When Metropolitan Isaiah of Denver blessed the Chapel of Saint Basil the Great at Assumption of the Theotokos Cathedral, the Greek Orthodox Metropolis Cathedral of Denver, on May 21, 2022, the idea of Michael and Katherine Johnson to build a chapel in Denver became a reality. That idea began more than a decade ago, in July of 2010, when the Johnsons, active supporters of the Greek Orthodox Church for more than 60 years, took a trip to Columbus, Ohio to visit friends.

The 46th Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, meeting in New York, concluded on July 7, 2022, after a packed final Plenary Session, during which various institutional organizations shared their progress and their vision for the next 100 years.

In celebration of Juneteenth, the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations released a video presented by Rev. Samuel Davis, acting rector of St. Simon of Cyrene Orthodox Mission in New Brunswick, NJ of the Orthodox Church in America.

In a ceremony at the White House on Thursday, July 7, 2022, the Rev. Protopresbyter Alexander M. Karloutsos, formerly Executive Director of Leadership 100, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Joseph Biden.

Hellenic Hearts held its 4th Annual Golf & Gala Event at the Waynesborough Country Club in Philadelphia on June 13 and presented its first Philotimo Award, granted “to honor someone who shared its vision and believed in making a difference”, to Mike Manatos, President of Manatos & Manatos in Washington, D.C.