Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2025-03-30
Bulletin Contents
WEEKLY SUNDAY BULLETIN
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Wisdom of the Fathers
Upcoming Events, Lectures,
Hymns of the Day
Saints and Feasts
Ecumenical Patriarchate News
Assembly of Bishops News
Archdiocese News

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Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (201) 652-4774 for emergencies: 201 870 2676
  • Fax:
  • (201) 652-0789
  • Street Address:

  • 467 Grandview Avenue

  • Wyckoff, NJ 07481

Contact Information

Reverend Basil C. Gikas
Pastor

[email protected] | 201 652 4774 ext. 12

Ms. Rula Thasites
Administrator

[email protected] | 201 652 4774 ext. 10

Services Schedule

 

Sundays in the fall, winter & spring:

Matins: 9 a.m. &  Divine Liturgy 10a.m. except during the summer

 

Summer hours for Sundays in July and August:

Matins: 8:30a.m.  & Divine Liturgy 9:30a.m.

Past Bulletins


WEEKLY SUNDAY BULLETIN

WELCOME!  If you are a visitor or a guest, please let us know by completing a welcome card.  Also, please join us next door for the fellowship hour. We are happy to have you with us!   The call for Holy Communion (Eucharist) is the highest point of the Divine Liturgy.  Please comply with the ushers’ instructions. Patience until ushers directs you out of the pews.  “All things are done in proper order.” – Saint Paul

Memorial: A 40 day memorial for HelenKrassas, beloved wife of the late James Krassas, cherished mother of Ariadne and her husband Bill and Nicole and her husband John. Adored grandmother of Nick, Maggie and Anna.  Eternal be her memorial.  Fellowship hour is sponsored by the Krassas family.

Religious Education: Religious Education students are expected to sit in the first 3 rows (reserved for them on pulpit side as you face the altar) for the children’s message. Your cooperation yields their formation! :)

 

Greek INDEPENDENCE DAY Parade in NYC: Today!  Our Community will be lining up to march on 64th Street between Fifth and Madison Avenue.  Our bus will be leaving from church promptly at 12:30. Parade Start Time is 1:30. All of our parishioners are welcome to attend and join our Community for a day of unity.  There are seats still available on the bus. Please contact  Tammy Spyropoulos([email protected]) to RSVP for a seat on the bus. Dress code should be patriotic blue and white (No Jeans).

 

Philoptochos News: Philoptochos will be selling packaged Koulourakia for Easter, today in our Fellowship Hall.

 

Holy Week Schedule: Available in the Narthex, parish website and parish office reception area.

FOR EVERYONE: The Healing Sacrament of Holy Confession: Holy Confession is a necessary and highly beneficial sacrament that improves our spiritual lives, soothes the soul, and intensifies our relationship with the Lord and renews us.  Make your appointment by contacting Fr. Bill directly and in strict confidence at 201 652 4774 ext. 12 or [email protected].  To learn more about the holy sacrament of confession a booklet is available in the Narthex area pamphlet case.

 

Kali Parea (Senior Fellowship): Please join us this Tuesday, April 1st starting at 12Noon. We will meet in the Fellowship Hall, where we will serve a lenten light lunch.  Desserts are welcome. Look forward to seeing many of you.

 

FOR EVERYONE ESPECIALLY YOUNG EMERGING ADULTS (YEA): 

Scripture Talk is Scripture Unveiled!  It is a virtual/remote Bible study with a different Orthodox priest participating in the weekly discussion. Join us every Tuesday, 7-8pm EST, on Zoom. Currently discussing the Gospel of Matthew. Visit www.ScriptureUnveiled.com for the Zoom meeting information. All who seek are welcome, no commitment needed and participants are free to simply listen or to participate.

 

Young Emerging Adults (ages 18-30) will gather & celebrate St. Irene and cinco de mayo at Fr. Bill’s and Presvytera Sophia’s home.  MONDAY, MAY 5 at 7:30PM!  your RSVP is expected & NECESSARY! frbill@ stnicholasnj.org or   201 652 4774 ext. 13

 

Lenten WORSHIP Services: 5th Presanctified Liturgy, Wednesday, April 2nd at 5:30pm; Akathist Hymn Service, Friday, April 4th at 7:00pm.  Salutations to the Theotokos service books are available in the Narthex. Books contain the Friday evening Salutation Service (Akathist Hymn) and are $18 per copy.

