FROM THE EDITOR | ESTIATOR – GREEK-AMERICAN RESTAURATEUR MAGAZINE

11 December 2017 at 15 : 54 PM

Is This “the Voice of Christ”?

IN our November issue, we published a piece entitled “Opulent Archbishop” in the column “Happenings,” noting a “nice” statement written by Archbishop Demetrios in his message to the faithful regarding the Archdiocese’s financial situation: “…keeping in mind that we are the voice of Christ...” We added that this means that “we do as we ...

11 December 2017 at 15 : 02 PM

Είναι η… «φωνή του Χριστού»;

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ΣΤΗ στήλη «Γεγονότα» στο τεύχος Νοεμβρίου, με τίτλο «Αρχιεπίσκοπος Πολυτελείας», σημείωσα το «ωραίο» γραφέν από τον Αρχιεπίσκοπο κ. Δημήτριο στο περί των οικονομικών της Αρχιεπισκοπής μήνυμά του ...

11 December 2017 at 15 : 07 PM

The Orthodox Observer

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THE Archdiocese of America’s official publication was a purely religious periodical that ran without ads up until 1975. Following the decisions of the Clergy-Laity Congress of 1974 regarding the autonomy of our Church and the use of English in the Divine Liturgy, the two Greek-American daily newspapers of that era, The National Herald and Atlantis, ...

10 November 2017 at 10 : 33 AM

The Prime Ministerial Visit

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DURING his official visit to the United States, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stressed that relations between Greece and the U.S. “have never been better.” He sang the praises of the Greek-American community, but did not meet with its spiritual leader. He also assured the U.S. that it should “trust” his government. The Prime Minister was ...

10 November 2017 at 10 : 50 AM

Το ταξίδι Τσίπρα

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ΚΑΤΑ την εδώ επίσημη επίσκεψή του ο πρωθυπουργός κ. Αλέξης Τσίπρας τόνισε ότι "δεν ήταν ποτέ καλύτερες" οι σχέσεις Ελλάδος-ΗΠΑ. Έπλεξε το εγκώμιο της ομογένειας, αλλά χωρίς να επισκεφθεί τον ...

10 November 2017 at 10 : 50 AM

The Archbishop is at Fault

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ACCORDING to reports published in The National Herald, the Archdiocese of America is facing the worse financial crisis in its history. Rumors of possible misappropriation, firings and resignations of responsible parties and personnel, financial mismanagement, an $8.5 million debt, resignations of members appointed to the Archdiocesan Council, squandering of ...

10 November 2017 at 10 : 37 AM

Ευθύνεται ο Αρχιεπίσκοπος

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ΣΥΜΦΩΝΑ με δημοσιεύματα του “Εθνικού Κήρυκα” η Αρχιεπισκοπή Αμερικής περνά την χειρότερη κρίση στην ιστορία της. Πιθανές καταχρήσεις, απολύσεις και παραιτήσεις υπευθύνων και προσωπικού, ...

10 October 2017 at 10 : 46 AM

Time for Radical Changes in the Church

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Although things are transpiring in the usual secrecy, all signs point to serious developments in the Church. These events have the characteristics of an underlying crisis that reached a climax with the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s unexpected arbitrary decision not to recognize the “triprosopon” (a three-person list of candidates for election to the ...

10 October 2017 at 10 : 32 AM

Καιρός για ριζικές αλλαγές στην Εκκλησία

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Αν και κρατείται η συνήθης μυστικότητα, σύμφωνα με όλες τις ενδείξεις, σοβαρές εξελίξεις σημειώνονται στα εκκλησιαστικά μας πράγματα. Τα συμβαίνοντα έχουν τα χαρακτηριστικά μιας υποβόσκουσας ...

10 October 2017 at 10 : 10 AM

It’s Time for a Prudent Successor

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The matter of replacing Archbishop Demetrios was discussed last month in Constantinople in conjunction with the crisis that broke out following the Patriarchate’s decision regarding the vacant see of the Metropolis of Chicago. The National Herald reported that it was proposed to Archbishop Demetrios that he resign. The Archdiocese denied this report, but ...