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.
by 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.
His Eminence Metropolitan Sevastianos of Atlanta had a beautiful Archpastoral Visit to St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church in Sarasota, Florida on December 13-14, 2025.
His Eminence Metropolitan Sevastianos of Atlanta was blessed to be a part of the delegation which joined His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew & His Holiness Pope Leo XIV. Patriarch Bartholomew & Pope Leo commemorated the historic 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council at the Basilica of St. Neofitos & then participated in the Divine Liturgy on the Feast of St. Andrew, the Patron of our Ecumenical Patriarchate.
On November 24, the North Eastern Conference clergy of our Holy and Sacred Metropolis, by invitation of Fr. Sean Govostes, participated in the Festal Vespers honoring the feast of Saint Katherine the Martyr at Saint Katherine Greek Orthodox Church in Burlington, North Carolina.
Recognizing that Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's historic joint commemoration of the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council is an opportunity to educate our faithful, our Archdiocese ministries, in collaboration with Holy Cross School of Theology, have created a clergy-ready hub of materials at www.goarch.org/nicaea. Here you'll find background on the First Ecumenical Council, sermon prompts, bulletin ready content, Sunday School lesson plans, and a podcast about Nicaea. Highlights include...
It is with a heavy heart that we remember the soul of God's servant, His Grace Bishop Timothy of Hexamilion, who served the Holy Metropolis of Chicago faithfully and well for over four decades, most especially, as its Chancellor, from 2019 through March of 2025.
Of his Brother in Christ, His Eminence Metropolitan Sevastianos remembers. "He cared deeply about the Church, and offered many years of his fruitful service, as both a Priest, and as a Bishop..."
In November and December, our parishes will be conducting elections for the Parish
Councils of the Greek Orthodox Churches of the Metropolis of Atlanta. Click here to read the Parish Guidelines for Parish Council elections as well as the Schedule of Parish Council Candidates Training Seminars that have been announced.
After hurricanes howled and calendars clashed, it was delay after delay—but at last, the stars aligned and the glittering Gala was underway! The Greek Orthodox Churches of Tampa Bay, under the ever-capable leadership of Mr. Tony Damianakis, Chair of the Tampa Bay Council, hosted a grand and glorious evening in benefit of the DRC