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The Office of Pastoral Life is pleased to announce our winter Pastoral Life Synaxis online conference for the clergy of the Orthodox Church in America on Tuesday, December 20th from 2:00-4:00 pm EST. Father Marcus Burch from the Diocese of the South will be the featured speaker sharing…

December 11, 2022, the Sunday before the feast day of Saint Herman of Alaska, marks the first of an annual collection for the Diocese of Alaska.  At the 20th All-American Council in Baltimore, MD, His Grace Bishop Alexei held a forum updating the Church on the challenges…

The latest issue of the Saint Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly (66.1–2/2022) is published at a moment when the largest portion of the worldwide Orthodox Church finds itself in a deeply scandalous and sinful state of internal war which constitutes the gravest intra-Orthodox crisis in…

At its Regular 2022 Fall Session, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America met at Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. Among the many issues discussed and decided, the Holy Synod considered the decision of the Metropolitan Council summarized in the Joint…

To the Clergy, Monastics, and Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, My Beloved Children in the Lord, To my flock in the United States of America, I wish you all a happy Thanksgiving Day! In a world that is often overwhelmed by fear, by details and complexity, by dissatisfaction and…

At its recent Regular Fall 2022 Session, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, meeting under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, received with great joy the news of Igumen Nikodhim’s nomination as diocesan bishop by Albanian Archdiocesan Assembly…

To the Clergy, Monastics, and Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, My Beloved Children in the Lord, Today, we prepare to celebrate the great feast of the Entrance into the Temple, when, in the words of Basil the Monk, ‘Anna led the undefiled Temple into the house of God’ (2nd…

On November 13, 2022, with loving gratitude to God, the Orthodox Church in America celebrates the 10th anniversary of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon as primate of OCA. Celebrations begin November 12 with the All-Night Vigil…

The Holy Synod meeting today under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Friday, November 11, 2022, unanimously decided to elevate His Grace Bishop Daniel of Chicago and the Diocese of the Midwest to the dignity of archbishop. May God grant His Eminence Archbishop Daniel many years!

The draft Minutes and Reports of the 2022 Fall Session of the Metropolitan Council of the Orthodox Church in America are now available. The Fall Session was held in person at the new and temporary Chancery office in Springfield, VA on October 19-20, 2022. These draft minutes are subject to…

Applications for 2023 Church Planting Grants are now being accepted by the Orthodox Church in America’s Department of Evangelization. “We are pleased to announce that the grant amount awarded to first-year recipients has been raised to $40,000.00. Second and third-year amounts have…

Every parish of the Orthodox Church in America is the local flagship of the Body of Christ. It is where we do the work of ministry: singing praises to God, learning and growing in the knowledge of our Savior, equipping young Orthodox Christians to face the latest challenges in our…

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the repose of Protopresbyter Joseph Pishtey, the first person to bear the title “Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America.” Father Joseph, together with Archpriest John Kivko and other contemporaries, were representative of…

On October 20, 2022, the Metropolitan Council of the Orthodox Church in America, meeting for its Regular 2022 Fall Session, received an extensive report from the Pension Board and engaged in a lengthy discussion about the current state of the Plan and measures to be taken moving forward to…

On October 19-20, 2022, the Metropolitan Council of the Orthodox Church in America met for its Regular Fall 2022 Session at the new and temporary Chancery office in Springfield, VA. ...

The OCA Department of Christian Education has released a series of lessons, suitable for Pre-K through 5th Grade, entitled “Let Your Light So Shine.” In the lessons, students explore Bible stories that show how God loved them, how God is trusted, how He protects us, and finally how He…

The 2023 Desk Calendar of the Orthodox Church in America is currently in print and is now available in PDF format (Single Page view; Double Page view). Complimentary copies, once again, are being sent to all priests and deacons—assigned, attached, and retired—as well as clergy widows…

The Office of Pastoral Life is planning a Pastoral Conference in October 2023. While registration will open in January 2023, the Office is asking all priests and hierarchs of the Orthodox Church in America to save the date. The Synaxis: National Clergy Retreat for Active and Retired…

On October 13, 2022 the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America officially changed its mailing address to its offices in Washington, DC. Starting this past summer, the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America has begun its relocation to a new and temporary office in Springfield, VA.…

The Orthodox Church in America was represented at the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Karlsruhe, Germany, August 31-September 8, 2022, by His Grace Bishop Andrei of Cleveland, who led the delegation, Archpriest Alexander Rentel, Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in…