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Twenty-two clergy, lay leaders complete OCA’s Third Mission School
Twenty-two clergy and lay leaders representing every diocese of the Orthodox Church in America completed the second annual Mission School held on the campus of Immaculate Conception Seminary here...
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IOCC Monitors Hurricane Harvey’s Path
International Orthodox Christian Charities [IOCC] is closely monitoring the progression of Hurricane Harvey as it affects South Texas. IOCC staff members remain in contact with partners, including...
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Lone suspect confesses to attacking two OCA churches in Ohio
Fr. Mikel Hill celebrates his first Liturgy at St. Nikolai Mission in January 2017.A lone suspect was taken into custody in the early hours of Tuesday, August 29, 2017, confessing to attacks on two...
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SVOTS to host Open House for prospective students October 5-8
Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary [SVOTS] will host a three-day Open House for prospective students October 5-8, 2017. The event will offer participants an opportunity to immerse...
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19th AAC resolutions, Statute amendments, now being accepted
The Resolutions Committee of the 19th All-American Council [AAC] of the Orthodox Church in America is now accepting proposed resolutions for consideration by AAC delegates. “Parishes and other Church...
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Metropolitan Tikhon: Day of Prayer for Creation, Hurricane Harvey
On Friday, September 1, 2017—the beginning of the Ecclesiastical Year and the annual Day of Prayer for Creation—His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon issued a statement that included words of hope for the...
View ArticleChancery closed in observance of Labor Day
The Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America will be closed on Monday, September 4, 2017 in observance of Labor Day. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, September 5. We wish all of our...
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August-September OCAreview available for downloading, parish distribution
The August-September 2017 double edition of OCAreview: The Orthodox Church in America’s Monthly Hard-Copy Digest, is now available in color and black and white PDF formats for downloading and local...
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Metropolitan Tikhon presides at triple celebration in Berlin, MD
His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon visited Christ the Savior Mission here August 25-27, 2017 for a triple celebration—the elevation of the community to full parish status; the celebration of the 90th...
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Preserving our legacy: OCA Archives undergo urgently needed renovations
OCA Archivist Alexis Liberovsky explains historic photographs to visiting researchers.The Archives of the Orthodox Church in America, located at the Chancery here, will be closed until further notice...
View ArticleOCA Pension Board concludes quarterly meeting
Members of the Orthodox Church in America’s Pension Board concluded their quarterly meeting at the Chancery here on Wednesday, September 6, 2017. In addition to routine business, the independent...
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FOCA celebrates 91st National Convention over Labor Day weekend
The Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in America [FOCA] held its 91st national convention at the Sheraton Hotel between Hershey and Harrisburg, PA September 1-4, 2017. The annual gathering was...
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Planting Grant Missions: “Getting to Know You!”
The idea of “growth,” says Priest David Bozeman of Saint Nektarios Mission here, is “always on our minds as a mission parish. We feel the pressure of needing to grow our numbers, and so, when people...
View ArticleMetropolitan Tikhon issues Statement on 16th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks
On Monday, September 11, 2017, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, issued a Statement in commemoration of the 16th Anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The complete text appears...
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OCA represented at Orthodox-Evangelical Consultation in Cambridge, UK
Archpriests John Jillions and Eric G. Tosi, Chancellor and Secretary of the Orthodox Church in America respectively, were among those who represented the OCA at an international consultation held at...
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September 30 Pan-Orthodox Liturgy to mark 125 years of Orthodoxy in Chicago
Gordana Trbuhovich, left, leads Pan-Orthodox Choir rehearsal at Chicago’s historic Holy Trinity Cathedral on September 2.Orthodox Christian hierarchs, clergy and faithful from across the upper Midwest...
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In The News: Hurricanes, an earthquake, 9/11, and a conference
OCA parishes weather hurricanes, earthquake While communications have been difficult as a result of the recent hurricanes affecting the South and the major earthquake that hit Mexico, it appears that...
View ArticlePastoral Changes for July, August 2017 released
The July and August 2017 “Pastoral Changes”—the official announcements of ordinations, assignments, releases, etc. affecting the clergy of the Orthodox Church in America, as issued by the Office of the...
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Patronal Feast of Chancery’s St. Sergius Chapel to be celebrated Saturday,...
Metropolitan Tikhon presides at patronal feast day Liturgy, September 2016.His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon and the staff of the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America warmly invite the clergy...
View ArticleFall Session of Metropolitan Council opens with annual retreat
His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon opened the Fall Session of the Metropolitan Council of the Orthodox Church in America at Immaculate Conception Seminary here on Tuesday morning, September 19, 2017....
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