His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon celebrates services for the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Washington, DC

Posted 2023-06-30 00:37:00 by: Сард

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon celebrated services for the Feast of the Holy, Glorious, and All-Praised Leaders of the Apostles, Peter and Paul, at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, June 28, and Thursday, June 29, 2023. ...

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Registration for Parish Development Forum Ends Friday July 7

Posted 2023-06-29 18:18:00 by: Сард

Persons planning to attend the 2023 Parish Development Forum are reminded that registration will be available through Friday July 7. The Forum, with the theme “Our Parish and the Future”, will be held at Holy Trinity Church in Parma, OH from 1:00 PM July 13th through noon on July ...

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Polish Orthodox Church Provides Update on OCA’s Ukrainian Refugee Support

Posted 2023-06-21 17:05:00 by: Сард

On June 18, 2023, the Polish Orthodox Church provided an update on the support for Ukrainian refugees made possible by the fundraising efforts of the Orthodox Church in America. A video update explained that the funds collected by the OCA enabled two separate programs of Polish ...

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Orthodox Church in America Seeks Applicants for General Counsel Position

Posted 2023-06-19 17:13:00 by: Сард

The Orthodox Church in America has announced that it is seeking qualified candidates for the position of General Counsel. As the main source of legal advice and counsel, the General Counsel will serve the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, the Holy Synod of Bishops, and the ...

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Assembly of Bishops Blesses July 30th as “Prison Ministry Awareness Sunday”

Posted 2023-06-17 00:10:00 by: Сард

The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops has blessed July 30, 2023 to be “Prison Ministry Awareness Sunday,” the day for Orthodox parishes across the United States to learn more about the work of Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry (OCPM), the national prison ministry of the ...

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Order of St. Romanos Awarded to Noted Liturgical Musician

Posted 2023-06-13 18:11:00 by: Сард

Reader John Joseph Tome, Choir Master at Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church, Burton, MI (Bulgarian Diocese) for over thirty-six years was awarded the Order of Saint Romanos on Sunday, June 11, 2023.  His Eminence Archbishop Alexader of the Bulgarian Diocese presented the award at the ...

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Departments Release “Essential Orthodox Christian Beliefs”

Posted 2023-06-09 19:10:00 by: Сард

The 16-chapter “Essential Orthodox Christian Beliefs: A Manual for Adult Instruction,” is now available for free download. A cooperative effort of the Departments of the Orthodox Church in America, the groundbreaking work is an offering to the Church to assist clergy and parishes in ...

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Early Registration Discount for Parish Development Forum Ends June 22; Speakers Announced

Posted 2023-06-08 17:57:00 by: Сард

Persons planning to attend the Parish Development Forum, to be held at Holy Trinity Church in Parma OH from 1:00 PM July 13th through noon on July 15, are reminded that the early registration discount period ends on June 22. Registration is ongoing. The theme for the 2023 Forum is ...

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Office of Pastoral Life to Hold June Synaxis Clergy Online Event

Posted 2023-06-07 18:20:00 by: Сард

The Office of Pastoral Life is pleased to announce our summer Pastoral Life Synaxis online conference for the clergy of the Orthodox Church in America on Tuesday, June 20th from 2:00-4:00pm ET. Father Matthew Francis from the Archdiocese of Canada will be the featured speaker ...

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His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon celebrates services for Holy Pentecost at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Washington, DC

Posted 2023-06-06 23:57:00 by: Сард

On Saturday, June 3, and Sunday, June 4, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon celebrated services for Pentecost at St. Nicholas Cathedral. Concelebrating with His Beatitude were Archpriest George Kokhno, associate priest, and Deacon Igor Panyutin. The responses were sung by the cathedral ...

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His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Presides at 119th Annual Memorial Day Pilgrimage

Posted 2023-05-31 17:51:00 by: Сард

The 119th Annual Pilgrimage to Saint Tikhon’s Monastery was held from May 26 to May 29, 2023. His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon presided at the pilgrimage which commenced on Friday, with a welcome of the myrrh-streaming Hawaiian Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, which was greeted at ...

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Grants Available to Further the Mission of Orthodoxy

Posted 2023-05-31 17:09:00 by: Сард

The Elsie Skvir Ganister Foundation Fund provides financial assistance for organizations and parishes with innovative approaches to advancing the mission of Orthodoxy in the United States. June 30 is the annual deadline for submitting grant applications, and recipients are announced in ...

