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On Wednesday, July 28, at 7:00 PM ET, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon will be hosted by Archpriest Thomas Soroka to discuss and formally announce the 20th All-American Council which will take place in Baltimore, MD on July 18-22, 2022.  His Beatitude will address various aspects of the…

On Tuesday, June 15, 2021, more than forty clergy from across the United States and Canada gathered together on Zoom for the fifth Clergy Peer Learning Synaxis.  The Synaxis is organized by the Office of Pastoral Life, and hosted by His Grace Bishop Alexis.  Promoting clergy health and…

On Saturday, July 10, with the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, His Grace Bishop Alexis of Bethesda, locum tenens of the Diocese of Alaska, began an extended visit to his former monastery, the Sacred and Stavropegial Monastery of Karakallou on Mount Athos. His Grace is…

Today, Friday, July 15, 2021, marks the 55th birthday of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon. Metropolitan Tikhon was born in 1966, the eldest of three children born to Francois and Elizabeth Mollard. The Holy Synod of Bishops, Clergy, Monastics and Faithful of the Orthodox Church in…

On Sunday, July 11, 2021, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon presided at the Divine Liturgy at New York City’s Saint Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in conjunction with the visit of His Eminence Hilarion (Alfeyev) Metropolitan of…

Protodeacon Peter DanilchickProtodeacon Peter Danilchick, a frequently invited speaker on Christian Leadership , will hold his second class in our Clergy Continuing Education program this Thursday July 15 at 7:00PM ET. In the first session last month, he challenged us to “dare and do…

The Department of Evangelization of the Orthodox Church in America has made 12 more free printable brochures available for download. The newest titles are topics dealing with Evangelism and Great Lent. The remainder of the pamphlets in the series will be updated through Q3 of 2021. A PDF…

Saint Tikhon’s Monastery is pleased to announce the fall 2021 launch of a new residential Music Program. The Saint Tikhon’s Residency in Music provides comprehensive training for Orthdox church music leaders amidst the rich and demanding liturgical life of America’s oldest Orthodox…

The Orthodox Church in America’s Advisory Group to Clergy Wives is sponsoring a Virtual Retreat on Saturday, July 10 from 2:00-4:00 PM Eastern Time (1:00-3:00 PM Central, 12:00-2:00 PM Mountain, 11:00-1:00 Pacific, and 9:00-11:00 AM Alaska). The topic of the retreat will be “My Yoke is Easy…

On Tuesday, June 29, 2021, bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, along with guest bishops, clergy, and faithful from the Diocese of the South, gathered at Saint Seraphim Cathedral in Dallas , TX for the consecration to the Holy Episcopate of Bishop-elect Gerasim (Eliel) to be the…

June 27 marks the anniversary of the repose of Metropolitan Theophilus (Pashkovsky) in 1950.  He most notably served the North American Metropolia (today, the Orthodox Church in America) as Primate from 1934 to 1950.  Young Theodore Pashkovsky had first arrived in America in 1895, and after…

Online Registration for the 2021 Parish Development Forum, to be held from 10:00 AM EDT to 5:15 PM on Friday July 16, is now open.  The Forum is co-sponsored by the Orthodox Church in America’s Archdiocese of Western Pennsylvania, the Diocese of the Midwest and the Bulgarian Diocese. ...

Scholarships are one of the ways Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary supports seminarians who are preparing to serve the Church through a variety of callings—whether ordained ministry, chaplaincy, scholarship, teaching, sacred arts, or a variety of other vocations. Last year…

The March, April, and May “Pastoral Changes” — the official announcements of ordinations, assignments, releases, and related matters affecting the clergy of the Orthodox Church in America, as issued by the Office of the Chancellor, Archpriest Alexander Rentel — are now…

The stavropegial seminaries of the Orthodox Church in America, Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, located in Crestwood, NY and Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, located in South Canaan, PA, held commencement exercises marking the end of the academic year. Both…

The Diocese of the Midwest, the Archdiocese of Western Pennsylvania and the Bulgarian Diocese announced today that the Parish Development Forum will be held online Friday July 16. Registration will begin in mid-June. “While many regions are lifting COVID mandates it seems most effective…

The 14th Annual Diaconal Liturgical Practicum of the Orthodox Church in America’s Diaconal Vocations Program [DVP] will be held at Saint Seraphim of Sarov Cathedral, Santa Rosa, CA July 26-29, 2021. This year’s program once again will offer intense practical liturgical training for…

From Tuesday, May 18, to Friday, May 21, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America met under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon for its Regular 2021 Spring Session at the Dormition of the Mother of God Monastery in Rives Junction, MI. This was the first…

The pandemic is almost over; parishioners are coming back to Church. But will it be “business as usual” for your parish? Or will you use this “coming back” as a springboard to new and wonderful things for your community? Protodeacon Peter Danilchick, a student and frequent invited…

Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary announced openings for two full-time positions at the seminary. First, a rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor of Dogmatic/Systematic Theology within the Seminary’s Master of Divinity (M.Div.) Program, with a starting date of 1…