Announcement: Update on AoB Agency Sundays
02/14/2023
During their January 28, 2023 meeting, the Executive Committee of the Assembly of Bishops assigned Sundays to the two newest agencies, Orthodox Volunteer Corps and Orthodox Youth Ministries, and approved adjustments to the dates for the existing agencies.
Assembly of Bishops’ Calls All to Prayer for Earthquake Victims in Türkiye and Syria
02/08/2023
We implore the Lord “to give rest to His departed servants in a place of light, in a place of green pasture, in a place of refreshment, from where pain, sorrow, and sighing have fled away.” Furthermore, we ask that God may “bring peace from above” to those enduring the loss of their loved ones.
Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Washington, DC celebrated the Sunday of Orthodoxy with school children each carrying an icon, most of them, an icon of their patron saint.
On Tuesday, February 21st, GOA Girl Advocate, Beatriz Fino Morfogen, of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church in Southampton, NY, participated in a virtual Girls Advocacy Forum at the United Nations. The Girls Advocacy Forum is a collaborative space for girls and Member States to discuss the annual theme the Commission for the Status of Women (CSW). This
On Saturday, March 4, 2023, with the blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeia visited the parish of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Westfield, NJ, for their annual GOYA Sights and Sounds Festival.
The 2023 St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival season has officially begun! And the Oratorical Festival Headquarters at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America out of the Department of Religious Education (DRE) wants to showcase Orthodox youth across the nation participating at all levels – from Parishes, Districts, and Metropolises to the Nationals. Let’s feature all youth participants who share the Orthodox faith.
The Orthodox Christian Studies Center in collaboration with the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical, and Interfaith Relations of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA) will be accepting applications for the Summer 2023 application cycle for the OCSC Summer Internship Program.
On Saturday, February 25, 2023 the Metropolis of New Jersey, with the blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, held an Altar Server Retreat for the Acolytes of the Northern New Jersey Region at the St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Asbury Park (Ocean), New Jersey.
On Sunday, March 5, 2023, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeia, visited the Greek Orthodox Community of St. Nicholas in Greektown, Baltimore, MD, for the Sunday of Orthodoxy, which was commemorated by the traditional procession of icons with the youth of the parish.
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Office of Education is pleased to announce that the World Language Comprehensive Examination in Modern Greek will be administered on Tuesday, June 20th, from 1:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
SLAA is proud to be hosting the first ever Greeks in the USA Basketball Showcase on April 1st and 2nd, 2023 at Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church in Long Island!
In the afternoon of Clean Monday, February 27, 2023 the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, held a Synaxis of the Clergy of the Delaware Valley Region at the St. Thomas Greek Orthodox Church in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
On Sunday, February 26, 2023, with the blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeia celebrated the Great Hierarchal Forgiveness Vespers at St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Piscataway, New Jersey, to mark the start of the Holy and Great Lent.
With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, who is serving on the Holy and Sacred Synod of Constantinople this week, His Grace Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos officiated the Lenten Contrition Vespers at the Saint George Church in Norwalk, CT.