Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Community of Whitestone is a parish under the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Archdioceses of America. The parish is headed by a canonically ordained and duly appointed priest.
The aims and purposes of the Parish are to keep, practice and proclaim the Orthodox Christian Faith.
All the faithful are truly anointed priests and kings in the spiritual renewal brought about through baptism, just as priests and kings were anointed figuratively in former times.
Each January, we visit homes in the parish to offer prayers for the family and to bless their home with the Holy Water of Epiphany. This is a very personal way of inviting God into our lives and our homes.
Those who have received from God authority to bind and loose must take into consideration the quality of the sin and the willingness and the readiness of the sinner to return,