Metropolis News
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Archiepiscopal and Synodal Encyclical for the Feast of the Annunciation and the 200th Anniversary of the Greek Revolution »
March 24, 2021
The glorious Feast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos is the annual, joyful, commemoration of the Rebirth of the Greek Nation. This year, on the very day we praise the incarnation of the Son of God, we celebrate the Bicentennial of the Greek Revolution of 1821, the beginning of the War for Independence, and the restoration of freedom after four centuries of oppression.
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Metropolis of Chicago Releases its First-Ever “Annual Impact Report” for 2020 »
March 22, 2021
The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago today released its first-ever Annual Impact Report summarizing key actions and developments taken in 2020. The purpose of the report is to provide data and information related to the financial performance, ministry building, and community outreach of the Metropolis on an annual basis.
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Patriarchal Encyclical for Holy and Great Lent »
March 14, 2021
With the good-will and grace of God, the giver of all good things, we are entering Holy and Great Lent, the arena of ascetic struggles. The Church knows the labyrinths of the human soul and the thread of Ariadne, the way out of all impasse – humility, repentance, the power of prayer and the sacred services of contrition, fasting that eliminates the passions, patience, obedience to the rule of piety.
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Metropolitan Nathanael's Lenten Message »
March 13, 2021
Great Lent is upon us! In his message on Great and Holy Lent, His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael offers small but practical ways we can strengthen our Lenten work of prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and forgiveness.
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Metropolis of Chicago Launches Fanari Lenten Retreat to Engage Middle and High Schoolers »
March 12, 2021
The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago announced today an invitation for the faithful to tune into a new initiative: the Fanari Lenten Retreat.
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2021 Fanari Summer Camp Sessions & Registration Dates Announced »
March 12, 2021
The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago announced the dates and registration information for Fanari Summer Camp, which will take place in person after last year’s cancellation caused by COVID-19.
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Metropolis of Chicago Archons Awarded Second Matching Grant »
February 5, 2021
The Metropolis of Chicago Archons were recently awarded a second grant, this time from The Renaissance Fund, to further the Archons’ endeavors of informing the public about the issues facing the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
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Metropolis of Chicago Launches New Ministry for High School Seniors »
February 4, 2021
The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago announced the launch of a new ministry for high school graduates called Lighthouse. Lighthouse aims to prepare campers for the social, emotional, practical, and spiritual challenges they will encounter in the college experience and beyond.
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Metropolis of Chicago Releases Results of 2018-2019 Independent Audit »
January 6, 2021
Fulfilling its promise to meet a higher standard of financial accountability and transparency with the faithful, the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago published the results of the audit of its financial statements for the years ending 2018 and 2019.
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Archbishop Elpidophoros' Encyclical on the Feast of Christmas »
December 23, 2020
My Beloved Christians, even in the midst of this pandemic, we can offer ourselves to God with the same love and devotion that the Ever-Virgin Mary offered herself. When we offer Her in praise, we are in fact offering ourselves, because we are of the same flesh and bone as she, full human beings that are called to bring forth God in the world.
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Patriarch Bartholomew’s Patriarchal Proclamation for Christmas »
December 23, 2020
As we journey with the All-Holy Virgin, who comes “to give birth ineffably” to the pre-eternal Word, and as we gaze upon Bethlehem, which prepares itself to receive the holy infant, behold we have once more reached Christmas filled with sentiments of gratitude to the God of love.
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Metropolitan Nathanael’s Archpastoral Christmas Message »
December 23, 2020
Though this time of pandemic is a time of great sickness and sadness, as Orthodox Christians we also find in this season a cause for joy. With the Birth of the Son of God, a great gift came to all humankind—the healing name of our Savior and Lord. As we herald His name in the songs of the season, we spread hope and healing to the world around us.
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Metropolis of Chicago Archons Awarded Grant from the Hellenic Foundation »
December 8, 2020
The Metropolis of Chicago Archons were awarded a Grant from the Hellenic Foundation for a new program known as the “Pilgrimage of Discovery”.
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His Grace Bishop Timothy (Bakakos) of Hexamilion Ordained to the Episcopacy »
December 7, 2020
The Right Reverend Timothy Bakakos, Chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago, was ordained to the Episcopacy on Saturday, December 5 at the Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helen in Merrillville, Indiana.
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Join Us for the Hierarchical Ordination of Bishop-Elect Timothy of Hexamilion »
December 1, 2020
His Grace Bishop-elect of Hexamilion Timothy Bakakos will be ordained a Bishop on Saturday, December 5, 2020, at the Cathedral of the Saints Constantine and Helen in Merrillville, Indiana.
