View Larger Image Archbishop Elpidophoros surveys Chios, where nearly 10,000 acres are ashen This post was originally published on this siteSince late June, wildfires have destroyed an estimated 10,000 acres in Chios’s northwestern evergreen thickets. oia2025-08-19T20:29:54+00:00August 19th, 2025|Jurisdictions| Share This Story, Choose Your Platform! FacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditTumblrPinterestVkEmail Related Posts Catechetical Homily For the Opening of Holy and Great Lent of the Ecumenical Patriarch Gallery Catechetical Homily For the Opening of Holy and Great Lent of the Ecumenical Patriarch Historic visit of His Beatitude Archbishop Joani of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania to the U.S. Gallery Historic visit of His Beatitude Archbishop Joani of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania to the U.S. Ecumenical Patriarch: Holy and Great Lent is a time of ‘Journey with the Lord’ Gallery Ecumenical Patriarch: Holy and Great Lent is a time of ‘Journey with the Lord’ Love That Does Not Retreat: The Church Serving Amid War Gallery Love That Does Not Retreat: The Church Serving Amid War On final day, FDF looks to the future Gallery On final day, FDF looks to the future