My dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, On this Sunday of the Holy Cross, St. Paul, writes that in Christ, “…we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin… ” (Hebrews 4:15) Furthermore, unlike the old mortal high priests, who gave burnt offerings to forgive both their sins, and the sins of the people, Christ the Sinless High Priest offers the greatest sacrifice for the salvation of all mankind: His own precious Body and Blood.
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The top speakers in the Junior and Senior Divisions advance to the district level. Two finalists in each district division represent the district at the Metropolis Oratorical Festival. The 2026 Metropolis Oratorical Festival will be hosted by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Asheville, NC. The top speaker in each metropolis division is then selected to participate in the Archdiocese Finals.
St. Stephen's Camp has a rich tradition, dating back to the 1980's, and is grounded on the principals of living a true Orthodox lifestyle with twice daily liturgical services, opportunities for reflection, community living and meals, athletics, arts & crafts, and nightly social activities.
Over the second weekend in Great Lent, our community of Christ the Savior in the Appalachian mountains of northeast Tennessee were blessed by the first archpastoral visit of our new Metropolitan.
Saint Mark Greek Orthodox Church in Boca Raton hosted the first-ever Young Aspiring Chanters Conference from March 6–8, welcoming more than 40 young men and women from across the United States who gathered to deepen their knowledge and love of the sacred art of Orthodox Christian chant.
- Rev. Fr. Athanasios Haros, Western FL Conference Vicar
19 clergy from Greek, Romanian, Antiochian, Serbian and Carpatho-Russian Churches joined His Eminence Metropolitan SEVASTIANOS at the St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Tarpon Springs for the Sunday of Orthodoxy Pan-Orthodox Vespers.
For those who missed the introductory Zoom meeting on the Metropolis's Effective Parish Assessment, a full YouTube video of the meeting, and the accompanying PowerPoint presentation, are now available to view.
On Sunday of Orthodoxy, March 1, 2026, the 2026 Athena C. Gazes Memorial Lecture was given by Archimandrite Bartholomew Mercado, Chaplain & Professor of Canon Law at Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. Fr. Mercado spoke on the topic “The Weaving of Faith: Big & Little Traditions & the Canonical Fabric of Orthodoxy.” Fr. Mercado was welcomed to the Charleston parish community by its interim pastor Fr. Theodore Roupas.