and of the order of the Pharisees, learned in the Law and instructed in the Holy Scriptures. He had believed in Christ when, at the beginning of our Saviour's preaching of salvation, he came to Him by night. Furthermore, he brought some one hundred pounds of myrrh-oils and an aromatic mixture of aloes and spices out of reverence and love for the divine Teacher (John 19:39). Joseph, who was from the city of Arimathea, was a wealthy and noble man, and one of the counsellors who were in Jerusalem. He went boldly unto Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus, and together with Nicodemus he gave Him burial. Since time did not permit the preparation of another tomb, he placed the Lord's body in his own tomb which was hewn out of rock, as the Evangelist says (Matt. 27:60).


May 04

Pelagia the Nun-martyr of Tarsus

This Saint was from Tarsus of Cilicia and contested in martyrdom under Diocletian, in 284: she was cast into a bull fashioned of bronze, which had been heated with fire.


May 05

3rd Monday after Pascha


May 05

Irene the Great Martyr

Saint Irene was the daughter of a princelet called Licinius; named Penelope by her parents, through a divine revelation she was brought to faith in Christ and at Baptism was renamed Irene. In her zeal for piety she broke in pieces all the idols of her father, who commanded that she be trampled underfoot by horses. But while she remained unharmed, one of the horses rose up and cast down her father, killing him. By her prayer she raised him to life again, and he believed and was baptized. Afterwards, in many journeyings, Saint Irene suffered torments and punishments for her faith, but was preserved by the power of God, while working dread miracles and converting many thousands of souls. At last she came to Ephesus, where she fell asleep in peace, in the first half of the fourth century. Two days after her death, her gravestone was found lifted off, and her grave empty. At least two churches were dedicated to Saint Irene in Constantinople, and she is also the patroness of the Aegean island of Thera, which is commonly called Santorin (or Santorini), a corruption of "Saint Irene."


May 06

3rd Tuesday after Pascha


May 06

Job the Prophet

This faithful servant of God, the most perfect icon of all virtue, and especially of patience, was the son of Zare and Bosorra, and was the fifth from Abraham. He was true, blameless, just, devout, and abstained from every evil thing. He was very wealthy and blessed by God in all things, as was none other of the inhabitants of the land of Ausis, his homeland, which lies between Idumea and Arabia. But by divine permission, that he might be tried, he was suddenly deprived of his children, wealth, glory, and every consolation, and was covered with grievous sores over all his body. Some say that he endured courageously in this unparalleled calamity for seven whole years. Then, by divine blessing, he was restored again to a prosperity even more illustrious than the first. Having lived after his affliction for 170 years, he reposed full of days at the age of 240, in the year 1350 B.C. Others say that his affliction lasted only one year, and that he lived thereafter 140 years, living 210 years altogether.


May 06

Our Holy Father Seraphim the Struggler of Mt. Domvu


May 07

3rd Wednesday after Pascha


May 07

Commemoration of the Precious Cross that appeared in the sky over Jerusalem in 351 A.D.

On this day in the year 351, not long after Cyril had succeeded Maximus as Archbishop of Jerusalem, during the reign of Constantius, the son of Saint Constantine the Great, on the day of Pentecost, the sign of the Cross appeared over Jerusalem. Saint Cyril, in his letter to the Emperor Constantius, says, "At about the third hour of the day, an enormous Cross, formed of light, appeared in the heaven above holy Golgotha and reaching to the holy Mount of Olives, being seen not by one or two only, but manifest with perfect clarity to the whole multitude of the city; not, as one might suppose, rushing swiftly past in fancy, but seen openly above the earth many hours in plain sight, and overcoming the beams of the sun with its dazzling rays" (PG 33:1 16q).


May 07

Repose of St. Nilus, abbot of Sora


May 08

Synaxis of John the Apostle, Evangelist, and Theologian

The feast today in honour of the holy Apostle John commemorates the miracle taking place each year in Ephesus, in which a certain dust or powder, called manna, suddenly poured forth from his tomb and was used by the faithful for deliverance from maladies of both soul and body. For an account of his life, see September 26.


