http://goarch.org daily 1 2008-10-21T20:30:03Z http://goarch.org/news/scoba-missionencycl-02-05-2010 The Lenten fast that precedes the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha is upon us. Like the dawn of a new day, the beginning of this 40-day journey provides opportunities for us to recommit ourselves and our whole lives to Christ our God. The Sunday before Great Lent, February 14th, 2010, is Mission Sunday.... No publisher spapagermanos release encyclical scoba 2010-02-05T17:01:15Z Article http://goarch.org/news/holylandspilgrimage-02-05-2010 This year’s Pilgrimage to the Holy Lands will take place from May 15-24, 2010. Once again, the pilgrimage will be led by... No publisher spapagermanos release 2010-02-05T16:20:33Z Article http://goarch.org/news/stphodiosencyclicalel-en On this feast day of Saint Photios the Confessor, we have the blessed opportunity to honor the life and work of an amazing Patriarch and Theologian of our Holy Orthodox Church. We also commend the witness of our beloved Saint Photios National Shrine in St. Augustine, Florida. This relationship of the name of a great Father of the Church and the Shrine was initiated in 1969 by Archbishop Iakovos of North and South America. Together with leaders and donors of our Greek Orthodox Church in America, he recognized the historical significance of the Shrine, which was a place of worship for a small group of Greek immigrants in the late eighteenth century. No publisher nmorrow release encyclical 2010-02-01T18:16:21Z Article http://goarch.org/news/2010youthcampaign-01-29-10 In an effort to revitalize young adult ministry in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, the Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries will launch a 2010 National Awareness Campaign for Young Adults: No publisher spapagermanos release 2010-01-29T21:43:09Z Article http://goarch.org/news/threehierarchsencyclicalel-en In this first month of the new year we are blessed to have in the calendar of our Holy Orthodox Church the commemoration of the Three Great Hierarchs and Ecumenical Teachers, St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom. On this day of their feast, we honor the lives and witness of these holy and brilliant men, who brought glory to God through their amazing service to the people in the name of Christ. Their lives offer to us a genuine image of the power of the Gospel, the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ, as they each believed in Him to the depths of their hearts, souls, and minds and as they were transformed by His presence into godly men imbued with divine power and wisdom. No publisher nmorrow release encyclical 2010-01-27T20:59:07Z Article http://goarch.org/news/chaniasynagogue%2001-22-2010 It is with profound sadness that we were informed at the Ecumenical Patriarchate about the new arson attempt against the building of the Hebrew Synagogue in the Old City of Chania. No publisher spapagermanos release 2010-01-22T19:00:12Z Article http://goarch.org/news/adschedule-01-21-2010 No publisher spapagermanos release itinerary 2010-01-22T17:46:30Z Article http://goarch.org/news/greekletterscelebrationsel-en No publisher spapagermanos release 2010-01-20T21:50:00Z Article http://goarch.org/news/haitiencyclical%20-01-13-2010 In response to this tragedy, I ask first and foremost of the faithful of the Greek Orthodox Church in America to offer their fervent prayers for the people of Haiti. No publisher spapagermanos release encyclical 2010-01-13T23:07:45Z Article http://goarch.org/news/haitierthquake-01-13-2010 “Our thoughts and prayers are now with the people of Haiti,” said Archbishop Demetrios who immediately issued an encyclical calling upon the faithful... No publisher spapagermanos release 2010-01-13T23:05:00Z Article http://goarch.org/news/orphanedchldren-01-12-2010 In recent days, misleading statements distributed in the press on the case of two orphaned children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, whose relatives in the United States approached the Saint Basil Academy for assistance, require that the Archdiocese of America set forth the following factual information. No publisher spapagermanos release 2010-01-13T01:20:02Z Article http://goarch.org/news/SCOBAlight-2010-01-08 During His earthly ministry, our Lord traveled during His time on earth from city to city and village to village bringing the Good News of His Kingdom. As we travel throughout our pastoral folds, we experience much of the same as we share your love and as we share the love of Christ with you. No publisher spapagermanos release 2010-01-08T18:30:00Z Article http://goarch.org/news/adschedule-01-14-2010 No publisher spapagermanos release itinerary 2010-01-08T16:20:00Z Article http://goarch.org/news/yearbook2010-01-07-2010 The 2010 Yearbook of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is now available online at www.yearbook.goarch.org. No publisher spapagermanos release 2010-01-07T17:49:46Z Article http://goarch.org/news/stbasilsencyclical2010-en We greet the beginning of this new year and the end of the first decade of the new millennium in the grace and strength of our Lord. The coming of the New Year is always accompanied by a variety of emotions and concerns, as well as goals and plans. It is a time for reflecting on the past and anticipating what the year may bring. As we look back and forward in our thoughts, it is essential that we be mindful of the centrality of Christ and our spiritual well-being in all that we do. For reflection and anticipation are both characteristics of our lives as Orthodox Christians. No publisher nmorrow release encyclical 2009-12-30T15:30:18Z Article