Thomas Sunday
Though the doors were shut at the dwelling where the disciples were gathered for fear of the Jews on the evening of the Sunday after the Passover, our Saviour wondrously entered and stood in their midst, and greeted them with His customary words, "Peace be unto you." Then He showed unto them His hands and feet and side; furthermore, in their presence, He took some fish and a honeycomb and ate before them, and thus assured them of His bodily Resurrection. But Thomas, who was not then present with the others, did not believe their testimony concerning Christ's Resurrection, but said in a decisive manner, "Except I shall see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into His side, I will not believe." Wherefore after eight days, that is, on this day, when the disciples were again gathered together and Thomas was with them, the Lord Jesus came while the doors were shut, as He did formerly. Standing in their midst, He said, "Peace be unto you"; then He said to Thomas, "Bring hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and bring hither thy hand, and thrust it into My side: and be not unbelieving, but believing."
And Thomas, beholding and examining carefully the hands and side of the Master, cried out with faith, "My Lord and my God." Thus he clearly proclaimed the two natures - human and divine - of the God-man (Luke 24:36-49; John 20:19-29).
This day is called Antipascha (meaning "in the stead of Pascha," not "in opposition to Pascha") because with this day, the first Sunday after Pascha, the Church consecrates every Sunday of the year to the commemoration of Pascha, that is, the Resurrection.
Archbishop Elpidophoros Receives V. Rev. Tertiary Deacon Kallinikos
The Orthodox Christian Studies Center (OCSC) of Fordham University, in collaboration with the Department of Religious Education (DRE) of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, is pleased to announce the BONUS EDITION of the Speaker Series: Orthodox Scholars Preach.
Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos: Auxiliary Bishop to His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew | Chief Secretary to the Holy Eparchial Synod of America | Director of the Department of Religious Education for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America | Spiritual and Liturgical Advisor to Hellenic College Holy Cross
New York--Archbishop Elpidophoros of America conferred the offikion of Protopresbyter upon Fr. Soterios Baroody on Sunday of Pascha (April 24, 2022) at the Church of Our Savior in Rye, New York at the conclusion at the Agape Vespers.
Today His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America received Mr. Constantine "Dino" Pantelias in his office at the Archdiocesan headquarters.
Inspired by a faith-centered response to climate change, the green ministries of St. George Greek Orthodox Church of Ocean, NJ and the Roman Catholic Church of St. Anselm, Tinton Falls, came together to “sweep” the beaches of Sandy Hook, part of a statewide cleanup sponsored by Clean Ocean Action, an environmental protection group.