Saint Catherine Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2025-05-18
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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 18, 2025

Holy Martyrs: Peter, Dionysius, Andrew, Paul,
Christina, Heraclius, Paulinus and Benedimus


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 the National AHEPA Day Breakfast in the Hellenic Cultural Center immediately following the Divine Liturgy.
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This Week

Sunday, May 18     Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
     8:45 am  Orthros / 10:00 am  Divine Liturgy

   National AHEPA Day Breakfast
   Sunday School End-of-Year Program / Youth Ministries Party                             

Monday, May 19
     7:00 pm  Choir Practice

Tuesday, May 20
   Philoptochos
   10:00 am  Board Meeting / 12:00 pm  Lunch Meeting

Wednesday, May 21     Sts. Constantine & Helen
     9:00 am  Orthros / 10:00 am  Liturgy

Next Week and Highlights of Upcoming Services and Events

Sunday, May 25     Sunday of the Blind Man
     8:45 am  Orthros / 10:00 am  Divine Liturgy     


Thursday, May 29     Holy Ascension
     9:00 am  Orthros / 10:00 am  Liturgy


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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)

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Seventh Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 20:1-10

On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him." Peter then came out with the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first; and stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying and the napkin, which had been on His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not know the scripture, that He must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes.


Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Fourth Tone. Psalm 103.24,1.
O Lord, how manifold are your works. You have made all things in wisdom.
Verse: Bless the Lord, O my soul.

The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 11:19-30.

In those days, those apostles who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none except Jews. But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number that believed turned to the Lord. News of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose; for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large company was added to the Lord. So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul; and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church, and taught a large company of people; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians. Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. And one of them named Agabos stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world; and this took place in the days of Claudius. And the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, to send relief to the brethren who lived in Judea, and they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.


Gospel Reading

Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
The Reading is from John 4:5-42

At that time, Jesus came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there, and so Jesus, wearied as he was with his journey, sat down beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.

There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink." For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?" Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw."

Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here." The woman answered him, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband'; for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have is not your husband; this you said truly." The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain; and you say that Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ); when he comes, he will show us all things." Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he."

Just then his disciples came. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but none said, "What do you wish?" or, "Why are you talking with her?" So the woman left her water jar, and went away into the city and said to the people, "Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?" They went out of the city and were coming to him.

Meanwhile the disciples besought him, saying "Rabbi, eat." But he said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know." So the disciples said to one another, "Has anyone brought him food?" Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work. Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, then comes the harvest'? I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see how the fields are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, 'One sows and another reaps.' I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."

Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman's testimony. "He told me all that I ever did." So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for we have heard ourselves, and we know that this is indeed Christ the Savior of the world."


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Memorials and Trisagions

Memorial

10 Years ~ Doug Prince
Husband of Dr. Joy Cavalaris
Father of Gia and James Prince


Trisagions

For all the brothers of AHEPA Chapter #18 and the sisters of the
Daughters of Penelope Leda Chapter 59 who have fallen asleep in the Lord


For those who heroically sacrificed their lives at the Battle of Crete

For the victims of the Greek Pontian Genocide

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Saints and Feasts

May 18

Sunday of the Samaritan Woman

One of the most ancient cities of the Promised Land was Shechem, also called Sikima, located at the foot of Mount Gerazim. There the Israelites had heard the blessings in the days of Moses and Jesus of Navi. Near to this town, Jacob, who had come from Mesopotamia in the nineteenth century before Christ, bought a piece of land where there was a well. This well, preserved even until the time of Christ, was known as Jacob's Well. Later, before he died in Egypt, he left that piece of land as a special inheritance to his son Joseph (Gen. 49:22). This town, before it was taken into possession by Samaria, was also the leading city of the kingdom of the ten tribes. In the time of the Romans it was called Neapolis, and at present Nablus. It was the first city in Canaan visited by the Patriarch Abraham. Here also, Jesus of Navi (Joshua) addressed the tribes of Israel for the last time. Almost three hundred years later, all Israel assembled there to make Roboam (Rehoboam) king.

