The Patriarchal Divine Liturgy of the Sunday of the Paralytic was celebrated on May 7th at the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Alexandria, Egypt. His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America is currently visiting the Apostolic Patriarchate with more than 50 pilgrims from the Holy Archdiocese of America.
Parishioners of Saints Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church bid a final farewell to their former pastor for 11 years, Rev. Angelo Artemas, during his funeral at the Glenview church on April 27.
The Archdiocesan pilgrimages have provided an outstanding opportunity for the faithful of the Church to participate in spiritually edifying and didactic journeys to various venerable sites of the Orthodox Faith around the world. His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros organized these initiatives, which have already brought about several successful, very well attended and memorable trips to the Sacred Center of Orthodoxy, the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Cappadocia, as well as the Holy Land and Jerusalem.