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His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon celebrates his 57th birthday today. This morning, His Beatitude presided at the celebration of the hierarchical Divine Liturgy at Saint Mark’s church in Bethesda, MD. Concelebrating with His Beatitude were Archpriest John Vitko, the diocesan chancellor,…

The March and April 2023 “Pastoral Changes” — the official announcements of ordinations, assignments, releases, and related matters affecting the clergy of the Orthodox Church in America, as issued by the Office of the Chancellor, Archpriest Alexander Rentel — are now…

The Departments of the Orthodox Church in America has released a partially revised version of “Essential Orthodox Christian Beliefs”. As reported on June 9, the initial version of Essential Orthodox Christian Beliefs…

The OCA Office of Pastoral Life (OPL) today announced V. Rev. Archimandrite Maximos Constas, PhD, as speaker for the upcoming Synaxis: National Clergy Retreat for Active and Retired Priests from October 17-20, 2023, at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake Conference Center in Mundelein,…

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. ...

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 15. …

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 language…

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 other…

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 Orthodox…

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 conclusion…

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 their…

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 “Our…

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 about…

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 choir…

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon presided over the 2023 commencement exercises of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary on Saturday, May 20, 2023, and Friday-Saturday, May 26-27, 2023. On Saturday, May 20, His Beatitude presided…

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 the…

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 the…

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 July…

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 or…

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 Ukrainian…