The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, with its headquarters located in the City of New York, is an Eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, The mission of the Archdiocese is to proclaim the Gospel of Christ, to teach and spread the Orthodox Christian faith, to energize, cultivate, and guide the life of the Church in the United States of America according to the Orthodox Christian faith and tradition.
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His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros (Lambriniadis) of America was born in 1967 in Bakirköy, Istanbul.
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2025-2026 Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships Available
2025-2026 Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships AvailablApplications and instructions for six (6) scholarships administered by the Office of the Chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America are available for awards to be made for the 2024-2025 academic year. The George & Naouma (Gioule) Gioles Scholarship and the Katina John Malta Scholarship are for undergraduate studies, and the Paleologos Scholarship is awarded for graduate work of a non-theological nature.  Additionally, the S. Gregory Taylor Scholarship is available to those pursuing a secondary degree, and the Christos and Georgia Trakatellis Scholarship is available for those pursuing graduate level work.  Students matriculating at Hellenic College-Holy Cross School of Theology are eligible to apply for the James J. Tembelis Scholarship.
Each of these scholarships was established through generous gifts from dedicated Greek Orthodox Christians who wanted to provide financial assistance towards the education of young people from our Orthodox Christian community.
Applications can be accessed by visiting https://www.goarch.org/-/scholarships for more information, please email [email protected] or call 212-570-3577. The deadline for submitting an application for any of these scholarships is May 16, 2025.
2025-2026 Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships Available
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