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Excellent article by a retired Professor of our Seminary who trained hundreds of us clergy over the course of his long and dynamic teaching career.  Considerable confusion and discomfort exists even in the ranks of us clergy for a matter that is liturgical and pastoral, not theological or domagic. https://orthodoxia.info/news/a-note-on-the-common-communion-spoon/

To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Communities, the Distinguished Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Day, Afternoon, and Church Schools, the Philoptochos Sisterhoods, the Youth, the Hellenic Organizations, and the entire Greek Orthodox Family in [...]

NEW YORK – On Thursday, May 7, 2020, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America convened the Holy Eparchial Synod via videoconference, in order to discuss and decide on a process for the reopening of parishes. During the meeting, the Hierarchs expressed solidarity and empathy for the pain and loss felt by the Faithful of late, [...]

From Annie Scully at United Way.  Please distribute to your communities.  I know many of you have been working to help families get connected to food resources. Details regarding a partnership between the Department of Education and Department of Social Services can be found below. Through a partnership with the CT State Dept of Ed [...]

Our church has been an active supporter of Nathan Hoppe, long term missionary, along with his family.  He has visited our church 3 times over the last decade, offering sermons and speaking during Coffee Hour .  We can learn from how he and his family have engaged the Christians during the pandemic, even if they [...]