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Fr. Anatoliy Melnyk appointed Chancellor of Canadian Archdiocese
On Sunday, February 24, 2013, Protodeacon Nazari Polataiko, Secretary of the Archdiocese of Canada of the Orthodox Church in America, announced that Archpriest Anatoliy Melnyk has accepted appointment...
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St. Andrew’s Camp announces summer programs, theme weeks
New boys’ cabin at St. Andrew’s CampThe staff of Saint Andrew’s Camp, Jewell, NY, recently announced that registration is open for the camp’s summer 2013 season. The camp, which has served thousands of...
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Lesser Synod, Metropolitan Council conclude meetings
The Lesser Synod of Bishops and the Metropolitan Council of the Orthodox Church in America met at the Chancery here February 25-28, 2013. His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon presided at the sessions....
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OCA Representative greeted by Patriarch Kirill
Patriarch Kirill welcomes Archimandrite Alexander in the altar of the Moscow Kremlin’s Dormition CathedralArchimandrite Alexander, fourth from left, with concelebrating hierarchs and...
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OCA Youth Department launches new grant program
With the approval of the Metropolitan Council of the Orthodox Church in America, the OCA Department of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministry launched its Saint Peter the Aleut Grant Program. The...
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Concert highlights anniversaries of three seminaries
Hundreds of faithful poured into Saint Stephen Episcopal Cathedral here on Sunday, March 3, 2013 for a concert of liturgical music by students from three Orthodox Christian seminaries. The concert was...
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Assembly of Canonical Bishops hosts gathering of web team members
Web team members at meeting.Saint Vladimir’s Seminary here was the site of a meeting of web team members representing member jurisdictions of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in North and...
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Seminary Dean signs cooperative agreement with Faculty of Orthodox Theology...
Father John Behr with Romanian Patriarch DanielAt the invitation of His Eminence, Archbishop Nicolae of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the Americas, Archpriest Dr. John Behr, Dean of Saint...
View ArticleSt. Tikhon’s Seminary Trustees name Interim Dean
The Board of Trustees of Saint Tikhon’s Seminary gathered in South Canaan for their spring meeting, March 7-8. All of the Committees of the Board met on Thursday, March 7, and full Board deliberations...
View ArticleThird Youth Department job search webinar to be held March 21
The Department of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministry of the Orthodox Church in America will host the third in its series of job search skills webinars on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 8:30 p.m....
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Refurbished room at OCA Chancery dedicated to the memory of Metropolitan Leonty
The recently refurbished main reception room at the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America here was dedicated to the memory of the late Metropolitan Leonty on Tuesday evening, March 12, 2013. After...
View ArticleCongratulations sent to newly elected Pope Francis
In a letter dated March 14, 2013, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon offered congratulations to the newly elected Pope Francis. “It is with joy that I convey to You the congratulations of the Holy...
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Holy Synod of Bishops concludes spring session
The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America held its spring session at the Chancery here Tuesday through Thursday, March 12-14, 2013. In addition to His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon,...
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Metropolitan Tikhon’s Lenten Message released
On Friday, March 15, 2013, the Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, for Great Lent, which begins on Monday, March 18, was released. The text reads as follows. To the Very...
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DCE announces new resource, offers lenten activities and study unit
A new “Featured Handout,” titled “12 Questions and Answers: Notes on Orthodox Worship,” is now available on the web site of the Orthodox Church in America’s Department of Christian Education [DCE] at...
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Orthodoxy Sunday celebrations to be highlighted on OCA web site
Photo galleries of the numerous Sunday of Orthodoxy celebrations, slated to be held on the first Sunday of Great Lent, March 24, 2013, will again be featured on the web site of the Orthodox Church in...
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Metropolitan Tikhon attends Inauguration of Pope Francis
Metropolitan Tikhon and Father Eric at the church of “St. Paul Outside the Walls,” where St. Paul’s tomb is locatedHis Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon is one of a number of Orthodox hierarchs slated to...
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St. Vladimir’s Seminary announces summer programs
Saint Vladimir’s Seminary recently announced its schedule of continuing education programs for summer 2013. Sunday, May 26–Sunday, June 2, 2013 Iconography Workshop for College-Age Youth, endorsed by...
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Liturgical Music chatroom transcripts now available
The Orthodox Church in America’s Department of Liturgical Music and Translations recently announced that transcripts of its “Orthodox Liturgical Music Chatroom” are now available on the OCA web site....
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Physician-Ethicist to present public lecture at St. Vladimir’s Seminary: “How...
The Saint Ambrose Society at Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary is sponsoring a free and public lecture titled “On the Corpse and the Chaplain: How Medicine is Destroying Pastoral Care”...
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