 

For Everyone:  The Saint Nicholas 2025 Lenten Lecture Series continues this Wednesday, April 2nd at 7:30p.m.     (See flyer insert)   Please join us early for the Liturgy of Pre-Sanctified Gifts at 5:30pm, a Lenten meal at 6:45pm and the presentation (lecture) by Rev. Dr. Peter Spiro on Human Trafficking at 7:30p.m. This event is sponsored by our Saint Nicholas Ahepa Ramapo Chapter #453!

 

FOR WOMEN:   Philoptochos Ministry: All ladies are invited to become stewards of Philoptochos- “lovers of the poor”. Stewardship is $45/yr. and can be mailed to Tammy Spyropoulos 90 Bellgrove Drive Mahwah, NJ 07430 ([email protected]) Venmo payments are also accepted- (@STNPHILO). Your stewardship supports philanthropic work.  Join us!

 

FOR MEN OF ALL AGES: AHEPA Ramapo #453: is hosting the 22th ANNUAL CIGAR EXTRAVAGANZA DINNER to benefit the EDUCATION, COMMUNITY and SEVERAL OUTREACH philanthropic programs of AHEPA.  Join us on May 21st, 2025 at SEASON'S in Washington Twp. NJ  at 5:30pm.  Dress is "Smart Casual". A social networking event. Smoking is segregated to outdoors only.   Make your Reservations today; contact John Tsadilas at 201-707-2657, or [email protected].  Please visit our web page at: www.ahepa453.org for further Cigar Extravaganza Event information contact John Psomas, Chairman, at 201-704-5903, or Co-Chairman Chris Nonas 917-238-0694,  Paul Savidis 201-6941128 and Savvas Tsigaras at 201-681-4730.

 

FOR STUDENTS: AHEPA Scholarship Applications: Our local AHEPA Chapter is inviting all eligible high school seniors and/or college students to apply for a scholarship.  Applications are available online at: https://ahepa453.org  (click on education/scholarship). The deadline is April 30th. Other scholarships are available with different deadlines.

 

FOR EVERYONE:  Sharing & Caring (S&C): Monday, April 7th at 3:00pm in our conference room. Sharing and Caring is for anyone who has suffered a loss of a loved one. All discussions are discreet. Everyone is welcome!

 

FOR MOMS: Moms Helping Moms next gathering is this Friday, April 4 at 10:30A.M.  In our hall.  Contact Dr. Eva Krias [email protected]

FOR CHILDREN ages 5-11:   ST.  NICHOLAS VACATION CHURCH SCHOOL (vcs)   JUNE 23-27 ON site here! extended hours: 8:30am to 2:30pm   register with Tina AT [email protected]" [email protected] OR contact fr. bill at 201 652 4774 ext. 12 or [email protected]

 

for those in need:  Center for Food Action (CFA) REQUESTS   Supermarket Gift Cards, Peanut Butter & Jelly, Mac & Cheese, Canned Meat, Tuna & Beans, White & Brown Rice, Pasta & Spaghetti Sauce, Hearty Soups/Low Sodium Soups, Canned Fruit & Vegetables, Low Sugar Cereal, 100% Juice, Coffee, Diapers-sizes 2, 3, & 4, Infant Formula & Baby Food, Ensure or Similar Nutritional Drink, Dental Hygiene Products and Toilet paper. A collection basket is placed under the community bulletin board. Thank you for your support!

 

Towards Almsgiving :  Your fulfilled 2025 stewardship offering pledge provides the majority of resources for our parish ministries and enables us to gather followers of Christ and to aid them on their path to grow in the grace & knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. We invite you to be a steward, and join the 252 households that have already made their 2025 pledge. Pledge Cards are available in the Narthex. You can also make your 2025 pledge online by visiting our parish website https://www.stnicholasnj.org/

 

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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. Grave Mode. Psalm 28.11,1.
The Lord will give strength to his people.
Verse: Bring to the Lord, O sons of God, bring to the Lord honor and glory.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 6:13-20.

BRETHREN, when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore to himself, saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you." And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise. Men indeed swear by a greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he interposed with an oath, so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God should prove false, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of St. John Climacus
The Reading is from Mark 9:17-31

At that time, a man came to Jesus kneeling and saying: "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit; and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able." And he answered them, "O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me." And they brought the boy to him; and when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father, "How long has he had this?" And he said, "From childhood. And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us." And Jesus said to him, "If you can! All things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again." And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse; so that most of them said, "He is dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting." They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise."

