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In early November, the Metropolis of Atlanta hosted an event celebrating His Eminence Alexios, former Metropolitan of Atlanta. The Metropolis of Atlanta’s article on the celebration is as follows: “More than 350 persons from the […]\nThe post Metropolis of Atlanta honors former Metropolitan Alexios appeared first on Orthodox Observer.

More than 100 church musicians from the Metropolis of Chicago gathered Oct. 10–12, 2025, at St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church in Palatine, Illinois, for the 67th Annual Federation of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians (FGOCM) Choir […]\nThe post Metropolis of Chicago choir gathering among largest to date appeared first on Orthodox Observer.

On Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America joined His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Church, Holy See of Cilicia, for a concert at Carnegie Hall in honor of the […]\nThe post Abp. Elpidophoros congratulates Catholic Aram on 30th anniversary of his enthronement appeared first on Orthodox Observer.

From Dec. 5-6, the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies and Huffington Ecumenical Institute will host a conference entitled “Rebooting Ecumenism: New Paradigms for the 21st Century.” The event will take place at Jesus College in […]\nThe post Upcoming conference “Rebooting Ecumenism: New Paradigms for the 21st Century” appeared first on Orthodox Observer.

Saint Basil Academy (SBA) in Garrison, New York welcomed Fr. Peter Spiro as a guest speaker for an important educational session focused on human trafficking awareness and prevention. Fr. Peter, Director of the GOARCH FREEDOM […]\nThe post Fr. Peter Spiro raises human trafficking awareness at Saint Basil Academy appeared first on Orthodox Observer.

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America participated this morning, via video link, in the successful doctoral defense of V. Rev. Archimandrite Kaisarios Chronis at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Theology. The dissertation, titled […]\nThe post Abp. Elpidophoros attends doctoral defense of V. Rev. Arch. Kaisarios Chronis appeared first on Orthodox Observer.

From Nov. 4-6, the Huffington Ecumenical Institute (HEI) of Hellenic College Holy Cross (HCHC) hosted a conference entitled “Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches: Moving the Dialogue Forward.” Gathering leading scholars, hierarchs, educators, and students, the […]\nThe post Moving the Eastern-Oriental Orthodox dialogue forward appeared first on Orthodox Observer.

Orthodox Volunteer Corps (OVC), an agency of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America, is now recruiting Orthodox young adults for its fall 2026 cohorts in Boston and Pittsburgh. The […]\nThe post Orthodox Volunteer Corps begins recruiting 2026 cohort appeared first on Orthodox Observer.

The faithful of the Holy Resurrection in Brookville, NY, witnessed the ordination of Dn. Gregory Gatanas to the Holy Priesthood by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on Sunday, Nov. 9, the Feastday of St. […]\nThe post Dn. Gregory Gatanas ordained to the priesthood appeared first on Orthodox Observer.

On Sunday, Nov. 9th, St. Michael’s Home hosted its Annual Name Day Gala at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. This year’s event honored distinguished members of the community Libby & Mike Angeliades with […]\nThe post St. Michael’s Home hosts Annual Name Day Gala appeared first on Orthodox Observer.