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On April 11, 2025, Pilgrimage of Discovery announced its 2025 recipients. The 16 young adults selected, representing each Metropolis, will embark on a trip of a lifetime to Constantinople this summer, exploring sacred sites, deepening their faith, and strengthening their connection to the Church.

Within the framework of official celebrations planned by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in commemoration of the 1700th anniversary since the First Council of Nicaea, an Academic Symposium will be held in Constantinople and Nicaea on April 24–26, 2025.

On Palm Sunday, the FREEDOM Ministry, under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Peter J. Spiro, welcomed and embraced 28 survivors of human trafficking at the Chapel of Saint Barbara - Shrine for Human Freedom in Tennessee. The sacred gathering served as a moment of spiritual renewal, healing, and community.

On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America attended a Mass celebrated in Pope Francis\'s memory.

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided over the Agape Vespers at Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Merrick, New York, on the evening of Holy and Great Pascha. His Eminence celebrsted with His Grace Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos, His Grace Bishop Nektarios of Diokleia, and Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos.

Today, April 21, 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America offered the following message via social media: \"The joy of Pascha is tinged with a note of sadness today, as we learn of the repose in the Lord of Pope Francis. In a world of increasing animosity, conflict and hate, Pope Francis was a towering figure of compassion, empathy and love. Memory Eternal, Requiescat in Pace.\"

Just before midnight on Saturday evening, April 19, 2025, clergy and faithful gathered at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York, New York to repeat the Odes of Lamentation and offer the Orthros of the Resurrection in complete darkness, with the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom lasting until the early hours of Sunday, April 20, 2025. 

Χριστὸς Ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς Ἀνέστη! Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!

Beloved in Christ,\n\nToday we gather in the deep silence of this Sabbath of Sabbaths, in which the Lord rests with His Divine Body within the Tomb. Now we keep watch, in eager expectation of the triumph to come.\n\nWe observe silence and stillness in the presence of this profound mystery, the Great and Holy Sabbath of our Lord’s Rest. The Church is muted and even in some, no lights are on, except on the Holy Altar.

On Holy Saturday, April 19, 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America celebrated the Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil at Holy Resurrection Greek Orthodox Church in Brookville, New York. Fr. Panteleimon Papadopoulos, Proistamenos of Holy Resurrection, and Fr. Milton Stamatos, associate priest, concelebrated with the Archbishop.