May 08

Arsenios the Great

Saint Arsenios was a deacon of the Church of Rome, born of an illustrious family, and wondrous in virtue. In the days of Saint Theodosius the Great, he was chosen to be the tutor of the Emperor's young sons, Arcadius and Honorius. While living at the imperial palace in Constantinople, compassed with all luxury and innumerable temptations to sin, Arsenios often besought God with tears to guide him to salvation. This prayer was answered one day when a voice came to him saying, "Arsenios, flee from men, and thou shalt be saved." He sailed secretly to Alexandria, and from there went to Scete, where he became a monk. Yet after he had withdrawn from the world, and was come among the most illustrious monks of his day, he heard, 'Arsenios, flee, be silent, pray always, for these are the causes of sinning not." Following this call, he separated himself even from his fellow monks, practicing extreme silence. On Saturday evenings, he would turn his back on the setting sun, and would stretch out his hands in prayer to Heaven, till the sun shone upon his face the following morning, and only then would he sit down. Once a monk came to visit him, and looking into his cell saw Arsenios entirely like a flame of fire. After living some fifty-five years as a monk, and attaining to heights reached by few, he reposed in peace about the year 449, at the age of ninety-five.


May 09

3rd Friday after Pascha


May 09

Isaiah the Prophet

The Prophet Esaias, the son of Amos, was descended from a royal tribe. He prophesied in the days of Ozias (who is also called Azarias), Joatham, Ahaz, and Hezekias, Kings of Judah. About 681 B.C, in the reign of Manasses, the son and successor of the most pious Hezekias, when this Prophet was censuring Manasses' impiety and lawlessness, he was sawn asunder with a wooden saw, and thus received a martyr's end.

Of all the Prophets, he is called the most eloquent because of the beauty and loftiness of his words. His book of prophecy, divided into sixty-six chapters, is ranked first among the greater Prophets. The Fifth Ode of the Psalter, "Out of the night my spirit waketh at dawn unto Thee, O God . . ." is taken from his book. It was this holy Prophet who foretold that a Virgin would conceive in the womb (7:14); that not an ambassador, nor an angel, but the Lord Himself would save fallen man (63:9); that the Messiah would suffer, bearing our sins (ch. 53). His name means "Yah is helper."


May 09

Christopher the Martyr of Lycea

Saint Christopher was at first named Reprobus. Seeing the Christians persecuted, he rebuked the tyrants for their cruelty. Soldiers were sent to bring him to appear before the ruler; but he converted them to Christ, and with them was baptized, receiving the name Christopher. After he appeared before the ruler, he was imprisoned and two harlots were sent to seduce him, but he converted them also, and encouraged them in their martyrdom. He was subjected to torments and finally beheaded in the days of Decius. Many marvellous and mythical things are said about him out of ignorance and superstition, one of which is that it is impossible for one to die suddenly from some unexpected cause on the day on which one looks at the Saint's icon. This is the origin of that proverb that is quoted in various quarters: "If on Christopher thou shouldst gaze, thou shalt safely wend life's ways." The etymology of his name, which means "Christ-bearer," has undoubtedly moved iconographers to depict him carrying the infant Jesus on his shoulders; it is completely erro-neous, however, to depict him, as some uninformed iconographers do, having the head of a dog, because of a statement in his life that he was dog-faced, by which is meant only that his countenance was exceedingly frightful to look upon.


May 10

Simon the Zealot and Apostle

This Apostle was one of the Twelve, and was called Simon the Cananite by Matthew, but Simon the Zealot by Luke (Matt. 10:4; Luke 6:15). The word "Cananite" used by Matthew is believed to be derived from kana, which in the Palestinian dialect of Aramaic means "zealot" or 'zealous"; Luke therefore translates the meaning of "Cananite." Later accounts say that he was the bridegroom at the wedding in Cana of Galilee, where the Lord Jesus changed the water into wine, making this the first of His miracles (John 2:1-11); according to some, he is called Cananite because he was from Cana (according to others, from the Land of Canaan). Simon means "one who hears."


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Wisdom of the Fathers

They [the women] had followed Him ministering to Him, and were present even unto the time of the dangers. Wherefore also they saw all; how He cried, how He gave up the ghost, how the rocks were rent, and all the rest.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 88 on Matthew 27, 4th Century

And these [the women] first see Jesus; and the sex that was most condemned, this first enjoys the sight of the blessings, this most shows its courage. And when the disciples had fled, these were present.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 88 on Matthew 27, 4th Century

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Saint Catherine News and Events

    Saint Catherine Scholarships

    Saint Catherine Scholarships

    Are you a graduating Senior? You could be eligible for one of the available 2025 Scholarships. Contacts and links to eligibility requirements and applications are listed on the attached flyer. Don't wait! Deadlines are fast approaching.


    2025 Faith Scholarship

    2025 Faith Scholarship

    Apply now for the Faith Scholarship for Academic Excellence. The deadline is June 24th.


