Archpastoral Message of Metropolitan Tikhon for Sanctity of Life Sunday
To the honorable Clergy, venerable Monastics, and pious Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, From ancient times, all who have believed in the One God have believed that He takes special care in...
View ArticleOCA Pension Board Meets, Continues Parsonage Designation, Declaration for...
Michael S. Stieglitz giving presentation to STOTS studentsMembers of the Orthodox Church in America’s Pension Board held their quarterly meeting at the Chancery here on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. In...
View ArticleMetropolitan Tikhon Sends Letter of Support to Patriarch Irinej
In a letter dated January 7, 2020, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon addressed a letter to His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia concerning the situation of the Orthodox Church of the Serbian...
View ArticleHundreds of Students attend OCF’s annual college conferences
Every December, hundreds of Orthodox Christian college students flock to one of two simultaneously held regional conferences during the week after the Great Feast of the Nativity. As in past years,...
View ArticleMetropolitan Tikhon Welcomes Marchers to Saint Nicholas Cathedral
On Friday, January 24, 2020 following the Divine Liturgy for the feast of Saint Xenia of Petersburg, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon addressed the bishops, clergy, and faithful who, having traveled...
View ArticleMetropolitan Tikhon Leads Annual Orthodox Prayer Service at 47th March for Life
On Friday, January 24, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, joined by members of the Holy Synod, and brother bishops from other jurisdictions, led Orthodox faithful gathered at the 47th March for Life in...
View ArticleSeventh Anniversary of Metropolitan Tikhon’s Enthronement
Today His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon celebrates the 7th anniversary of his enthronement as the Archbishop of Washington, and Metropolitan of All America in Canada. Elected by the 17th All American...
View ArticleThe Episcopal Consecration of Bishop Alexis of Bethesda
On Saturday, January 25, 2020, clergy and faithful from the Archdiocese of Washington D.C., the Monastery of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk, Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary [SVOTS], Saint...
View ArticleSchedule of Services Announced for the Episcopal Ordination of Archimandrite...
Saint George Romanian Orthodox Cathedral will be the site of the Ordination into the Episcopacy of Archimandrite Andrei (Hoarște) this coming Saturday, February 1, 2020. His Beatitude Metropolitan...
View ArticleArchbishop Elpidophoros and Metropolitan Tikhon to Feed Those in Need
Photo credit: Archdeacon Joseph MatusiakArchbishop Elpidophoros and Metropolitan Tikhon met yesterday at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in an ongoing effort to strengthen...
View ArticleThe Episcopal Consecration of Bishop Andrei of Cleveland
On Saturday, February 1, 2020, clergy and faithful of the Romanian Episcopate of the Orthodox Church in America gathered at Saint George Cathedral here for the celebration of the Hierarchical Divine...
View ArticleUpdated Diptychs of the Orthodox Church in America Now Available
As has been announced, this year the Orthodox Church in America celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the reception of the Tomos of Autocephaly from the Russian Orthodox Church and the canonization of...
View ArticleIn the News: Women’s Retreat in Eastern Pennsylvania; Music Workshops in...
“Preparing Our Hearts for Great Lent” title of Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania Woman’s Retreat The Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania will host a Women’s Retreat titled, “Preparing Our...
View ArticleMetropolitan Tikhon Meets With Representatives of Serbian Orthodox Church
At the invitation of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon attended a meeting with His Grace Bishop Metodije of Diokleia,...
View ArticleFOCA’s 94th National Convention to be held July 24th – 27th, 2020 in...
The 94th Annual Convention of the Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in America [FOCA] will be hosted this year by Chapter 94 at the Cathedral of Saint Mary, Minneapolis, MN, and will be held at the...
View ArticleMetropolitan Tikhon Celebrates Memorial Saturday in Washington D.C.
On Saturday, February 22, at the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon celebrated the Divine Liturgy for Memorial Saturday. Prior to the celebration of the Divine Liturgy,...
View ArticlePastoral Changes for December 2019; January 2020 released
The December 2019 and January 2020 “Pastoral Changes” — the official announcements of ordinations, assignments, releases, and related matters affecting the clergy of the Orthodox Church in America, as...
View ArticleMetropolitan Tikhon Participates in Executive Committee Meeting of the...
On Thursday, February 27, 2020, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon participated in the spring meeting of the Executive Committee of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of...
View ArticleChancellor of the Orthodox Church in America makes a Statement regarding...
With the blessing of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, the Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America, Archpriest Alexander Rentel, made the following statement: In the act...
View ArticleMetropolitan Tikhon’s Lenten Archpastoral message released
On Sunday, March 1, 2020, the Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon for the beginning of Great Lent was released. The complete text appears below and is available in PDF format for...
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