{"id":16192,"date":"2025-09-29T17:23:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T00:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/?p=16192"},"modified":"2025-10-28T18:13:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:13:29","slug":"ungodly-errors-and-heretical-teachings-of-archbishop-elpidophoros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/2025\/09\/ungodly-errors-and-heretical-teachings-of-archbishop-elpidophoros\/","title":{"rendered":"Ungodly Errors and Heretical Teachings of Archbishop Elpidophoros"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Elpidophoros_Ungodly_Errors_01_900x440.jpg\" alt=\"Ungodly Errors and Heretical Teachings of Archbishop Elpidophoros\" width=\"900\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Elpidophoros_Ungodly_Errors_01_900x440.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Elpidophoros_Ungodly_Errors_01_900x440-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Elpidophoros_Ungodly_Errors_01_900x440-768x375.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>Archbishop Elpidophoros has a long history of heretical and ungodly behavior. He supports <a href=\"https:\/\/orthochristian.com\/144115.html\" target=\"&quot;_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legalizing abortion<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/2024\/10\/abp-elpidophoros-compares-greek-bishops-against-gay-marriage-law-to-fascists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gay marriage<\/a>, and has infamously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/2022\/07\/elpidophoros-baptizes-surrogate-children-of-married-homosexuals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">baptized surrogate children of \u201cmarried\u201d homosexuals<\/a>. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1_Line_Divider_05_300x14.gif\" alt=\"Line Divider 5\" width=\"300\" height=\"14\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Archbishop Elpidophoros has been the ruling hierarch of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America since 2019. During his time as Bishop, Elpidophoros has made statements and engaged in activities that are in stark contrast to the teachings of the Saints, the Ecumenical Councils, and the Holy Canons of the Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout this video, you can see Abp. Elpidophoros:<br \/>\n1. express support for the legalization of abortion,<br \/>\n2. praise Freemasonry,<br \/>\n3. kiss the hand of the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church,<br \/>\n4. espouse the heresy of perennialism,<br \/>\n5. engage in ecclesiastical abuses, and<br \/>\n6. much more.<\/p>\n<p>This video examines how the teachings and actions of Abp. Elpidophoros compare to those passed down to us through the infallible Ecumenical Councils, the Holy Canons, and the consensus of the Church Fathers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q6dBuopgoYg?si=5iPD8EvQVM5Wudta\" width=\"865\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archbishop Elpidophoros has a long history of heretical and ungodly behavior. He supports legalizing abortion and gay marriage, and has infamously baptized surrogate children of \u201cmarried\u201d homosexuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":497,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177,175,176,81,189],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-false-teachers","category-heresy","category-lgbt-activism","category-videos","category-wokeodox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/497"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}