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More than 100 Faithful Gather for Consecration Rites at Greek Orthodox Parish in Alaska | Orthodox Times (En)

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Friday evening, September 18, over 100 faithful gathered at Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church in Anchorage, Alaska for the Great Vespers of Consecration, commencing the consecration rites for the Archdiocese’s northernmost parish. Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided over the service; also present were Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco, Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos, Bishop Ioannis of Phocaea, Holy Transfiguration parish …

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The first archiepiscopal visit to the remote Greek Orthodox community in almost half a century

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Archbishop Elpidophoros of America is in Anchorage, Alaska, making a particularly important visit to the state’s only Greek Orthodox parish. The occasion is the inauguration of the Holy Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior, in a visit that marks the first presence of an Archbishop in the remote community in almost half a century. The parish of the Transfiguration of the Savior is the […] The article Archbishop Elpidophoros in Alaska – Ina…

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America is in Alaska for the inauguration of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Anchorage, making the first archiepiscopal visit to the remote Greek Orthodox community in nearly half a century. Transfiguration of the Savior is the only Greek Orthodox parish in Alaska and the northernmost parish of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Its geographical isolation, […]

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America is in Alaska for the inauguration of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Anchorage. This is the first archiepiscopal visit to the remote Greek Orthodox community in almost half a century. The Transfiguration of the Savior is the only Greek Orthodox parish in Alaska, and also the northernmost parish under the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese … The article Archbishop Elpidophoros in Alaska for the inaugu…

The Archbishop of America, Elpidophoros, is in Alaska for the inauguration of the Holy Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Anchorage, making the first archiepiscopal visit to the remote Greek Orthodox community in nearly half a century. The Transfiguration of the Savior is the only Greek Orthodox parish in Alaska and the northernmost parish of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Its geographical isolation, […]

Alaska: Archbishop Elpidophoros is in Anchorage for the inauguration of the only Greek Orthodox parish in the region, in the first archiepiscopal visit in almost half a century

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Orthodox Times broke the news on Saturday, September 19, 2026.
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