Greek Orthodox Church

The new leader of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Elpidophoros, will be tasked with dealing with a slew of existential issues that have been testing the Greek-American community for the past couple of decades.

The next couple of days will be crucial for the future of Hellenism in the United States. A decision will be taken in Istanbul on whether Archbishop Demetrios of America will step down from his post and, if so, who will replace him. Officials in Athens would in the past treat this as a routine decision. But this is no longer the case.

Archbishop Demetrios of America will reportedly attend on September 9 an event to honor the Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas, which was destroyed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack, when the south tower of the World Trade Center came crashing down upon it.

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has expressed its "deep sorrow" and "agony" for the devastating fires in eastern Attica.

Construction on a Greek Orthodox church to replace one that was crushed in the Sept. 11 attacks has been temporarily suspended amid rising costs and questions over how donations have been managed.

The head of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop of Athens Ieronymos, said the Greek were and would remain Orthodox in their faith, during his message on occasion of celebrations for the Assumption of Virgin Mary on August 15.

Thousands of pilgrims from all around the world are converging on the site where Saint Paisios was laid to rest to pay homage and receive the grace of the Mount Athos monk, whose reputation has surpassed the Greek borders. The Saint of the Greek Orthodox Church was canonised in 2014, and many of his speeches and words have been recorded in dozens of books and audio clips posted online.

The Holy Fire arrived at the Athens International Airport at 19.30 and was received with honours of a state leader during a special ceremony. The Holy Fire was lit earlier in Jerusalem where the an official  Greek governmental delegation received it and boarded on the Prime Ministerial airplane and flown back to Athens.

His Eminence, Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia, received an invitation from the Hellenic Society of Norway to attend a charity event they had planed for Saturday, March 18, 2017 in the Norwegian capital.

The Greek Orthodox Diocese of Glyfada issued a statement saying it would pray for the scheduled visit of Pope Francis to Greece on April 16 to be postponed, as it considered the visit of ‘such grave significance’ that it should be decided upon by the whole body of the Greek Orthodox Church and not solely to the Archbishop of Athens and Greece, Hieronymus.