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Please Use New Email for Chancellor
Please note my change of email that has been listed previously:
FrGeorge@atlanta.goarch.org
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Clergy Youth Safety Compliance - Please Read
All clergy need to complete their Youth Safety Compliance.
All youth workers need to register as a FIRST-TIME REGISTRANT.
Already Registered? LOGIN FOR EXISTING ACCOUNT
Answer All Questions
Sign Code of Conduct
Fill out Background Check* (Sterling Volunteers)
Watch Protecting God's Children (Virtus Online Training)
Need Tech Support? Have Questions about your Account?
Call 855-326-1860, select option 1 , and enter 6548. M-F 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. ET
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Parish Ministry Leadership Update
Every year, following the ratification of our Parish Council Elections in November and December, each Clergyman is asked to offer the Oath of Office and conduct Officer Elections. After you have completed the oath and officer electlions, please click the link below to update the names of your Parish Ministry Leadership, including new Parish Council officers.
If your parish elections have not been ratified, please copy the link below and submit once you have received ratification. By completing this information with the online form in the link below, we save time from the old method of you sending us handwritten and typed forms. If you have any questions, please contact Ethel Gjerde, executiveassistant@atlmetropolis.org. Thank you.Click for Link to Submit Your Parish Ministry Leadership Update
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Updates Announced Last Week, 1.18.23
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Liturgical Guideline Reminder
On behalf of His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios, I am reminding our Metropollis of Atlanta Clergy that most Fridays of the year are fast days and as such, His Eminence asks that we not schedule weddings on these days. If a critical and extenuating circumstance exists, as the local Priest, please inform the Chancellor in writing and he will review with the Metropolitan and advise you of a final decision. Thank you for your help for us to be consistent with all our couples getting married.
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Update on Archdiocese IRS Group Exemption requests we began in February, 2022
On January 17th, Fr. George was informed that our nearly 60 Metropolis parishes who wished to be included in the Archdiocese IRS Group Exemption we compiled last February were inadvertently left out of the Archdiocese IRS Group Exemption emailed on 1.12.23. So that your parish is included in the next submission to the IRS later this year, please do the following ASAP.
First, click on this first link to see if your parish was affected. If your parish is listed, please click on this second link to follow-up as the Archdiocese requested on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. Thank you for your help with this matter.
Faithfully yours,
+Fr. George Tsahakis
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9.19.23 - Clergy, please share this update
All teens in 7th-12th grade in the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta who are involved in their local parish's GOYA and Church School program are invited to attend the Winter Youth Rally. Join us in Atlanta, GA December 27-30, 2023 to compete in tournaments representing your church community. Each parish must have a Lead Advisor assigned by the parish priest for GOYANs to attend! -
Update on Clergy Vestment Orders
Dear Brother Clergy,
I want to remind you about the New Vestments that the Metropolis of Atlanta is offering and the steps you will need to purchase them.
Thanks to our 35+ brother clergy who have participated.
Special thanks to Fr. Christos Mars for taking the initiative to enable us to purchase them so easily and affordably.
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Dear Fathers,
Greetings in the Lord!
I hope that the Dormition fast and feast has been a time of renewal and blessings for you, your loved ones and your parish family.
As the school year and the new ecclesiastical year begin, our lives as priests will resume their sometimes frenetic pace.
Before that happens, please set some personal time aside to be with brothers, so that together we can renew our ministries in the Lord’s vineyard.
The early bird registration for the National Clergy Retreat is still a discounted $475.
Please take a few minutes to register using the link below.
It is my hope that every priest from the Metropolis of of Atlanta can be present.
Asking your prayers and wishing you well,
I remain,
Fr. Michael A. Platanis
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Thank you for your support of the 2023 Clergy Laity Assembly
Dear Clergy,
On behalf of His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios and our Host Parish of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Tarpon Springs, I thank you, your delegates and parishes for its generous support of your presence and sponsorships. We will be updating additional workshop presentations in the next two weeks for you to view and share with your parishioners. I also thank each of you for helping our Clergy Laity Assembly with your unique and valuable gifts of time and talents, especially our workshop speakers - clergy and laity.
Faithfully yours, +Fr. George TsahakisLink for Clergy Laity Resources
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Check back next Tuesday at 2:00 p.m.
Every Tuesday at 2:00 p.m., this page is updated to remind clergy of pending requests from Metropolitan Alexios and our Metropolis Office. Sometimes, clergy may miss emails, so check this page once per week after Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. to ensure you have not missed an email or important notice asking for your help.
