The Archdiocesan District Clergy and the Metropolis of New Jersey Clergy held a joint retreat in Ocean City, MD on February 22 and 23, 2022.
Leading the retreat were Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, Bishop Apostolos of Medeia, Current Chancellor of the Archdiocese Fr. Andreas Vithoulkas, Fr. Nektarios Papazafiropoulos (Chancellor beginning March 1, 2022,) Fr. Elias Villis (Archdiocesan District Chancellor beginning March 1, 2022) and New Jersey Chancellor, Archimandrite Christostomos Oikonomidis.
More than 80 clergy attended and were blessed with the opportunity to share in brotherly fellowship and dialogue led by Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos who gave the keynote address entitled – “The Priestly Journey Through Great Lent to Pascha”.