On November 29, 1962, at the Parish of Saint Markella, in Astoria, NYC, Archimandrite Petros (Astyfides) was ordained to the Episcopal dignity by His Eminence Archbishop Leonty of Chile, who was assisted by His Grace Bishop Seraphim of Caracas. Serving as Hieromonk was Eleutherios Moschos, and serving as HieroDeacon was Nikodemos Kalantis. Chanting were Hieromonk Akakios Ntouskos, and Presbyter George Markou. Present were Gerontissa Syglitiki, her sisterhood, Subdeacon Igor, and the future priest Vsevolod Dutikov. Mr. Dutikov drove the Russian bishops from Synod Headquarters in Manhattan to St. Markella's in Astoria, Queens. The ordination was done in secret. No photographs were taken, and certainly no home movies were recorded on any film camera. Recently, by the will of God, an audio recording of the ordination has been discovered. This is that recording.
For an account of the circumstances that motivated the secrecy of Bishop Petros' ordination, and how the ROCOR (under the Omophorion of Metropolitan St. Philaret of New York) eventually accepted this ordination, and accepted Bishop Petros as a member of the ROCOR Synod of Bishops please see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V05vMkgfO_w&list=PLCKW16X--kPyz2BwizGTxlFDc3-viRG3Y&index=1&t=367s
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elxc67yGhDM
Fr. Pavlos Stratigeas (the future Metropolitan of America) explains the heresy of Chiliasm. This program was originally cable-cast on Nov. 15, 1988.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3VCfsc7gnQ
Metropolitan Pavlos presides over the celebration of Great and Holy Friday, and the Holy Anastasis services at the Cathedral of Saint Markella and through through the streets of New York City. He is assisted by the Cathedral Clergy and His Eminence Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Attica. - PART 2
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOekUqd6WoE
Archimandrite Pavlos (future Metropolitan of America) explains all about Pascha: What it is, and why it matters. This program is in GREEK, and was cablecast on April 30, 1992.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN5lFW1yFGU
Archimandrite Pavlos Stratigeas gives a sermon on the Feast Day of the great Prophet Elias. This program was recorded at the Cathedral of St. Markella in 1992. This program is in Greek.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqu60v60Uqo
Metropolitan Petros of Astoria (1915-1997) was the founder of St. Markella’s Cathedral in Astoria, New York, and is considered the founder of Traditionalist Greek Orthodox Christianity, and monasticism in America.
In his lifetime, he was a member of the Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece as an Archimandrite, then fell in with a group of vagante pseudo-Old Calendarists, and was taken in by the Metropolia (forerunner of the Orthodox Church in America [OCA]), was consecrated a bishop by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, and became a member of the Synod of Bishops of the Church of the GOC of Greece.
During his forty-seven years in America (thirty-five years as bishop,) he founded and pastored St. Markella’s Cathedral, and oversaw other parishes in New York, Chicago, Detroit, Florida, and Montreal. He remained firmly at the helm of the diocese until his final days. He is therefore of great interest to those concerned with genuine Orthodox Christianity, and to those interested in the building of a Greek Orthodox parish from scratch in an immigrant community, and who have an interest in Greek Old Calendarist relations with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), among other things.
This is PART ONE, "The Early Days of the Struggle - From Chios to the Holy Mountain".
BE SURE to view PART TWO.
Music by Jamie Sieber
To learn more about Met. Petros we recommend that
you read Anastasios Hudson's book: https://www.amazon.com/Metropolitan-Petros-Astoria-Microcosm-Calendar/dp/1500699551/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500917620&sr=8-1&keywords=anastasios+hudson
A multi-part history of Chios, the holiest island on Earth, drenched in the blood of martyrs. This is a series produced by GOCTV. This is the third of nine in the series. This is Part Three (3)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeDOgEw4wjo