When our Lord Jesus Christ, then, came at midday to this city, which is also called Sychar (John 4:5), He was wearied from the journey and the heat, and He sat down at this well. After a little while the Samaritan woman mentioned in today's Gospel passage came to draw water. As she conversed at some length with the Lord and heard from Him secret things concerning herself, she believed in Him; through her many other Samaritans also believed.

Concerning the Samaritans we know the following: In the year 721 before Christ, Salmanasar (Shalmaneser), King of the Assyrians, took the ten tribes of the kingdom of Israel into captivity, and relocated all these people to Babylon and the land of the Medes. From there he gathered various nations and sent them to Samaria. These nations had been idolaters from before. Although they were later instructed in the Jewish faith and believed in the one God, they worshipped the idols also. Furthermore, they accepted only the Pentateuch of Moses, and rejected the other books of Holy Scripture. Nonetheless, they thought themselves to be descendants of Abraham and Jacob. Therefore, the pious Jews named these Judaizing and idolatrous peoples Samaritans, since they lived in Samaria, the former leading city of the Israelites, as well as in the other towns thereabout. The Jews rejected them as heathen and foreigners, and had no communion with them at all, as the Samaritan woman observed, "the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans" (John 4:9). Therefore, the name Samaritan is used derisively many times in the Gospel narrations. After the Ascension of the Lord, and the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the woman of Samaria was baptized by the holy Apostles and became a great preacher and Martyr of Christ; she was called Photine, and her feast is kept on February 26.


May 18

Holy Martyrs: Peter, Dionysius, Andrew, Paul, Christina, Heraclius, Paulinus and Benedimus

These Saints all contested in martyrdom during the reign of Decius (249-251)- Peter was from Lampsacus in the Hellespont. For refusing to offer sacrifice to the idol of Aphrodite, his whole body was crushed and broken with chains and pieces of wood on a torture-wheel; having endured this torment courageously, he gave up his soul.

Paul and Andrew were soldiers from Mesopotamia brought to Athens with their governor, there they were put in charge of two captive Christians, Dionysios and Christina. The soldiers, seeing the beauty of the virgin Christina, attempted to move her to commit sin with them, but she refused and, by her admonitions, brought them to faith in Christ. They and Dionysios were stoned to death, and Christina was beheaded.

Heraclius, Paulinus, and Benedimus were Athenians, and preachers of the Gospel who turned many of the heathen from their error to the light of Christ. Brought before the governor, they confessed their Faith, and after many torments were beheaded.


May 19

Patrick the Hieromartyr and Bishop of Prusa and His Fellow Martyrs Acacius, Menander, and Polyaenus

Saint Patrick was Bishop of Prusa, a city in Bithynia (the present-day Brusa or Bursa). Because of his Christian Faith, he was brought before Julius (or Julian) the Consul, who in his attempts to persuade Patrick to worship as he himself did, declared that thanks was owed to the gods for providing the hot springs welling up from the earth for the benefit of men. Saint Patrick answered that thanks for this was owed to our Lord Jesus Christ, and explained that when He, Who is God, created the earth, He made it with both fire and water, and the fire under the earth heats the water which wells up, producing hot springs; he then explained that there is another fire, which awaits the ungodly. Because of this, he was cast into the hot springs, but it was the soldiers who cast him in, and not he, who were harmed by the hot water. After this Saint Patrick was beheaded with the presbyters Acacius, Menander, and Polyaenus. Most likely, this was during the reign of Diocletian (284-305).


May 20

Thalalaios the Martyr and his Martyr Companions

Saint Thalleleus was from the region of Lebanon in Phoenicia, the son of Berucius, a Christian bishop; his mother's name was Romula. Raised in piety, he was trained as a physician. Because of the persecution of Numerian, the Saint departed to Cilicia, and in Anazarbus he hid himself in an olive grove; but he was seized and taken to Aegae of Cilicia to Theodore, the ruler. After many torments he was beheaded in 284. Saint Thalleleus is one of the Holy Unmercenaries.


