This year’s National YAL Conference will feature many incredible opportunities to forge lasting and meaningful connections with fellow Orthodox Christian young adults. Schedule highlights include captivating speakers and workshops, participation in select segments of the Clergy Laity Congress, witnessing the renowned San Diego Big Bay Boom July 4th Fireworks Show, immersive exploration of the picturesque city of San Diego, and will conclude on Sunday, July 7th with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy celebrated by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros.

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and the Clergy Laity Congress Organizing Committee are pleased to announce the opening of online registration for the 47th Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress. This year the Congress will take place at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina from June 30 to July 4, 2024 with the theme, “In Christ we are one” inspired by Romans 12:4-5.

The organizing committee for the 47th Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America convened its inaugural meeting on Tuesday, September 5, 2023.

New York, NY - His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America announced today that the 47th Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress and the National Philoptochos Biennial Convention will take place simultaneously from June 30 to July 4, 2024, in San Diego, California. The Metropolis of San Francisco will serve as host, under the leadership of His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco.