The Metropolis is ever mindful of the changing situation concerning COVID-19 and its Delta variant. As your Metropolitan, I am also aware that public health guidelines are subject to change. As late as last week, I have encouraged our communities to determine their procedures concerning masks by comparing them against any recent updates to your national, state & local health codes.

Click here to see photos of His Grace Bishop Sevastianos visiting Week 4 of St. Stephen's Summer Camp

Our 2021 Archangel Michael Feast & Honors Banquet will be Saturday, November 13th at 6:00 p.m. Honorees from 2020 and 2021 will be recognized and honored. Click to read more.

Our Metropolis's first-ever Deacons Retreat is scheduled for September 28th-30th, at the Diakonia Retreat Center. This Retreat is meant for both Deacons and their Proistamenoi to come together, so that each may gain the most beneficial knowledge concerning the valuable service of the Diaconate to the sacramental life of the Church.

The collapse of the Champlain Tower in Surfside, Florida is a tragedy that has saddened a nation, and the world, but nowhere more so than the community of Miami, Florida. As of this writing, upwards of 50 individuals lost their lives in the collapse, with well over a hundred men, women, and children still unaccounted for. In the midst of such a shocking event, the country has also witnessed those brave volunteers who came together to search for survivors.

As we approach the end of a liturgical cycle and the beginning of a new Ecclesiastical year, it is only appropriate that our Metropolis of Atlanta continue the growth of the Body of Christ in a post-pandemic world. Therefore, His Eminence is pleased to announce that this year's Metropolis Clergy-Laity Assembly, will be held virtually on Friday September 17th & Saturday, September 18th. 

A Concert commemorating the participation of Cyprus in the Greek War of Independence was held on Saturday, June 26, 2021 at Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church in Marietta, GA.

On Saturday June 19th, St. Stefanos Greek Orthodox Church in St. Petersburg, FL hosted a cook out and Meet and Greet with His Grace Bishop Sebastian and the Tampa Bay Young Adult Leaders and Professionals group.

The Department of Religious Education of the Metropolis of Atlanta is proud to present a 5-week virtual study of the Gospel of John with Fr. Steve Dalber, Pastor Emeritus of St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church, every Thursday, July 1 to July 29, 2021, from 7 to 8 PM.

His Eminence, Metropolitan Alexios, welcomed the Holy Unmercenaries Medical Society (HUMS) to the serene and picturesque Diakonia Retreat Center in Salem SC May 21-23, 2021 for their Fourth Annual Retreat.

His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta, together with His Grace Bishop Sevastianos of Zela, honored the 2021 graduating class of our Annunciation Day School (Atlanta, GA) on Thursday, May 27th.

Following the recent update from the CDC concerning the use of masks, our Metropolis has received many questions about how this guideline applies to our churches. Beyond giving a simple "yes" or "no" answer, it is important to consider the full text of the CDC's guideline... Click to read the rest of His Eminence's letter...

Χριστός Ανέστη! On Sunday, May 8th 2021, the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Charlotte, North Carolina welcomed our chief shepherd and spiritual father, Metropolitan +Alexios, to celebrate the Divine Liturgy on Mother’s Day. Before the conclusion of the Liturgy, His Eminence elevated Fr. Vasileios Tsourlis, Dean of the Cathedral and Vicar of the Northeast Conference, to the office of Protopresbyter. His Eminence also tonsured members of the Cathedral’s acolyte team. ΑΞΟΙ!

I would like to convey to all the faithful of the God-protected Metropolis of Atlanta, in a spirit of love and well-being, that we were able to host a webinar with the Clergy and Parish Council Presidents on Tuesday, April 6, in which additional changes to the COVID guidelines were discussed.

This year, now that vaccinations have made gatherings possible, our Metropolis is pleased to reintroduce our annual Pascha Picnic on Thomas Saturday, May 8th, 2021, the first Saturday after Pascha. In a spirit of gratitude for our Lady's continued loving protection, I am pleased to invite the faithful of the Metropolis to celebrate a Hierarchical Orthros (at 7:30 AM) and Divine Liturgy (8:45 AM), and then, in a procession around the lake of our Diakonia Retreat Center with the miraculous Vimatarissa Icon, so that we too can honor our Panagia, praying for all our Metropolis family.

My Beloved Clergy, Youth & Sunday School Directors, and Parents of the Metropolis of Atlanta,   I greet you my beloved with love and joy as we approach the mid-point of our Lenten Journey to Pascha! I am so pleased to be able to tell each of you, our Metropolis family, that St. Stephen's Summer Camp will return in person to the Diakonia Retreat Center for the year 2021!