August, September 2013 pastoral changes posted
The “Pastoral Changes” for August and September 2013—the official announcements of ordinations, assignments, releases, etc. affecting the clergy of the Orthodox Church in America as issued by the...
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PLANTING GRANT MISSIONS: Shreveport, LA’s Holy Nativity Mission plans to build
Andrew Gould of New Byzantine World surveys Holy Nativity’s property.On the Great Feast of the Nativity, the faithful of the Holy Nativity of the Lord Mission here celebrated their third anniversary...
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Metropolitan Council concludes spring session
Despite travel delays due to the heavy snowfall affecting much of the US, members of the Metropolitan Council of the Orthodox Church in America gathered for their spring session at the Chancery here...
View ArticleArchimandrite Zacharias of Essex to speak at St. Tikhon’s February 8-10
Archimandrite Zacharias, Ph.D., a monk of Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of Saint John the Baptist, Essex, England, will visit and speak at Saint Tikhon’s Monastery and Seminary here February 8-10,...
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Tampa parish helps build medical center in northern Uganda
In 2010, Father Joseph Ciarciaglino, founder and pastor of Saint Philip the Apostle parish here, traveled to northern Uganda as part of an Orthodox Christian Missions Center medical team. While there,...
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The enthronement of the new Primate of the Church of the Czech Lands and...
His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin of San Francisco and the West and Archimandrite Alexander [Pihach], Dean of the Orthodox Church in America’s Saint Catherine Representation Church, Moscow,...
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OCA represented at National Festival of Young Preachers
Brian Cheney and OCA Youth Director Andrew Boyd at Festival.The Orthodox Church in America again was represented at the National Festival of Young Preachers January 2-5, 2014. The theme of this year’s...
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Metropolitan Tikhon attends Endorsers’ Conference for Military, VA chaplains
The annual National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces [NCMAF], the Endorsers’ Conference for Veterans Affairs Chaplaincy [ECVAC] and the Armed Forces Chaplains Board was held January 13-16,...
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STOTS faculty member’s latest book released
Dr. Christopher Veniamin’s latest work, The Orthodox Understanding of Salvation: “Theosis” in Scripture and Tradition, was recently released by Mount Tabor Publishing. The volume may be ordered...
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Youth Department announces summer service pilgrimage to Alaska
The unique cemetery at Eklutna’s St. Nicholas Church.The Orthodox Church in America’s Department of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministry will host a youth/young adult service pilgrimage to Alaska...
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Evangelism, missions focus of meeting at Chancery
His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, presided at a special meeting of selected clergy from around the country who have been involved in the fields of evangelism and missions. The purpose of the...
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The 10th Anniversary of the Episcopal Consecration of Metropolitan Tikhon
It is with deep love and respect and heartfelt thanksgiving that we mark the Anniversary of the Episcopal Consecration of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, who was consecrated at Saint Tikhon of...
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PLANTING GRANT MISSIONS: Lawrence, KS’s St. Nicholas Church looking to build
Formed in September 2002 as Saint Sophia Orthodox Church, Saint Nicholas of Myra Church here was received into the Diocese of the Midwest of the Orthodox Church in America in 2009. Served by Priest...
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OCA Department of Institutional Chaplaincies member appointed to BCCI leadership
Chaplain Sarah Byrne-Martelli, MDiv BCC, a member of the Orthodox Church in America’s Department of Institutional Ministries has been appointed to the BCCI Chaplaincy Certification Commission—the...
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Podcast of Fr. Zacharias’ SVOTS presentation now available
In a recent presentation delivered at Saint Vladimir’s Seminary here, Archimandrite Zacharias, a monk of the Monastery of Saint John the Baptist, Tolleshunt Knights by Maldon, Essex, England, inspired...
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Orthodox Missions Sunday resources, lesson plans now available from OCMC
Metropolitan Tikhon with Fr. David and Matushka Rozanne Rucker, missionaries in Guatemala, in 2013.Lesson plans for Church School classes, highlighting Orthodox Christian missions, are now available...
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Anchorage site of episcopal consecration of Archimandrite David
Archimandrite David [Mahaffey] will be consecrated to the episcopacy at Saint Innocent Cathedral here on Friday, February 21, 2014. Delegates to an Assembly of the Diocese of Alaska held on September...
View ArticleMetropolitan Tikhon sends letter to Ukrainian Metropolitan Volodymyr in wake...
In a letter dated February 20, 2014 addressed to His Beatitude, Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon offered words of support and prayers on behalf of the...
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Bishop-Elect David addresses bishops, clergy and faithful at Vespers
At the celebration of Great Vespers at Saint Innocent Cathedral here on Thursday, February 20, 2014—the eve of his consecration to the Episcopate—Bishop-Elect David [Mahaffey] delivered an address to...
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The Episcopal Consecration of Bishop David of Sitka and Alaska
Faithful from parishes and villages across Alaska and the dioceses of the Orthodox Church in America began arriving early at the spacious Saint Innocent Cathedral here on the morning of Friday,...
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