Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Homily at the Great Vespers of Saint Elpidophoros Archdiocese Presbyters Council Clergy Retreat Phoenix, Arizona

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Tonight we gather as a sacred fraternity, and I am deeply touched at all of your felicitations and well wishes for me, on this, the eve of my Nameday. Some of you have heard me tell the story before, how I received the name, “Elpidophoros” at my ordination to the Diaconate, from our Ecumenical Patriarch.