Heartfelt appreciation to the Agape Philoptochos board members, Elaine Kennedy and Michelle Pilos, as well as the Holy Trinity community for their continued support during the annual Southeast Raleigh High School Supply Drive.

It began not on a stage, but in a quiet moment during the Clergy-Laity Assembly of the Metropolis of Atlanta, held that summer in the heart of Charleston, South Carolina. In the midst of cultural celebration and conversations at a historical home, Monica Gjerde, the Youth, Education & Hellenic Culture Coordinator of the Metropolis, approached me with an idea—an invitation, really.

His Eminence Metropolitan Sevastianos of Atlanta encourages ourclergy to register for our next Metropolis of Atlanta Clergy Retreat scheduled for February 3-5, 2026 at our Diakonia Retreat Center. [Read More]

This year, the Orthodox Youth Mission Team (OYMT), spent a week serving with the Appalachia Service Project in Harlan County, Kentucky. This 60-person team consisted of youth and adult leaders from five jurisdictions and 11 parishes across Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and New Mexico. This mission offered a unique opportunity for Orthodox high school youth to come together, and serve Christ through a meaningful and authentic mission experience. During their travels, they were blessed to once again visit Christ the Savior Greek Orthodox Church in Bluff City, TN (GOARCH).

His Eminence Metropolitan Sevastianos has announced that our 2025 Honors Banquet will be on Saturday, November 8th and all honorees and their families are invited to attend the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at Annunciation Cathedral in Atlanta the next day. [Read More]

The Grand Banquet was the inaugural event of the 2025 Clergy-Laity Assembly & Philoptochos Conference. With Archbishop Elpidophoros and Metropolitan Sevastianos addressing the faithful at the Grand Banquet in Charleston, the evening was a unique opportunity to celebrate the ministries of the Metropolis and for Christian Fellowship.

A team of 21 faithful parishioners from Saint Mark Greek Orthodox Church in Boca Raton, Florida, led by His Eminence Metropolitan Sevastianos of Atlanta, parish priest Father Mark Leondis and OCMC (Orthodox Christian Mission Center) Development Director, Dan Christopulos, recently returned from a transformational mission pilgrimage to Kenya, where they celebrated the consecration of the newly built Saint Mark Orthodox Cathedral in Kapsabet. The delegation represented nearly 800 families of the Saint Mark Church who had prayed for, funded, and spiritually supported the building of this sister church through a partnership with OCMC.