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STOTS adopts Institutional Strategic Plan for 2016-2020
Metropolitan Tikhon and Archbishop Michael with STOTS Board members.Members of the Saint Tikhon Seminary Board of Trustees adopted a new Strategic Plan for 2016 through 2020 at their meeting here May...
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OCA Diaconal Liturgical Practicum Marks Decade of Growth
10th Annual Diaconal Liturgical Practicum leaders and participants with Bishop Paul [photo: Maria Rentel].Over the past decade, the Orthodox Church in America’s Diaconal Liturgical Practicum has grown...
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Conference inspires Alaska’s Yukon region faithful
Elizabeth Levi rings the bell as Bishop David arrives at conference site. Bishop David enters the Elevation of the Holy Cross Church, Russian Mission, AK for the conference Liturgy. Children assist as...
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IN THE NEWS: At home and beyond!
Yonkers, NY: SVOTS sends books to Kenyan seminary SVOTS Bookstore staffers pack $15K of books for seminary in Kenya. [Photo: Robin Freeman]On July 6, 2016, Saint Vladimir’s Seminary, Yonkers, NY sent...
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New “Orthodoxy in America” app now available at no charge
Priest John Parsells, Rector of Christ the Savior Mission, Berlin, MD, and his associates at Orthodox Web Solutions have developed a new free app—“Orthodoxy in America”—for smartphones and tablets....
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Many years, Your Beatitude!
Today—Friday, July 15, 2016—marks the 50th birthday of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon! Metropolitan Tikhon was born in 1966, the eldest of three children born to Francois and Elizabeth Mollard....
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IOCC “on the ground” to aid W VA flood victims
Deacon Constantine Shepherd, an IOCC Frontliner, assesses extensive property damage to a community church along the main street in Rainelle, WV. IOCC is on the ground responding to the immediate needs...
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PLANTING GRANT MISSIONS: The practical side of mission life!
Growing—one soul at a time: A family is received into the Church.“Typically, updates on the Orthodox Church in America’s planting grant missions are upbeat and focus on the all the positive aspects of...
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STOTS welcomes new Director of Student Life
Fr. Ignatius GauvainOn July 1, 2016, Saint Tikhon’s Seminary here welcomed Priest Ignatius Gauvain as the school’s Director of Student Life. Father Ignatius’ appointment in part fulfills the first...
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Small Parish Forum attracts over 50 participants
Archbishop Melchisedek and Bishop Paul with Forum participants.Fifty-four individuals representing parishes from five dioceses of the Orthodox Church in America, as well as the Greek Orthodox...
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SVOTS announces new music, liturgics faculty
“Our goal is to prepare newly ordained priests for the most challenging circumstances imaginable, and those certainly would include liturgically challenging situations,” remarked Archpriest Dr. John...
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New liturgical composition by Fr. Glagolev now available from ISOCM
Fr. Sergei GlagolevA highlight of the 2016 Pan-Orthodox Music Symposium held at Saint Mary’s Cathedral here in June 2016 provided an opportunity to sing new liturgical compositions of the...
View ArticleOCA Treasurer releases report for first half of 2016
Melanie Ringa, Treasurer of the Orthodox Church in America, released the financial results for the first two quarters of 2016. The complete report is available in PDF format. Highlights of the report...
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Registration opens for 2017 pilgrimage-conference cruise to Alaska
Sitka’s historic Archangel Michael Cathedral.With the blessing of His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin of San Francisco and the West and the support of His Grace, Bishop David of Sitka and Alaska, a...
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SVOTS strengthens Australian ties
Fr. John Behr (front row, second from left) with his class of 72 students at St. Athanasius College.Archpriest Dr. John Behr, Dean of Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary [SVOTS] here,...
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Sr. Vassa to speak in Eastern PA October 17-20
Sister Dr. Vassa [Larin], the well known liturgiologist of the University of Vienna, Austria and nun of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia who hosts a popular Youtube series of catechetical...
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Bishop Paul, MW clergy guests of Russian Church for Feast of the Tikhvin Icon
Bishops Paul and Mstislav with reproduction of the wonderworking Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God.From July 4 through 12, 2016, His Grace, Bishop Paul of Chicago and the Midwest was among the guests...
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Pilgrimage to mark 25th anniversary of Mother Alexandra’s repose
The 25th Anniversary of the repose of Mother Alexandra, the former Princess Ileana of Romania who founded Holy Transfiguration Monastery here, will be remembered during the community’s annual...
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90th FOCA national convention hosts first “youth council”
Members and friends of the Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in America [FOCA] from around the country gathered at the Loews Hotel in suburban Rosemont, IL to celebrate the organization’s 90th annual...
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IN THE NEWS: Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Russia
Fenton, MI: St. Mary Magdalene parish honors area first responders Fr. Gabriel Bilas with area police and firefighters.Priest Gabriel Bilas and the faithful of Saint Mary Magdalene parish, Fenton, MI,...
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