May 20

Father Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow

Our holy and wonderworking Father Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow, was born in Moscow in 1292, and consecrated bishop in 1350. Chosen as Metropolitan in 1354, he was ordained by Ecumenical Patriarch Philotheus. He founded several monasteries, including the first women's convent in the city of Moscow. From the Greek he translated and wrote out the Holy Gospel. For the good of the Church and his country he twice journeyed to the Horde and did much to propitiate the Khan and ease the burden of the Tartar yoke; he also healed Taidula, the Khan's wife. His relics are laid to rest in the Chudov Monastery in Moscow, which he founded on land granted him by the Khan and his wife in thanksgiving. Today is the feast of the translation of his holy relics, which took place in 1485, and again in 1686.


May 21

Constantine and Helen, Equal-to-the Apostles

This great and renowned sovereign of the Christians was the son of Constantius Chlorus (the ruler of the westernmost parts of the Roman empire), and of the blessed Helen. He was born in 272, in (according to some authorities) Naissus of Dardania, a city on the Hellespont. In 306, when his father died, he was proclaimed successor to his throne. In 312, on learning that Maxentius and Maximinus had joined forces against him, he marched into Italy, where, while at the head of his troops, he saw in the sky after midday, beneath the sun, a radiant pillar in the form of a cross with the words: "By this shalt thou conquer." The following night, our Lord Jesus Christ appeared to him in a dream and declared to him the power of the Cross and its significance. When he arose in the morning, he immediately ordered that a labarum be made (which is a banner or standard of victory over the enemy) in the form of a cross, and he inscribed on it the Name of Jesus Christ. On the 28th Of October, he attacked and mightily conquered Maxentius, who drowned in the Tiber River while fleeing. The following day, Constantine entered Rome in triumph and was proclaimed Emperor of the West by the Senate, while Licinius, his brother-in-law, ruled in the East. But out of malice, Licinius later persecuted the Christians. Constantine fought him once and again, and utterly destroyed him in 324, and in this manner he became monarch over the West and the East. Under him and because of him all the persecutions against the Church ceased. Christianity triumphed and idolatry was overthrown. In 325 he gathered the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea, which he himself personally addressed. In 324, in the ancient city of Byzantium, he laid the foundations of the new capital of his realm, and solemnly inaugurated it on May 11, 330, naming it after himself, Constantinople. Since the throne of the imperial rule was transferred thither from Rome, it was named New Rome, the inhabitants of its domain were called Romans, and it was considered the continuation of the Roman Empire. Falling ill near Nicomedia, he requested to receive divine Baptism, according to Eusebius (The Life of Constantine. Book IV, 61-62), and also according to Socrates and Sozomen; and when he had been deemed worthy of the Holy Mysteries, he reposed in 337, on May 21 or 22, the day of Pentecost, having lived sixty-five years, of which he ruled for thirty-one years. His remains were transferred to Constantinople and were deposed in the Church of the Holy Apostles, which had been built by him (see Homily XXVI on Second Corinthians by Saint John Chrysostom).

As for his holy mother Helen, after her son had made the Faith of Christ triumphant throughout the Roman Empire, she undertook a journey to Jerusalem and found the Holy Cross on which our Lord was crucified (see Sept. 13 and 14). After this, Saint Helen, in her zeal to glorify Christ, erected churches in Jerusalem at the sites of the Crucifixion and Resurrection, in Bethlehem at the cave where our Saviour was born, another on the Mount of Olives whence He ascended into Heaven, and many others throughout the Holy Land, Cyprus, and elsewhere. She was proclaimed Augusta, her image was stamped upon golden coins, and two cities were named Helenopolis after her in Bithynia and in Palestine. Having been thus glorified for her piety, she departed to the Lord being about eighty years of age, according to some in the year 330, according to others, in 336.


