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This Sunday, August 16, is the 11th Sunday of Matthew!Religious Educators, this week’s Kids Sunday Series lesson plans a...
08/11/2026

This Sunday, August 16, is the 11th Sunday of Matthew!

Religious Educators, this week’s Kids Sunday Series lesson plans are now live for Grades 1–12! Be sure to visit the website to review the upcoming lesson and download everything you need to prepare your students for this Sunday.

New lessons are available every Tuesday .

→ To access all KIDS SUNDAY SERIES weekly lesson plans, click here: https://ow.ly/UzQO50Z91c0

KIDS SUNDAY SERIES is an easy-to-download lesson for religious educators and parents to engage children with the Gospel. It can be used by Sunday Schools, Church Vacation Schools, Youth Camps, and Families to teach the Gospel to the next generation!

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Through mercy, God heals our hearts and restores us more fully to His image and likeness.→ Subscribe for free to the Dep...
08/10/2026

Through mercy, God heals our hearts and restores us more fully to His image and likeness.

→ Subscribe for free to the Department of Religious Education (DRE) to learn more about the Greek Orthodox faith: www.religioused.goarch.org

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How strong is your faith?This week, learn how faith, prayer, and fasting bring us closer to Christ. → To find out, read ...
08/09/2026

How strong is your faith?

This week, learn how faith, prayer, and fasting bring us closer to Christ.

→ To find out, read today’s Sunday Sermon Series from the Department of Religious Education (DRE): www.goarch.org/departments/religioused/sermons/sunday

SUNDAY SERMON SERIES is an easy-to-download weekly sermon on the Sunday Gospels with insights and analyses about the readings.

Subscribe → www.religioused.goarch.org to receive these in your inbox during the week for free.

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In the closing years of the 1800s, waves of immigrants from Greece, Asia Minor, and Constantinople arrived in American p...
08/05/2026

In the closing years of the 1800s, waves of immigrants from Greece, Asia Minor, and Constantinople arrived in American port cities carrying little more than the Orthodox faith, the Greek language, and imbedded social customs that sustained them for generations. The women who journeyed across the Mediterranean and the Atlantic formed small clubs inside their new parishes. These clubs welcomed newcomers and strangers alike, helped families navigate an unfamiliar country, and instilled their faith and their Hellenic identity in future generations.

Long before Philoptochos had bylaws and a national board, this instinct to uphold the Orthodox faith and the Hellenic experience through hospitality, service, and community building was and remains its founding principle.

It took until 1931 for that instinct to become an institution. That November, in the middle of the Great Depression, Archbishop Athenagoras, who would later become Ecumenical Patriarch, brought more than 300 existing women’s philanthropic chapters under one national structure.

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Στα τέλη του 19ου αιώνα, αλλεπάλληλα κύματα μεταναστών από την Ελλάδα, τη Μικρά Ασία και την Κωνσταντινούπολη έφταναν, με τα λιγοστά τους υπάρχοντα, στα λιμάνια των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών. Μαζί τους έφερναν και την Ορθόδοξη πίστη, την ελληνική γλώσσα και τα ήθη εκείνα που για γενιές ολόκληρες θα αποτελούσαν το στήριγμά τους. Στις νέες ενορίες τους, οι γυναίκες εκείνες που είχαν διασχίσει τη Μεσόγειο και τον Ατλαντικό άρχισαν να ιδρύουν μικρούς συλλόγους. Υποδέχονταν νεοφερμένους και ξένους, βοηθούσαν τις οικογένειες να βρουν σε μια άγνωστη χώρα τον δρόμο τους και, μεταφέροντας στις επόμενες γενιές την πίστη, καλλιεργούσαν μαζί και τα στοιχεία της ελληνικής πολιτισμικής τους ταυτότητας. Έτσι, προτού να αποκτήσει επίσημο καταστατικό και παναμερικανική οργάνωση η Φιλόπτωχος, είχε κιόλας διαμορφώσει τον βασικό πυρήνα της αποστολής της: τη διαφύλαξη της Ορθόδοξης πίστης και της ελληνικής παράδοσης μέσα από την έκφραση της φιλοξενίας, την προσφορά στον συνάνθρωπο και τη δημιουργία ισχυρών κοινοτικών δεσμών. Οι αρχές αυτές εξακολουθούν να κατευθύνουν το έργο της μέχρι σήμερα.

The light of Christ is for the whole world.→ Subscribe for free to the Department of Religious Education (DRE) to learn ...
08/05/2026

The light of Christ is for the whole world.