    St. Stephens Camp-Summer 2025

    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

    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

    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

    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.


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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.

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Metropolis of Atlanta News

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Χριστός ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη!
Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!


Our Church has dedicated this Sunday to the Myrrh-Bearers, who “…went to the tomb when the sun had risen…” (Mark 16:2) Though the tomb was under guard, they made the journey to honor the One they loved. Let us compare their faithfulness to the Disciples in Gethsemane, and how Mark tells us, “All of them deserted him and fled. A certain young man was following him, wearing nothing but a linen cloth. They caught hold of him, but he left the linen cloth and ran off naked” (Mark 14:50-52). This moment seems strange, but in not naming him, Mark makes him a symbol of the Disciples’ shame.

As the Myrrh Bearing Women “…entered the tomb, they saw a young man, dressed in a white robe… and they were alarmed. But he said to them, ‘Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him, just as he told you” (Mark 16:5-7). In one moment, a young man abandoned his Lord, discarding his own clothes; now a young man is seen in white to announce the Good News. Whether these two men are different, or the same person, the message is clear: Christ’s Resurrection frees us from shame & sin, since it gives us a chance to start our lives again.

In reflecting on the Myrrh Bearers, we can see that Mark’s Gospel speaks of all humanity: from the men who fled, to these women who remained faithful, standing with Christ throughout His Ministry, and even remaining near His Cross. Therefore, the faithful and pious Myrrh-Bearers were honored, since they were given the blessing to be the first to hear and proclaim the Resurrection. In a time and place where women were considered second-class citizens, this was yet another example of God revealing how, “…the last will be first, and the first last” (Matthew 20:16).

But how can this reading speak to us? Let us look at how Mark ends the reading, telling us that the women “…went out and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid” (Mark 16:8). Here, he again challenges what we expect, allowing us to stand in front of the empty Tomb and ask: Do we truly believe? Will we go to our homes and be silent—or will we loudly proclaim that Christ is Risen, and that salvation has been given to the whole world?

+SEVASTIANOS
Metropolitan of Atlanta

 
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Archdiocese News

Metropolis of New Jersey Holds Annual Clergy-Laity Assembly

04/30/2025

The Metropolis of New Jersey held its annual Clergy-Laity Assembly and Philoptochos Convention on May 15 on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at "The Waterfall," located in Claymont, Delaware. 


Greek American Non-Profit and Local Sixth Grader Lead Community Wide Children’s Book Drive “Read & Rise” in Celebration of Global Youth Service Day

04/30/2025

On Sunday, April 27, 11-year-old Alice Klingman, a 6th grade student at IS 141 The Steinway School, celebrated Global Youth Service Day by distributing free children’s books with a group of volunteers to local families at the 2025 International Cultural Festival, hosted by Central Astoria LDC.


On the Unity of the Church: An Interview with Dr. Symeon Paschalidis

04/30/2025

The Orthodox Observer’s Dr. Claire Koen recently spoke with Dr. Symeon Paschalidis, the director of the Patriarchal Institute for Patristic Studies to discuss a new edition of St. Cyprian’s De Unitate Ecclesiae.


Delegation of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations Visits St. Nicholas National Shrine

04/29/2025

On Tuesday, April 29, 2025, a delegation from the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (UCCRO) visited Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at Ground Zero.


29th Annual Greek Independence Day Parade of Boston Returned to Boylston Street on Sunday, April 27th

04/29/2025

The 29th Annual Greek Independence Day Parade of Boston returned to Back Bay on Sunday, April 27th, which welcomed over 65 registered Hellenic groups marching and thousands of spectators watching along Boston’s Boylston Street in commemoration of Greece’s independence from Ottoman Rule, which began on March 25, 1821.


Leadership 100 Seeks Executive Director

04/29/2025

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.


His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros Invited to Attend White House Day of Prayer

04/29/2025

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America has been invited by President Donald J. Trump to attend the National Day of Prayer, scheduled to take place at the White House on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at eleven o’clock.


Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Accorded Position of Special Honor at Papal Funeral

04/28/2025

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew attended the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome on April 26, 2025, and was accorded a position of special honor, in keeping with his ecclesiastical prerogatives as stated in the canons of the Ecumenical Councils of the undivided Christian Church.


Joint Communiqué: Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America

04/27/2025

With gratitude to our Risen Lord Jesus Christ, the Hierarchs of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches and of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America gathered in fraternal love and prayer on Friday, April 25, 2025, at Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at Ground Zero in New York City.


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