On Friday evening, after presiding over the Vespers of the Descent from the Cross at Astoria’s Saint Catherine Church earlier in the day, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros visited the Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helen in Brooklyn for the Service of the Lamentations. On Friday evening, after presiding over the Vespers of the Descent from the Cross at Astoria’s Saint Catherine Church earlier in the day, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros visited the Cathedral.
The Phanar Holy Myrrh or Chrism is the visible sign of the transmission of the Holy Spirit upon members of the Church. And it’s a tangible bond that unites all Orthodox Christians worldwide and through time. But where does it come from? Who makes it? How? And from what materials? The Phanar Holy Myrrh or Chrism is the visible sign of the transmission of the Holy Spirit upon members of the Church. And it’s a tangible bond that unites all Orthodox Christians worldwide and.
“If we truly desire to hand over our traditions to the next generation, we must give them the fire, not the ashes,” Archbishop Elpidophoros of America advised Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Detroit leadership in a reception with Metropolitan Nicholas of Detroit this past weekend, inviting them expand the ingenuity and imagination they used to achieve local stability and prosperity beyond the boundaries of their metropolis, helping to address Orthodoxy in America’s most pressing issues and move the entire national Church forward. “If we truly desire to hand over our traditions to the next generation, we must give them the fire, not the ashes,” Archbishop Elpidophoros of America advised Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Detroit.
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