Ahead of the coming Thanksgiving holiday, please click here to read His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros's commemorative encyclical.

Last Thursday evening, in celebration of St. John Chrysostom, a celebratory Liturgy was held at the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Atlanta, GA.

At the request of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, I ask that his encyclical to be placed in your parish bulletins, and if possible, read for the edification of our parishioners on the observance of the newly inaugurated National Philoptochos Sunday, November 15th.

For those parishes who were asked by Metropolitan Alexios to conduct Fall Parish Council Elections, as well as for those parishes that made special requests for Him to conduct them, all election forms are available online. Click to view and download.

His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta expresses his saddness at the falling asleep of Metropolitan Maximos, formerly of Pittsburgh, who he remembers fondly as "a great theologian". Click here for the full Archdiocesan press release

On behalf of His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios, I am inviting you to a Metropolis Town Hall Webinar to inform you regarding 2020 Archdiocese Covid-19 PPP Sharing Program & 2021 Clergy Pension Benefits Funding. It will be Thursday, November 5, 2020, from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. EST. Each Parish Priest, Parish Council President, and Parish Council Treasurer are asked to participate. Preregistration is required (see below).

The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, wanting to strengthen the role of the largest Eparchy of the Mother Church with a new vision and a new Charter suitable for the evolving and changing modern pastoral needs of American society, decided to place the current Charter (2003) of the Holy Archdiocese of America into abeyance.

A strong majority, thirty-eight, of the fifty-one canonical Orthodox Bishops in the United States of America began their two-day meeting today to discuss Orthodox Christian Unity in the country.

On Oct. 3, 2020, a beautiful and sun-filled day that can only be described as “Χαρα Θεου», a longtime dream became a reality. His Eminence, Metropolitan Alexios of the Holy Metropolis of Atlanta officiated an Agiasmo and a Groundbreaking ceremony for the site of the future St. Hermione Home.

Out of pastoral love and guidance, His Eminence has made the decision, in concert with the 2020 Clergy-Laity Congress, to forego Parish Council nominations and elections for the coming year (unless otherwise deemed necessary by the Metropolis of Atlanta).

Today we glory in Cross of the Lord, raising it on high in the Feast of Its Universal Exaltation. Truly, this is a marvel; for the love of God, which moved His Only-Begotten Son to willingly ascend such a cruel instrument of torture and death, utterly transforms it into the sign of victory over death.