Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

O Lord Jesus, unto Thee Thy lamb doth cry with a great voice: O my Bridegroom, Thee I love; and seeking Thee, I now contest, and with Thy baptism am crucified and buried. I suffer for Thy sake, that I may reign with Thee; for Thy sake I die, that I may live in Thee: accept me offered out of longing to Thee as a spotless sacrifice. Lord, save our souls through her intercessions, since Thou art great in mercy. - Apolytikion of Great Martyr Irene Saint Irene was the daughter of ...a princelet called Licinius; named Penelope by her parents, through a divine revelation she was brought to faith in Christ and at Baptism was renamed Irene. In her zeal for piety she broke in pieces all the idols of her father, who commanded that she be trampled underfoot by horses. But while she remained unharmed, one of the horses rose up and cast down her father, killing him. By her prayer she raised him to life again, and he believed and was baptized. https://www.goarch.org/chapel/saints?contentid=41

Fidelis ad mortem, , Faithful unto death. We honor Officer Tasso Tsakos’s life, and we recognize in his death the faithfulness of a heart that was filled with love for all.

Join us as we bid farewell to Police Officer Anastasios Tsakos.

O Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark, intercede to our merciful God, that He may grant our souls forgiveness of sins. -Apolytikion of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark The Feast of Saint Mark is commemorated annually on April 25. However, if this feast occurs during Great Lent or Holy Week, it is transposed to the Tuesday after Pascha, the Tuesday of Bright Week. Mark was an idolater from Cyrene of Pentapolis, which is near Libya. Having come to the Faith of Christ through the Apostle Peter, he followed him to Rome. While there, at the prompting of Peter himself and at the request of the Christians living there, he wrote his Gospel in Greek, and it is second in order after Matthew's. https://www.goarch.org/chapel/saints?contentid=31

Let us celebrate the Three Hierarchs and honor their legacy by recommitting to preserving our language, culture, and the vast treasure that is Hellenic ,... our rightful inheritance, following in the footsteps of the these three great lamps of the Divine Threefold-Sun. , .

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, the Servant of God Pablo Lopez is being ordained to the holy deacon are by His Grace Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos as part of the Archdiocesan Spanish Speaking Outreach Ministry.

The three most great luminaries of the Three-Sun Divinity have illumined all of the world with the rays of doctrines divine and true; they are the sweetly-flowing rivers of wisdom, who with godly knowledge have watered all creation in clear and mighty streams: The great and sacred Basil, and the Theologian, wise Gregory, together with the renowned John, the famed Chrysostom of golden speech. Let us all who love their divinely-wise words come together, honouring them with hymns; for ceaselessly they offer entreaty for us to the Trinity. -Apolytikion of Three Hierarchs On this day we commemorate our fathers among the saints and Ecumenical Teachers, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom. https://www.goarch.org/chapel/saints?contentid=408

Every person’s life is a sacred trust, from conception until death. We are called to nourish and care for every human being throughout their lifetime, spiritually and physically. Let us work to make every human life as precious to the world as it is to God. #MarchForLife

On Monday, January 25, 2021, the Archdiocese held a webinar entitled "Economic Aid Act and how parishes can avail themselves of the new Paycheck Protection Prog...ram loans and Employee Retention Credits." These economic stimulus programs from the Federal government are available to assist many of our parishes as they continue to meet the financial challenges of the pandemic. Watch the webinar and see the accompanying materials here: https://www.goarch.org/-/economic-aid-act-and-ppp-for-paris