by Robert Arakaki, Ph.D. It has been more than six weeks since Archbishop Elpidophoros’ controversial celebration of the Divine Liturgy at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in New York City on 11 June 2021. Many among the Orthodox laity are deeply disturbed...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis): Here is AB Elpidophoros' chance to show he has ANY traits of a real leader!  We are not asking him to do what Martin Luther King did and start a march for human rights at...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis): A mere look at the photo and the video of the huge crowd in Kyiv (it's reported to be the largest ever) celebrating the annual "Baptism of the Rus" by participating in the procession, will...
GREEK TEXT FOLLOWS By Nick Stamatakis Early this morning we learned from Th. Kalmoukos and TNH that Pat. Bartholomew's visit to Cuba has been "postponed".  Although we have to question any news that comes exclusively from the TNH (we could not...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis): In a very interesting piece of news, the Vatican revealed its real estate holdings.  It owns 4,051 properties in Italy and 1,120 globally including in London, Paris, Geneva, and Lausanne – many as investments in...
By Robert Arakaki, Ph.D. His address at the International Religious Freedom Summit Archbishop Elpidophoros has caused consternation among the Orthodox faithful by the speech that he gave at the International Religious Freedom Summit held in Washington D.C., 15 July 2021.  In...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis): When Catholic organizations and individuals expose the sexual misconduct of their priests - as it happened in the case of Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill General Secretary of USCCB -  they are forced to resign.  When we...
By Nick Stamatakis AB Elpidophoros has not missed an opportunity for the past two years to ask (to beg is the proper word) community leaders and organizations to help in increasing the number of students in Holy Cross / Hellenic...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis): We would very much like to know details regarding the decision by Pat. Bartholomew to accept the Cuban Ambassador's invitation to visit Cuba in November "right after his visit to the US" as the announcement...
Του Στέλιου Τάτση Με την ως άνω λαϊκή παροιμία τελειώνει ο θεολόγος συνεργάτης του Εθνικού Κήρυκα το άρθρο του (παρατίθεται ολόκληρο παρακάτω) εναντίων των φοιτητών της Θεολογικής Σχολής της Βοστώνης που αντιτίθενται στον εμβολιασμό. Με την παροιμία αυτή προσπαθεί να...