May 22

5th Thursday after Pascha


May 22

Vasilikos the Martyr, Bishop of Comana

This Martyr was from the city of Amasia on the Black Sea, and a nephew of Saint Theodore the Tyro (Feb. 17). When his fellow Martyrs Eutropius and Cleonicus had been crucified (see Mar.8), Basiliscus was shut up in prison. As he was praying the Lord to count him also worthy to finish his course as a martyr, the Lord appeared to him, telling him first to go to his kinsmen and bid them farewell, which he did. When it was learned that he had left the prison, soldiers came after him, and brought him to Comana of Cappadocia, compelling him to walk in iron shoes set with nails. He was beheaded at Comana, and his body was cast into the river, during the reign of Diocletian (284-305).


May 23

Michael the Confessor, Bishop of Synadon

This Saint was from Synnada in Phrygia of Asia Minor. In Constantinople he met Saint Theophylact (see Mar. 8); the holy Patriarch Tarasius, learning that Michael and Theophylact desired to become monks, sent them to a monastery on the Black Sea. Because of their great virtue, Saint Tarasius afterwards compelled them to accept consecration, Theophylact as Bishop of Nicomedia, and Michael as Bishop of his native Synnada. Because Saint Michael fearlessly confessed the veneration of the holy icons, he was banished by the Iconoclast Emperor Leo V the Armenian, who reigned from 813 to 820. After being driven from one place to another, in many hardships and bitter pains, Saint Michael died in exile.


May 24

Symeon the Stylite of the Mountain

Saint Symeon, the "New Stylite," was born in Antioch; John his father was from Edessa, and Martha his mother was from Antioch. From his childhood he was under the special guidance of Saint John the Baptist and adopted an extremely ascetical way of life. He became a monk as a young man, and after living in the monastery for a while he ascended upon a pillar, and abode upon it for eighteen years. Then he came to Wondrous Mountain, and lived in a dry and rocky place, where after ten years he mounted another pillar, upon which he lived in great hardship for forty-five years, working many miracles and being counted worthy of divine revelations. He reposed in 595, at the age of eighty-five years, seventy-nine of which he had passed in asceticism.


May 24

Saint Vincent of Lerins

Saint Vincent was born in Toul in Gaul; he was the brother of Saint Lupus, Bishop of Troyes, who was a companion of Saint Germanus of Auxerre. Saint Vincent was first a soldier, then left the world to become a monk of the renowned monastery of Lerins, where he was also ordained priest. He is known for his Commonitorium, which he wrote as an aid to distinguish the true teachings of the Church from the confusions of heretics; his most memorable saying is that Christians must follow that Faith which has been believed "everywhere, always, and by all." He wrote the Commonitorium about the year 434, three years after the Third Ecumenical Council in Ephesus, which he mentions in the Commonitorium, and defends calling the holy Virgin Theotokos, "She who gave birth to God," in opposition to the teachings of Nestorius which were condemned at the Third Council.

Without identifying by name Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Saint Vincent condemns his doctrine of Grace and predestination, calling it heresy to teach of "a certain great and special and altogether personal grace of God [which is given to the predestined elect] without any labour, without any effort, without any industry, even though they neither ask, nor seek, nor knock" (Commonitorium, ch. XXVI). See also Saint John Cassian, February 29; Saint John Cassian wrote his refutations before, and Saint Vincent after, the condemnation of Nestorius at the Third Council in 431, and the death of Augustine in 430. Saint Vincent reposed in peace about the year 445.


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Wisdom of the Fathers

Here is love! Here is teaching! Here is acquiescence! Here is a model! ... Those who love they also serve. If you want to find out how great your love is towards God, then measure your obedience to the will of God, and you will immediately learn.
Bishop Nicolai Velimirovic
Prolog, 7 Sept., B #80, 706.

