Metropolitan Jonah addresses ACNA
At the invitation of Archbishop Duncan, presiding Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America [ACNA], His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, addressed the ACNA Assembly here June 7 and 8, 2012. The...
View ArticleJune edition of OCA’s young adult “Wonder Blog” deals with burnout
The June 2012 edition of “Wonder,” the blog of the Orthodox Church in America’s Department of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministries, is now available. This month’s theme is “Burnout” and focuses...
View ArticleColorado Springs fire threatens parish
Members of Saints Constantine and Helen/Holy Theophany Church here are among those being evacuated as the Waldo Canyon Fire continues to spread. Archpriest Anthony Karbo, rector of the parish, reported...
View ArticleNew issue of “The Orthodox Church” focuses on evangelization, life as...
The latest issue of The Orthodox Church magazine is now available on-line. The issue focuses on the theme of evangelization from a number of perspectives, including the recent 40th anniversary of the...
View ArticleMetropolitan Jonah speaks at international gathering in Oxford
Metropolitan Jonah with Archbishops Elisey and Anatoly at London’s Dormition Cathedral.His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, delivered a presentation titled “Monasticism in the American Context” at the...
View ArticleAndrew Boyd appointed head of OCA Department of Youth, Young Adult and Campus...
Andrew Boyd has been appointed by His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, as the director of the Orthodox Church in America’s Department of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministries. A native of...
View ArticleLesser Synod meets
The Lesser Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America met at the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America here on Thursday, July 5, 2012. In addition to His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah,...
View ArticleSt. Tikhon’s Seminary receives accreditation extension, holds trustee seminar
STOTS board members participate in DC seminar.At its June meeting, the Board of Commissioners of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada [ATS] voted to extend Saint...
View ArticleEnquiries concerning recent events
With the resignation of Metropolitan Jonah as Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America continues to receive requests from the faithful and from the...
View ArticleMetropolitan Jonah tenders resignation
In a letter addressed to the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops dated Friday, July 6, 2012, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah tendered his resignation as Primate of the Orthodox Church in America....
View ArticleOCAMPR announces November conference on infertility, miscarriage and early...
The Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology and Religion [OCAMPR] will sponsor a national conference titled “The Child Conceived: Considering Infertility, Miscarriage, and Early Child...
View ArticleHoly Synod appoints Archbishop Nathaniel Locum Tenens, Bishop Michael...
On Monday, July 9, 2012, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah and the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops met via conference call to further discuss His Beatitude’s resignation, as reported earlier on...
View ArticleHoly Synod, OCA officers, Metropolitan Council meet
On Tuesday evening, July 10, 2012, members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, officers of the Church, and members of the Metropolitan Council met via conference call to...
View Article“Reaching the unchurched” topic of July 18 webinar
“The Unchurched: How to Reach the Lost, the Lapsed and the Letdown” will be the theme of a webinar conducted by Archpriest Jonathan Ivanoff, Director of Mission and Evangelism of the Diocese of New...
View ArticleLocum Tenens, Administrator, Officers and External Affairs Director meet
His Eminence, Archbishop Nathaniel of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate, Locum Tenens, met via conference call with His Grace, Bishop Michael of New York and New Jersey, Temporary Administrator of...
View ArticleStatement from the Holy Synod Regarding the Resignation of Metropolitan Jonah
On July 16, 2012, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America issued the following statement in regard to the resignation of Metropolitan Jonah. The complete text can be found in PDF...
View ArticleFaith and Science theme of July edition of “Wonder” young adult blog
The July 2012 edition of “Wonder,” the blog of the Orthodox Church in America’s Department of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministries, is now available. This month’s theme is “Faithful Scientists”...
View ArticleEnd-of-Summer activities from the Department of Christian Education
Saints in Times of Trouble, an activity book available from the Orthodox Church in America’s Department of Christian Education, offers Church schools and families the opportunity to study the lives of...
View ArticleOCA youth department, NY/NJ Diocese to host ministry workshop August 18
On Saturday, August 18, 2012, the Orthodox Church in America’s Department of Youth, Young Adult and Campus Ministries will partner with the Diocese of New York and New Jersey to present a workshop at...
View ArticleHoly Synod requests prayers for victims of Colorado shooting
On the morning of Friday, July 20, 2012, Americans awoke to the tragic news that shortly after midnight, seventy-one innocent people attending a screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” in an Aurora,...
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