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Department Highlights: Getting to know America’s “Nones”
A newly released feature length documentary, Becoming Truly Human, offers an interesting and important glimpse into the growing number of Americans who consider themselves “religiously...
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Remembering Fr. John Meyendorff
Protopresbyter John MeyendorffEach year, at the end of July, we especially honor the memory of Protopresbyter John Meyendorff, Dean of Saint Vladimir’s Seminary from 1984 until his retirement on June...
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Communities in Action: Michigan parish honors first responders
Sunday, July 23, 2017, Priest Gabriel Bilas and the faithful of Saint Mary Magdalene Church hosted local first responders and their families at the annual blessing of their emergency vehicles, after...
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Missions invited to apply for 2018 Church Planting Grants
Applications for 2018 Church Planting Grants are now being accepted by the Orthodox Church in America’s Department of Evangelization. Detailed information and application forms are now available...
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Department Highlights: Youth Department meets, reviews plans for 19th AAC
Bishop David with members of OCA Department of Youth, Young Adult and Campus Ministry.To meet the changing needs of youth and young adults across North America, His Grace, Bishop David of Sitka and...
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Monasteries prepare for annual August pilgrimages
Nuns carry festal icon during annual pilgrimage to Dormition Monastery, Rives Junction, MI.The word “pilgrimage” means “a journey of spiritual significance.” And every year, the month of August proves...
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During the first week of August 2017, Melanie Ringa, Treasurer of the Orthodox Church in America, released the financial report for the first quarter of the year. The complete report is available in...
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New Young Adult Conference Announced
Young adults from across North America will gather this coming October 6-8, here for a new conference being organized by Orthodox churches in the Atlanta area. The CONNECT Conference is a new event for...
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Beginners’ on-line choral conducting course starts September 11
The Department of Liturgical Music and Translations once again will offer an on-line course, “Choral Conducting for Beginners.” Classes are slated to begin September 11, 2017. “Class sessions will be...
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Completed study materials for Fr. Hopko’s “The Orthodox Faith” series now...
The Orthodox Church in America’s Department of Christian Education [DCE] recently announced the release of the fourth and final set of questions and answers developed to accompany the late...
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Youth invited to FOCA celebration in Hershey, PA September 1-4
Fr. Ben Tucci [bottom left corner] with youth program participants at 2016 FOCA convention in Rosemont, IL.As announced earlier, the Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in America [FOCA] is preparing to...
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Metropolitan Tikhon presides, delivers homily, at 47th annual St. Herman...
His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon presided at the 47th annual Saint Herman Pilgrimage here August 7-9, 2017. Also present for the liturgical services and festivities was His Grace, Bishop Daniel of...
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STOTS to hold second annual joint retreat for alumni, seminarians
The Alumni Association of Saint Tikhon’s Seminary [STOTS] will hold its second annual retreat for alumni and current seminarians August 31-September 1, 2017. “All alumni are welcome to attend at no...
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Holy Synod of Bishops issues statement on recent tragic events in...
A statement on the recent tragic events in Charlottesville, VA was issued and signed by His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon and the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America...
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Assembly of Bishops responds to racist violence in Charlottesville, VA
On Friday, August 18, 2017, the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America issued a response to the recent racist violence in Charlottesville, VA. The members of the Holy...
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Planting Grant Missions: “Freely Ye Have Received, Freely Give!”
Annunciation faithful with Fr. Joel after Paschal Vespers 2017.Planted in 2013, the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary Mission here received it’s first-year Church Planting Grant from the Orthodox Church...
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OCA Youth Department: Celebrate Creation in the New Church Year
September 1 marks the beginning of the ecclesiastical year. And it was on that day in 1989 that His All-Holiness, the late Ecumenical Patriarch Demetrios I, issued a message on the environment while...
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Audit Committee completes annual Internal Audit
OCA Treasurer Melanie Ringa [second from left] meets with internal auditors Subdeacon Dimitri Pletz, Matushka Theodora Blom, and Reader John Skrobat.The Audit Committee of the Orthodox Church in...
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Registration closes early for beginners’ on-line conducting course
Registration for the on-line course, “Choral Conducting for Beginners,” ended earlier than anticipated—on August 22, 2017—having reached the full compliment of students. The popular annual course,...
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St. Vladimir’s Seminary to host three September events
In addition to anticipating the opening of the 2017-2018 academic year, the faculty and staff of Saint Vladimir’s Seminary [SVOTS] are looking forward to hosting three major events during the month of...
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