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Location Announced for 21st All-American Council

Posted 2023-05-27 11:52:00 by: Сард

On May 5, 2023, the Metropolitan Council of the Orthodox Church in America, with the blessing of the Holy Synod of Bishops, approved Phoenix, AZ as the location of the 21st All-American Council. The venue for the 21st AAC will be the Arizona Grand Resort and it will take place from ...

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Orthodox Convert Survey to Close May 29

Posted 2023-05-23 13:06:00 by: Сард

The Orthodox Convert Survey, sponsored and managed by the Parish Development Forum, will close to respondents on May 29. The survey can be accessed from this link.  “The survey is open to any person who decided to embrace the Orthodox faith as an adult, regardless of parish, diocese ...

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His Eminence Archbishop Daniel Receives New Parish Into the Diocese of the Midwest

Posted 2023-05-19 16:01:00 by: Сард

On April 23, 2023 His Eminence Archbishop Daniel, Archbishop of Chicago and the Diocese of the Midwest, made his first archpastoral visit to Sant Nicholas of Myra parish, McHenry, IL, which was recently received and erected as a parish in the diocese, focusing on outreach to ...

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Historic concelebration at St. Tikhon’s Monastery on Memorial Day

Posted 2023-05-18 13:34:00 by: Сард

During the Annual Memorial Day Pilgrimage at Saint Tikhon’s Monastery, on Monday, May 29, 2023, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) will welcome His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside ...

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His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon attends enthronement of His Eminence Metropolitan Saba

Posted 2023-05-14 22:45:00 by: Сард

On Saturday, May 13, 2023, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon attended the enthronement of His Eminence Metropolitan Saba as the new metropolitan of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. After the Enthronement Service, His Beatitude greeted His Eminence on behalf ...

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DCE Releases New Materials for Spring and Summer Learning

Posted 2023-05-10 13:27:00 by: Сард

The OCA Department of Christian Education has released new materials to assist parishes and Church School teachers in the formation of Orthodox Christian students. A new FOCUS unit is based on the growth of the Church after the resurrection of Christ called “Saints in Action.” In the ...

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Clergy Wives Retreat to be held on May 20

Posted 2023-05-09 17:33:00 by: Сард

The Paschal hymn “Let God Arise” calls us to “forgive all by the Resurrection.” That word “all” is a big one, despite having only three letters. Does it mean all the people we know, or all the people in the world? Does it refer to wrongs done personally to us and to others, or does ...

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His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Visits Holy Ghost Orthodox Church, Bridgeport, CT

Posted 2023-05-09 09:42:00 by: Сард

On May 6 2023 His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon made a pastoral visit to the parish of Holy Ghost Orthodox Church in Bridgeport, CT. His Beatitude presided at the celebration of the hierarchical Divine Liturgy where he ordained Deacon Mark Roosien to the Holy Priesthood.  ...

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Holy Synod Meets for its Regular 2023 Spring Session

Posted 2023-05-01 17:08:00 by: Сард

On April 25-27, 2023, the Holy Synod of Bishops met for its Regular Spring 2023 Session in the territory of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., area under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon. ...

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Holy Synod elects Archimandrite Nikodhim as Bishop of Boston and the Albanian Archdiocese

Posted 2023-04-25 19:15:00 by: Сард

On Tuesday, April 25, 2023, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, meeting under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, canonically elected the Very Reverend Archimandrite Nikodhim the Bishop of Boston and the Albanian Archdiocese. May God ...

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Registration Opens for 10th Parish Development Forum in Parma OH

Posted 2023-04-21 16:52:00 by: Сард

Registration is now open for the 2023 Parish Development Forum, to be held from 1:00 PM EDT on Thursday July 13 to noon on Saturday July 15. Host site for the Forum is Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, Parma OH.  The Forum is co-sponsored by the Orthodox Church in America’s Archdiocese ...

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His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Celebrates Holy Week and Pascha Services

Posted 2023-04-20 11:17:00 by: Сард

April 10-19, 2023, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon celebrated the services of Holy Week, Pascha, and Bright Week making pastoral visits to parishes of the Archdiocese of Washington. On Monday, April 10, His Beatitude visited Holy Archangels Mission, Annapolis, MD for Bridegroom Matins. ...

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Schedule Now Available for 2023 Memorial Day Pilgrimage to St. Tikhon’s Monastery

Posted 2023-04-18 18:06:00 by: Сард

The monastic brotherhood of the Monastery of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk has announced the 119th annual Memorial Day pilgrimage to take place from May 26 to May 29, 2023. His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon will preside at the pilgrimage. Events will include a speech from Archimandrite Peter ...

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