The United States was traumatized by 9/11 and by the April 15th, 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Can anyone feel safe in an urban event? The 114th New York City Police Precinct conducted an exceptional police effort in protecting thousands of Greek Orthodox worshipers on Good Friday, May 3rd. The Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Orthodox Monastery [...]
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Ieronymos Honors Boston Marathon Bomb Victims
The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos, who is visiting the U.S. from May 15-23 on an invitation from Archbishop Demetrios of America visited the site of the Boston Marathon bombings and held the Thrice Holy in memory of the victims. Ieronymos visited the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston on May 16. On [...]
Obama Urged To Protect Patriarch
Archbishop Demetrios of America has sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, urging him to exert influence in order to ensure the protection of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. According to an announcement of the Archdiocese of America “just when publications in the Turkish press and other media were released, referring to the assassination plan [...]
Exclusive Interview: Archbishop Demetrios of America on Faith and Politics
Archbishop Demetrios of America talks about Faith and Politics in an exclusive interview with Greek Reporter. The head of the Greek Orthodox church in America notes that faith doesn’t change in time but the way its message is conveyed might be different. He says that the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has embraced new technologies [...]
Why Orthodox Christians Celebrate Easter After the Western world
By Fr. Jon Magoulias* - As Greek-Orthodox Christians prepare to celebrate Easter this Sunday, May 5th, we would like to shed some light on the reasons why the Orthodox Christian Church celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ later than the Catholic one. While the issue is somewhat complicated, it may be summarized in the two factors at [...]
Archbishop Ieronymos To Visit USA
The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos II will visit the US from May 15-23 at the invitation of Archbishop Demetrios of America. Archbishop Ieronymos will begin his visit in Boston where he will be the guest of honor at the Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC), which will [...]
Why George and Georgia Don’t Celebrate their Name Day Today
On April 23rd Christians commemorate Saint George, the Great Martyr & Triumphant. However this year, the Greek-Orthodox church does not celebrate Saint George today, but on May 6th, the first Monday after Greek Orthodox Easter, also called Monday of Renewal Week. So, if your friends are named George and Georgia they will celebrate their name-day [...]
N.Y’s Greeks Mark Independence Day
It’s a little delayed from March 25, but Greek Independence Day will be celebrated in New York on April 7 with a traditional parade, for which many in the community have been preparing floats and costumes for months. Scores of thousands of people of every age, hundreds of Greek institutions (schools, federations, communities, associations, student [...]
Church Burglary in Watertown
According to a Watertown police report, a golden cross, gold-plated books of the Bible and a safe were stolen from the Taxiarchae/Archangels Greek Orthodox Church. The burglary took place in the early hours of March 27, and the burglars managed to break into the church through a window on the boiler room door. The cleaner [...]
Clinton Still Hopes Halki Will Reopen
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has given her thanks for the cooperation she had with the Ecumenical Patriarchate during her four-year term, with a letter she sent to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Istanbul’s Apogevmatini reported she said that she’s looking forward to the day the Theological School of Halki will operate again and [...]
Cohen Brings Back Heroism Of Greek Jews
The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus on March 17 will host University of Illinois at Chicago Professor Mimis Cohen for a presentation on Heroism Humanity: A Reminder Once More About The Holocaust and The Greek Jews. The event, which is co-sponsored by the Daughters of Penelope Dares Chapter No. 252, is free and open [...]
Holy Painting For Carmel Greek Church
Iconographers from Greece are painting in the Byzantine style at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Carmel, India, creating one of the largest pieces of art in the state. d On a canvas of white plaster, George Kordis, an iconographer from Athens, along with his team of six assistants are rendering a work that [...]
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