Archdiocesan Encyclical for the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord
Please read the Archdiocesan Encyclical for the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord from His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros here. Continue Reading... »
His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew's Encyclical for the New Ecclesiastical Year
It is a shared conviction that, in our time, the natural environment is threatened like never before in the history of humankind. The magnitude of this threat becomes manifest in the fact that what is at stake is not anymore the quality, but the preservation of life on our planet. For the first time in history, man is capable of destroying the conditions of life on earth. Nuclear weapons are the symbol of man’s Promethean titanism, the tangible expression of the “complex of omnipotence” of the contemporary “man-god.” Continue Reading... »
PATRIARCHAL ENCYCLICAL FOR HOLY PASCHA 2020
Having arrived at Holy Pascha and becoming partakers of the joy of the Resurrection, we praise the Lord of glory, who trampled down death by death and resurrected with Him the entire race of Adam, opening for us all the gates of paradise. Continue Reading... »
Encyclical and Directives Concerning the Covid-19 Pandemic (Coronavirus) Issued by Archbishop Elpidophoros and The Holy Eparchial Synod
The appearance of the Covid-19 Pandemic (Coronavirus) throughout the world and in the United States has created fear, anxiety, and genuine concern. All of these need to be taken seriously and no one’s fears should be dismissed out of hand. Already, religious bodies are responding in similar ways, but ways that are not necessarily consistent. In order to assist the Faithful in their own response, this statement is meant to guide and inform us all. Continue Reading... »