On Saturday, November 16, 2019, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America addressed the guests of the 2019 Children’s Medical Fund Luncheon in Chicago, stating “my beloved Ladies of Philoptochos nothing you do is insignificant, each member of Philoptochos has great value… you are an army of agape (love).”
As such, the Archbishop dedicated the Sunday of the Good Samaritan each year as Philoptochos Sunday and invited the faithful to join the “army of agape” for the inaugural Philoptochos Sunday, November 15, 2020.