As we prepare for this season of new beginnings, the purpose of this letter is to consider the Metropolis’s safety practices for continuing to serve you, the faithful clergy and laity, even amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. To read the rest of His Eminence's letter and review the Metropolis protocols, please click here.

In recognition of the Feast of the Nativity, below can be found the Christmas Proclamation of His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew I, in English, and in Greek. 

Everyone is invited to join the Metropolis of Atlanta's 12 Days of Christmas! Families will receive daily videos and family friendly activities directly to their inbox starting on Christmas Eve, one of our two bonus days. If you do not receive the youth emails already, SIGN UP TODAY!

In the spirit of renewal this season brings, His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta has given his blessing to reestablish the Guardian Angel donation program for the Diakonia Retreat Center.

Ahead of the coming Thanksgiving holiday, please click here to read His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros's commemorative encyclical.

On Friday evening and Saturday morning (November 20-21, 2020), His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided over the Agripnia (Vigil) service and Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple with Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta at the Panagia Chapel at the Diakonia Center in Salem, South Carolina.  To view photos, click here.

Last Thursday evening, in celebration of St. John Chrysostom, a celebratory Liturgy was held at the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Atlanta, GA.

At the request of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, I ask that his encyclical to be placed in your parish bulletins, and if possible, read for the edification of our parishioners on the observance of the newly inaugurated National Philoptochos Sunday, November 15th.

For those parishes who were asked by Metropolitan Alexios to conduct Fall Parish Council Elections, as well as for those parishes that made special requests for Him to conduct them, all election forms are available online. Click to view and download.

His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta expresses his saddness at the falling asleep of Metropolitan Maximos, formerly of Pittsburgh, who he remembers fondly as "a great theologian". Click here for the full Archdiocesan press release

On October 25, 2020 at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Maitland, FL, His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta bestowed the Ofikio of Archimandrite upon Rev. Protopresbyter Demetrios Simeonidis; the highest position of the priesthood before the Episcopacy.  

On behalf of His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios, I am inviting you to a Metropolis Town Hall Webinar to inform you regarding 2020 Archdiocese Covid-19 PPP Sharing Program & 2021 Clergy Pension Benefits Funding. It will be Thursday, November 5, 2020, from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. EST. Each Parish Priest, Parish Council President, and Parish Council Treasurer are asked to participate. Preregistration is required (see below).

We are so excited to share that because of your generous and loving support we were able to exceed the goal of matching the generous donation of $25,000.

We have made terrific progress in our October Matching Campaign. With only one more week to go, we are only a few thousand dollars away from our goal of $25,000. We can do this! Please consider making a gift now.

We continue to be overwhelmed by the response for our October Matching Campaign. Thank you to all those who have contributed!

The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, wanting to strengthen the role of the largest Eparchy of the Mother Church with a new vision and a new Charter suitable for the evolving and changing modern pastoral needs of American society, decided to place the current Charter (2003) of the Holy Archdiocese of America into abeyance.

We are overwhelmed by the response for our October Matching Campaign. Thank you to all those who have contributed.  We made great progress toward our goal of $25,000. We have a few more weeks to make this happen.

A strong majority, thirty-eight, of the fifty-one canonical Orthodox Bishops in the United States of America began their two-day meeting today to discuss Orthodox Christian Unity in the country.

On Oct. 3, 2020, a beautiful and sun-filled day that can only be described as “Χαρα Θεου», a longtime dream became a reality. His Eminence, Metropolitan Alexios of the Holy Metropolis of Atlanta officiated an Agiasmo and a Groundbreaking ceremony for the site of the future St. Hermione Home.

This past weekend His Eminence gathered together with the beloved community of Ss. Constantine & Helen to celebrate the reopening of their community hall.