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.

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.

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.