The example of the good Samaritan shows that we must not abandon those in whom even the faintest amount of faith is still alive.
St. Ambrose of Milan
Two Books of St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Concerning Repentance, Chapter 11

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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!

Having celebrated Mid-Pentecost, we continue to observe our Lord’s Resurrection, while looking ahead to His Ascension, and the coming of the Holy Spirit, which our Lord speaks of with the Samaritan Woman in this week’s Gospel. For us to understand the importance of this event, we must first know the difference between Jews and Samaritans during Christ’s ministry. Each group worshiped God in different ways. Jews worshiped in the Temple, but Samaritans worshiped on Mount Gerizim. It is for this reason, and many others, that the Jews and Samaritans considered each other an anathema. This is why the Samaritan Woman is so surprised, when our Lord asks her for a drink from the nearby well.

Knowing only that He is a Jewish stranger, she answers, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” (John 4:9) Jesus responds with a beautiful figure of speech, that He is the living water, and “…whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (John 4:13- 14).

Now, thinking as a person, she asks, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw” (John 4:15). He reveals that He knows of her sins, but He speaks compassionately, “The hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth” (John 4:21; 23-24).

Here we have a woman, who, like St. Thomas, like the Myrrh Bearers and like the Myrrh Bearers, wishes to have an encounter with our Lord. Through this common desire the Samaritan woman overcomes her bought and believes in our Lord. She returns to her home, and to her village, enthusiastically preaching His Gospel. The people are so moved and amazed that they forget about her sinful life and instead come to Him as well. Here we are shown yet another group of people, strangers and outcasts, who are brought together as one by the Word of God. I hope and pray that this message serves as an example that we as believers, also have an obligation to share the Good News with others; and not only our non-Orthodox brothers and sisters, but even our Orthodox friends who need understanding and support as well.

+SEVASTIANOS
Metropolitan of Atlanta

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Archdiocese News

Archbishop Elpidophoros Homily at Great Vespers and Stavrophoria, May 16, 2025, Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, Massachusetts

05/16/2025

Tonight, my beloved Community of Hellenic College and Holy Cross, with this Vespers and Stavrophoria of the Graduates, we are right on the edge of the 83rd Commencement Exercises tomorrow. We honored our Alumni earlier in the week, and tonight, we honor our Graduates, whom, in the years to come, we will welcome back to the School as Alumni. 


Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: ‘Dialogue Between Theology and Science Must Not Be a Clash Between Adversaries’

05/16/2025

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has repeatedly addressed the claim that theology and science are in conflict, and has explained, in an address on the Great Feast of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ in 2024, that not only is it a false assumption that there is any incompatibility between them, but that they are “two great forces that serve humanity.”


HCHC to Confer Honorary Degrees on Rev. Fr. Alex Karloutsos, Helen A. Carlos: Recognizing Two Transformative Leaders in Orthodoxy

05/16/2025

Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology is awarding honorary degrees to two esteemed leaders whose contributions have shaped both the life of the Church and the mission of the school.


Archbishop Elpidophoros Appointed to President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission

05/15/2025

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America has been appointed to the Advisory Board of Religious Leaders for President Donald J. Trump’s newly established Religious Liberty Commission.


Greek Parliament Welcomes A. Fantis School

05/15/2025

Students from the Greek American community's A. Fantis School, along with parents and chaperones, were welcomed at the Greek Parliament by Filippos Fortomas, Chairman of the Committee for Greeks Abroad and Member of the Hellenic Parliament.


HCHC Community Surprises Archbishop Elpidophoros with Enthronement Anniversary Celebration

05/15/2025

A joyful and heartfelt moment at the Maliotis Cultural Center as the HCHC community surprised His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America with a celebration for the 6th anniversary of his enthronement. 


HCHC Hosts Divine Liturgy for Alumni

05/15/2025

On the morning of Thursday, May 15, 2025, the community of Hellenic College Holy Cross gathered once again for Orthros and Divine Liturgy served by the alumni celebrating their 10th, 25th, and 50th anniversary years.


