Greek Orthodox Church
Orthodox church files new suit in Jerusalem property battle
The Greek Orthodox Church says it has filed a new lawsuit against a Jewish settler group in a bid to overturn an Israeli Supreme Court decision upholding the sale of three properties in predominantly Palestinian parts of Jerusalem's Old City.
Greek conservatives scrap plans to take clergy off state payroll
Greece's newly-elected conservative government on Tuesday scrapped plans to remove priests from the state payroll, reversing a decision by its leftist predecessor that aimed to carve a clearer distinction between church and state.
Enthronement ceremony of Archbishop of America under way in NY
The new archbishop of America, Elpidophoros, was being enthroned in New York on Saturday at the Holy Trinity Archdiocesan Cathedral, in the presence of hundreds of members of the Greek Orthodox Church and leading representatives of the country's Greek diaspora.
American Archbishop Elpidophoros to be enthroned on Saturday
The new archbishop of America, Elpidophoros, who will be enthroned on Saturday, is seen addressing members of the Greek Orthodox Church and diaspora in New York on Friday. The archbishop declared that his top priority will be the swift completion of restoration works on the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at Ground Zero in Manhattan.
Newly appointed Archbishop Elpidophoros arrives at the US
Newly appointed Archbishop Elpidophoros of America pledged to bring closer "the many Orthodox communities that live in isolation from one another" and to fully serve his flock in the United States.
Israeli court upholds Orthodox church land sales to settlers
Israel's Supreme Court has ruled against the Greek Orthodox Church in a long-running legal battle over the sale of three properties in predominantly Palestinian parts of Jerusalem's Old City to a Jewish settler group.
Concern over Hagia Sophia monument in Trabzon
Greek archaeologists have expressed concern over the limited access that visitors have to the Hagia Sophia monument in Trabzon, northeast Turkey, which was converted into a mosque in 2013.
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The new archbishop of America
The new leader of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Elpidophoros, will be tasked with dealing with a slew of existential issues that have been testing the Greek-American community for the past couple of decades.
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Michael Sotirhos, first Greek-American ambassador to Athens, dies
Michael G. Sotirhos, who in 1989 became the first American of Greek descent to be appointed US ambassador to Greece, died on Sunday in Florida. He was 91.
The son of Greek migrants who arrived in the US through Ellis Island in 1923, Sotirhos was born and raised in Manhattan. He graduated from Baruch College at The City University of New York.
UNESCO weighs in on controversy over Hagia Sophia
In response to the intention announced this week by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to turn the Hagia Sophia monument - originally a Byzantine Christian cathedral and now a museum - into a mosque after his country's local elections on Sunday, UNESCO sources cited by the Greek media clarified on Wednesday that changing the World Heritage site's status would require approval by the Paris-b
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