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With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and the approval of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the...
08/04/2026

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and the approval of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology is pleased to announce the launch of The Catechist: The Art of Listening and Teaching, a new Certificate Program in Orthodox Catechism beginning in the 2026–2027 academic year.

The vision for The Catechist program was conceived by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, together with the Most Reverend Members of the Holy Eparchial Synod, in response to the growing pastoral need to prepare qualified lay catechists to assist the clergy in the Church’s apostolic ministry of teaching. That vision was subsequently developed and given academic form by the faculty of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology under the leadership of its Dean, the Rev. Dr. Eugen J. Pentiuc. The program will be directed by Dr. James C. Skedros, Associate Dean of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox of Theology.

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Με την ευλογία του Σεβασμιωτάτου Αρχιεπισκόπου Αμερικής κ. Ελπιδοφόρου και την έγκριση της Αγίας Επαρχιακής Συνόδου της Ιεράς Αρχιεπισκοπής Αμερικής, η Θεολογική Σχολή του Τιμίου Σταυρού – το Ελληνικό Κολλέγιο (HCHC) ανακοινώνει την έναρξη του νέου πιστοποιημένου προγράμματος Ορθόδοξης κατήχησης, με τον τίτλο «Ο Κατηχητής: Η τέχνη της ακρόασης και της διδασκαλίας», το οποίο θα ξεκινήσει το ακαδημαϊκό έτος 2026–2027.

Η ιδέα για τη δημιουργία του προγράμματος ανήκει στον Αρχιεπίσκοπο κ. Ελπιδοφόρο και στα μέλη της Αγίας Επαρχιακής Συνόδου, ενώ αφορμή για τη δημιουργία του αποτέλεσε η αυξανόμενη ποιμαντική ανάγκη κατάρτισης λαϊκών κατηχητών προκειμένου να συνδράμουν στο αποστολικό και διδακτικό έργο της Εκκλησίας. Στη συνέχεια, το διδακτικό προσωπικό της Θεολογικής Σχολής του Τιμίου Σταυρού ανέλαβε να αναπτύξει την αρχική αυτή ιδέα και να διαμορφώσει το ακαδημαϊκό περιεχόμενο του προγράμματος, υπό την καθοδήγηση του κοσμήτορα, π. Ευγένιου Πέντιουκ (Rev. Dr. Eugen J. Pentiuc). Τη διεύθυνση του προγράμματος θα αναλάβει ο αναπληρωτής κοσμήτορας της Σχολής, Δρ Τζέιμς Σκέντρος (James C. Skedros).

Read more at the link in the comments below.

Faith sees beyond the limits of the moment.→ Subscribe for free to the Department of Religious Education (DRE) to learn ...
08/04/2026

Faith sees beyond the limits of the moment.

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Do you trust Jesus when you are afraid?This week, learn how Christ gives us courage in life’s storms. → To find out, rea...
08/03/2026

Do you trust Jesus when you are afraid?

This week, learn how Christ gives us courage in life’s storms.

→ To find out, read today’s Sunday Sermon Series from the Department of Religious Education (DRE): www.goarch.org/departments/religioused/sermons/sunday

SUNDAY SERMON SERIES is an easy-to-download weekly sermon on the Sunday Gospels with insights and analyses about the readings.

Subscribe → www.religioused.goarch.org to receive these in your inbox during the week for free.

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08/01/2026

Ship of Our Lives

Beloved Parents and Religious Educators,

This Sunday, the Church remembers how Christ reached out and saved Peter when fear caused him to sink.

Let’s invite our students to reflect on how hardships reveal our need for Christ and how His grace can transform weakness into deeper faith, courage, and trust.

KIDS SUNDAY SERIES is an easy-to-download lesson for religious educators and parents to engage children with the Gospel. It can be used by Sunday Schools, Church Vacation Schools, Youth Camps, and Families to teach the Gospel to the next generation!

Subscribe to the Department of Religious Education (DRE) → www.religioused.goarch.org to receive these and more in your inbox during the week for free.

07/31/2026

Ship of Our Lives

Beloved Parents and Religious Educators,

This Sunday, the Church remembers how Christ walked on the water and saved Peter when fear caused him to sink.

Let’s help our students understand that Christ remains near during every hardship and invites us to turn to Him in prayer, trust in His care, and keep our hearts focused on Him.

KIDS SUNDAY SERIES is an easy-to-download lesson for religious educators and parents to engage children with the Gospel. It can be used by Sunday Schools, Church Vacation Schools, Youth Camps, and Families to teach the Gospel to the next generation!

Subscribe to the Department of Religious Education (DRE) → www.religioused.goarch.org to receive these and more in your inbox during the week for free.

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