The Epiphany is one of the oldest feasts of the Greek Orthodox Church, established in the 2nd century AD and referring to the manifestation of the Holy Trinity during the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River by Saint John the Baptist. It is celebrated every year on January 6 and is the third and last feast of the Twelve Days, which begins with Christmas. It is also called Epiphany and Lights.

Greece celebrated the Dormition of the Virgin Mary on Tuesday (August 15) with great splendor and devotion, liturgies and processions of the icon of the Virgin.

During the Apostolic Visit of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the US, Andrew Manatos was installed as a member of the first class of “Senators for Orthodoxy and Hellenism.” This ceremony took place on October 24 at the St. Sophia Cathedral in Washington, DC and was presided over by His Eminence Elder-Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon and His Eminence Archbishop of America Elpidophoros.