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Wisdom of the Fathers

Seest thou how He now proceeds to lay beforehand in them the foundation of His doctrine about fasting? ... See, at any rate, how many blessings spring from them both. For he that is praying as he ought, and fasting, hath not many wants, and he that hath not many wants, cannot be covetous; ...
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 57 on Matthew 17,4,5. B#54, pp.355,356., 4th Century

... he that is not covetous, will be also more disposed for almsgiving. He that fasts is light, and winged, and prays with wakefulness, and quenches his wicked lusts, and propitiates God, and humbles his soul when lifted up. Therefore even the apostles were almost always fasting.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 57 on Matthew 17,4,5. B#54, pp.355,356., 4th Century

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Upcoming Events, Lectures,

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Grave Mode

Thou didst abolish death by Thy Cross; Thou didst open Paradise to the thief; Thou didst transform the myrrh-bearers' lamentation, and didst bid Thine Apostles to preach that Thou art risen, O Christ God, granting great mercy to the world.

Apolytikion for Sun. of St. John Climacus in the Plagal Fourth Mode

With the streams of thy tears, thou didst cultivate the barrenness of the desert; and by thy sighings from the depths,thou didst bear fruit a hundredfold in labours; and thou becamest a luminary, shining with miracles upon the world, O John our righteous Father. Intercede with Christ God that our souls be saved.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Fourth Mode

To you, Theotokos, invincible Defender, having been delivered from peril, I, your city, dedicate the victory festival as a thank offering. In your irresistible might, keep me safe from all trials, that I may call out to you: "Hail, unwedded bride!"

The translations of hymns are under copyright and used by permission. All rights reserved. These works may not be further reproduced, in print or on other websites or in any other form, without the prior written authorization of the copyright holder:

  • Resurrectional Apolytikion in Grave Tone © Holy Transfiguration Monastery
  • Apolytikion for Sun. of St. John Climacus in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone © Holy Transfiguration Monastery
  • Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone © Narthex Press
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    Saints and Feasts

    March 30

    Sunday of St. John Climacus

    The memory of this Saint is celebrated on March 30, where his biography may be found. He is celebrated today because his book, The Ladder of Divine Ascent, is a sure guide to the ascetic life, written by a great man of prayer experienced in all forms of the monastic polity; it teaches the seeker after salvation how to lay a sound foundation for his struggles, how to detect and war against each of the passions, how to avoid the snares laid by the demons, and how to rise from the rudimental virtues to the heights of Godlike love and humility. It is held in such high esteem that it is universally read in its entirety in monasteries during the Great Fast.

    March 30

    John Climacus the Righteous, author of The Divine Ladder of Ascent

    This Saint gave himself over to the ascetical life from his early youth. Experienced both in the solitary life of the hermit and in the communal life of cenobitic monasticism, he was appointed Abbot of the Monastery at Mount Sinai and wrote a book containing thirty homilies on virtue. Each homily deals with one virtue, and progressing from those that deal with holy and righteous activity (praxis) unto those that deal with divine vision (theoria), they raise a man up as though by means of steps unto the height of Heaven. For this cause his work is called "The Ladder of Divine Ascent." The day he was made Abbot of Sinai, the Prophet Moses was seen giving commands to those who served at table. Saint John reposed in 603, at eighty years of age. See also the Fourth Sunday of the Fast.

    March 30

    Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Caesar, & Epaphroditos, the Apostles of the 70

    March 30

    Zacharias the New Martyr

    March 31

    5th Monday of Lent

    March 31

    The Holy Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra

    This Saint, who was from Cilicia of Asia Minor, became Bishop of Gangra, the capital of Paphlagonia. He was present at the First Ecumenical Council. Because of his confession of the Orthodox Faith, he was put to death by the Novatians, a sect which denied that sins committed after Baptism could be forgiven.

    March 31

    Theophilos the Martyr and those with him

    March 31

    Innocent, Enlightener of Siberia & Alaska

    March 31

    Akakios the Confessor

    April 01

    5th Tuesday of Lent

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    Ecumenical Patriarchate News

    Encyclical of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for Holy and Great Lent 2025

    03/01/2025

    https://www.goarch.org/-/encyclical-of-his-all-holiness-ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-for-holy-and-great-lent-2025?redirect=%2Fnews%2Fpatriarchate%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FonfmMyWps1Ww%2Frss%3F_101_INSTANCE_onfmMyWps1Ww_currentURL%3D%252Fnews%252Fpatriarchate%26_101_INSTANCE_onfmMyWps1Ww_currentURL%3D%252Fnews%252Fpatriarchate%26_101_INSTANCE_onfmMyWps1Ww_currentURL%3D%252Fnews%252Fpatriarchate%26_101_INSTANCE_onfmMyWps1Ww_portletAjaxable%3D1%26_101_INSTANCE_onfmMyWps1Ww_portletAjaxable%3D1%26_101_INSTANCE_onfmMyWps1Ww_portletAjaxable%3D1

