On Monday, April 14, 2025, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided over the Orthros of Holy Tuesday at Transfiguration of Christ Greek Orthodox Church in Corona, New York.
Archbishop Elpidophoros was accompanied by the Chancellor of the Direct Archdiocesan District, Fr. Elias Villis, and joined parish priest Archimandrite Chrysostom Panos and assistant priest Fr. Pedro Gomez, who oversees the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Spanish-speaking ministry efforts.
“I know that it is difficult to put aside the daily affairs and cares of life, of business, of family, and to enter into this alternate timeline. For in Holy Week, we truly stand in the presence of our Lord Jesus and all the various persons we read of in the Gospels, as they struggle to understand the meaning of His precious and unfathomable sacrifice on the Cross,” His Eminence remarked, “For this is not a time of the usual community happenings – whether they are social, educational, or cultural…Holy Week is our encounter with the fullness of our salvation, the totality of God’s redeeming love for us. Let us stand with our Lord in these Holy Days, and live this Holy Week with Him.”
Photo: Orthodox Observer/Dimitrios Panagos