HCHC Begins Commencement Week with Alumni Gatherings

05/15/2025

Commencement Week at HCHC continued with joyful alumni gatherings. On Tuesday, the Alumni Council convened in Dowd Hall to discuss how to engage and support its membership as well as future goals.


HCHC "Bridge to the Future " Campaign Raises $4.5 Million in Board-Led Effort: Faithful Leadership Ensures Stability, Growth for the Archdiocese's Only Seminary

05/14/2025

Under the spiritual leadership of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and the bold initiative of Board of Trustees member and philanthropist Bill Spell, Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC) announces that it has raised $4.5 million in commitments through its “Bridge to the Future” campaign - an effort led by current and former Trustees to ensure the continued strength and sustainability of the only Orthodox seminary, college, and graduate school of theology in the United States.


Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America 2024 Financial Results 

05/14/2025

At its recent Archdiocesan Council meeting in Washington, DC, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America released its audited 2024 financial statements https://www.goarch.org/-/financial-statements. The financial results for 2024 continued with the trend of the past seven years where budgets have been balanced, necessary liquidity was generated and the year ended with an excess of unrestricted revenues over expenses.


Obituary for Dr. Tikey Zes; October 10, 1927 – May 7, 2025

05/14/2025

It is with deep sorrow yet with hope in the Resurrection that the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francsico shares that Dr. Tikey Zes reposed in the Lord on May 7, 2025 at the age of 97.


Hellenic Film Society Presents Film Shorts by Greek-American Filmmakers

05/14/2025

The Hellenic Film Society (HFS) proudly presents eight of the best short films from the scores of submissions received for the first It’s Greek to Me Short Film Program.


Huffington Ecumenical Institute Announces Conference "Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches: Moving the Dialogue Forward"

05/14/2025

The Huffington Ecumenical Institute at HCHC invites you to a conference entitled "Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches: Moving the Dialogue Forward." 


Departments of Internet Ministries and Stewardship, Outreach, and Evangelism Release Digital Tools for Parish Life Survey

05/13/2025

The Departments of Internet Ministries and Stewardship, Outreach, and Evangelism of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America have teamed up to conduct the Digital Tools for Parish Life Survey to understand which digital tools Orthodox parishes are currently using to support their ministries and operations.   


Fr. Nicolas Kazarian: "Bridges of Reconciliation: Pope Francis and the Orthodox"

05/13/2025

The casket is closed. Pope Francis reposes at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in accordance with his will. The Pope wanted his funeral to be a reflection of his tenure: simple and close to the most vulnerable.


Celebrate the Liturgical New Year with Archbishop Elpidophoros: Pilgrimage to Constantinople and Armenia

05/13/2025

The Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America are delighted to announce their first joint pilgrimage to Constantinople-Nicaea and Armenia in 2025.


Archbishop Elpidophoros Hosts Farewell Dinner for Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkon

05/13/2025

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America hosted a Farewell Dinner for His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkon on Monday, May 12, 2025.


Archdiocese Welcomes Mr. Dimitrios Katsiklis as New Director of Orthodox Marketplace

05/13/2025

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Dimitrios Katsiklis as the new Director of Orthodox Marketplace.


Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkon Officiates the Divine Liturgy at St. Paraskevi Shrine Church in Greenlawn, NY

05/12/2025

With the invitation and blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkon officiated the Divine Liturgy at Saint Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Shrine Church in Greenlawn, New York yesterday, May 11th, 2025.


FREEDOM Ministry Director Fr. Peter Spiro Participates in Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Symposium

05/12/2025

Fr. Peter Spiro, Director of FREEDOM Ministry joined a distinguished panel of experts at the Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery in Today’s World symposium, hosted by the Orion Chapter of the Daughters of Penelope. The event took place at the Malliotis Cultural Center on the campus of Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology.


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