    Once again, with the will and grace of God the giver of all good things, we are entering Holy and Great Lent, the blessed period of fasting and repentance, of spiritual vigilance and journey with the Lord, as He comes to His voluntary passion, in order to reach the veneration of His splendid Resurrection and become worthy of our own passage from earthly things to "that which no eyes have seen and no ears have heard and no human heart has ascended" (1 Cor. 2.9).


    His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the Third Anniversary of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 23 February 2025

    02/24/2025

    https://www.goarch.org/-/hah-ukraine?redirect=%2Fnews%2Fpatriarchate%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2FonfmMyWps1Ww%2Frss%3F_101_INSTANCE_onfmMyWps1Ww_currentURL%3D%252Fnews%252Fpatriarchate%26_101_INSTANCE_onfmMyWps1Ww_currentURL%3D%252Fnews%252Fpatriarchate%26_101_INSTANCE_onfmMyWps1Ww_currentURL%3D%252Fnews%252Fpatriarchate%26_101_INSTANCE_onfmMyWps1Ww_portletAjaxable%3D1%26_101_INSTANCE_onfmMyWps1Ww_portletAjaxable%3D1%26_101_INSTANCE_onfmMyWps1Ww_portletAjaxable%3D1

    Three years have passed since the unjust and devastating invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. During this time, countless lives have been lost, homes destroyed, and entire communities displaced. Families remain separated, cities lie in ruins, and millions have been forced into exile. This war has left deep wounds—not only upon the land but also in the hearts of those who suffer.


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    Archdiocese News

    His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros Celebrates the Fourth Salutations to the Theotokos in Jackson Heights

    03/29/2025

    https://www.goarch.org/-/fourth-salutations-to-the-theotokos-celebrated-in-jackson-heights?redirect=%2Fnews%2Frecent-news%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2Fgt9jYZFyZyFT%2Frss%3F_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_currentURL%3D%252Fnews%252Frecent-news%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_portletAjaxable%3Dtrue

    On March 28, 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros celebrated the fourth Salutations to the Theotokos at Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, in Jackson Heights, New York.


    Good Friday Ecumenical Procession: Way of the Cross Over the Brooklyn Bridge

    03/28/2025

    https://www.goarch.org/-/good-friday-ecumenical-procession-way-of-the-cross-over-the-brooklyn-bridge?redirect=%2Fnews%2Frecent-news%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2Fgt9jYZFyZyFT%2Frss%3F_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_currentURL%3D%252Fnews%252Frecent-news%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_portletAjaxable%3Dtrue

    On Friday, April 18, 2025, Communion and Liberation, with the support of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, invites you to participate in the annual Way of the Cross over the Brooklyn Bridge.


    Leader of Greek Opposition Party (PASOK) Nikos Androulakis Visits Archdiocese

    03/27/2025

    https://www.goarch.org/-/leader-of-greek-opposition-party-pasok-nikos-androulakis-visits-archdiocese?redirect=%2Fnews%2Frecent-news%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2Fgt9jYZFyZyFT%2Frss%3F_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_currentURL%3D%252Fnews%252Frecent-news%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_portletAjaxable%3Dtrue

    Today, March 27, 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed Nikos Androulakis, leader of Greece’s main opposition party PASOK, to the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdioceses of America.


    2025 Metropolis of Boston Scholarship Program: Available to Students Across U.S. and Canada

    03/27/2025

    https://www.goarch.org/-/2025-metropolis-of-boston-scholarship-program-available-to-students-across-u.s.-and-canada?redirect=%2Fnews%2Frecent-news%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2Fgt9jYZFyZyFT%2Frss%3F_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_currentURL%3D%252Fnews%252Frecent-news%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_portletAjaxable%3Dtrue

    The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston is pleased to offer 2025-2026 academic year scholarship opportunities for U.S. and Canadian students who are of Greek descent or of the Greek Orthodox Faith and entering their second, third, or fourth year of undergraduate studies.


