The establishment of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in New York City 1922, under the name Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America, was a very important turning point in the history of Greek Orthodoxy in the New World. It signaled the beginning of a more organized church life
Greek President celebrates 73 years since the Dodecanese joined Greece
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The President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou visited Rhodes on Sunday to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the Integration of the Dodecanese with Greece.
Sakellaropoulou met with Metropolitan Kyrillos of Rhodes, South Aegean Regional Governor George Haztimarkos and mayor of Rhodes Antonis Kampourakis, and laid a wreath at the altar of the homeland.
“Today is a great day of remembrance and emotion. March 7, 1948 is a milestone in the history of the Dodecanese and the country. We are here to honour those who fought heroically for freedom and its reunification with Greece,” she said.
ISTANBUL – Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew served a memorial service on November 28 at the Patriarchal Church at the Phanar for the victims of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine on the occasion of the 87th anniversary of one of the greatest tragedies in the modern history of the country, during which millions of people died of starvation. The service was attended by Metropolitan Kyrillos of Imvros and Tenedos, Bishop Adrianos of Alikarnassos, Archimandrite Charalampy Nichev, who is responsible for the Ukrainian community in Istanbul, the Consul General of Ukraine in Istanbul, Oleksandr Gaman, as well as officials of the consulate and members of the Ukrainian community of Istanbul. In his homily, Patriarch Bartholomew said, “…the Holodomor, the Great Famine in Ukraine, which aimed to kill from 7 to 10 million pious Ukrainians through starvation during the most horrible years of the Soviet regime, from 1932 to 1933, and which we prayerfully commemorate on this day. …Today,