    Archbishop Elpidophoros Celebrates Feast of the Annunciation at Manhattan Parish

    03/26/2025

    https://www.goarch.org/-/archbishop-elpidophoros-celebrates-feast-of-the-annunciation-at-manhattan-parish?redirect=%2Fnews%2Frecent-news%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2Fgt9jYZFyZyFT%2Frss%3F_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_currentURL%3D%252Fnews%252Frecent-news%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_portletAjaxable%3Dtrue

    His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided at the Annunciation Service at Annunciation Church in New York City on March 25, 2025.


    Women's History Month: Chrysoula Kourkounti

    03/26/2025

    https://www.goarch.org/-/women-s-history-month-chrysoula-kourkounti?redirect=%2Fnews%2Frecent-news%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2Fgt9jYZFyZyFT%2Frss%3F_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_currentURL%3D%252Fnews%252Frecent-news%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_portletAjaxable%3Dtrue

    For our final feature for this year's Women’s History Month, we would like to honor Chrysoula Kourkounti, Executive Director of the Maliotis Cultural Center at HCHC.


    Remarks Offered by the Parish Priest Fr. Sotirios Michalatos

    03/26/2025

    https://www.goarch.org/-/remarks-offered-by-the-parish-priest-fr.-sotirios-michalatos?redirect=%2Fnews%2Frecent-news%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2Fgt9jYZFyZyFT%2Frss%3F_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_currentURL%3D%252Fnews%252Frecent-news%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_portletAjaxable%3Dtrue

    With profound joy and gratitude, the faithful of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church warmly welcome you on this most sacred occasion—our feast day, the celebration of the Annunciation of the Theotokos. Your presence among us this morning, as you preside over the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, fills our hearts with thanksgiving. It is a blessing that honors our parish and uplifts our spirits, deepening our faith and renewing our devotion.


    Leadership 100 Seeks Executive Director

    03/25/2025

    https://www.goarch.org/-/leadership-100-seeks-executive-director?redirect=%2Fnews%2Frecent-news%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2Fgt9jYZFyZyFT%2Frss%3F_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_currentURL%3D%252Fnews%252Frecent-news%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_portletAjaxable%3Dtrue

    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.


    White House Celebrates 204th Anniversary of March 25 Greek Independence Day

    03/25/2025

    https://www.goarch.org/-/white-house-celebrates-204th-anniversary-of-march-25-greek-independence-day?redirect=%2Fnews%2Frecent-news%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2Fgt9jYZFyZyFT%2Frss%3F_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_currentURL%3D%252Fnews%252Frecent-news%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_portletAjaxable%3Dtrue

    On Monday, March 24, 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America was welcomed by President Donald Trump to the White House for a celebration recognizing the 204th Anniversary of March 25 Greek Independence Day. This annual esteemed celebration at the White House began in 1987 and has become a tradition for every president.


    Women's History Month: Thea Johnson

    03/24/2025

    https://www.goarch.org/-/women-s-history-month-thea-johnson?redirect=%2Fnews%2Frecent-news%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2Fgt9jYZFyZyFT%2Frss%3F_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_currentURL%3D%252Fnews%252Frecent-news%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_portletAjaxable%3Dtrue

    As part of Women’s History Month in March, the Ecumenical Department in collaboration with the Communications Department seeks to feature women affiliated with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.


    Archons Host Religious Freedom Symposium at University of South Carolina

    03/24/2025

    https://www.goarch.org/-/archons-host-religious-freedom-symposium-at-university-of-south-carolina?redirect=%2Fnews%2Frecent-news%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2Fgt9jYZFyZyFT%2Frss%3F_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_currentURL%3D%252Fnews%252Frecent-news%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_portletAjaxable%3Dtrue

    On Saturday, March 22, 2025, the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate hosted a religious freedom symposium at the University of South Carolina, under the theme "God Created Us To Live In Harmony."


    St. Sophia Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Welcomes Archbishop Elpidophoros

    03/23/2025

    https://www.goarch.org/-/st.-sophia-cathedral-in-washington-d.c.-welcomes-archbishop-elpidophoros?redirect=%2Fnews%2Frecent-news%2F-%2Fasset_publisher%2Fgt9jYZFyZyFT%2Frss%3F_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_currentURL%3D%252Fnews%252Frecent-news%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_gt9jYZFyZyFT_portletAjaxable%3Dtrue

    Today, March 23, 2025, the community of St. Sophia Cathedral in Washington, D.C., served by presiding priest Rev. Steven Zorzos and assistant priest Fr. Gabriel Galifianakis, welcomed His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America to their parish for the Sunday of the Holy Cross.


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