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The Office of Pastoral Life is pleased to announce the December Pastoral Life Synaxis for the beloved clergy of the Orthodox Church in America on Tuesday, December 14th at 2:00 pm EST.  His Grace Bishop Gerasim of Fort Worth and Auxiliary to the Diocese of the South will give the opening…

On November 22, 2021, His Grace Bishop Alexis of Bethesda, Locum Tenens of Sitka and Alaska returned from his visit to Russia. The visit spanned nine days and strengthened the relations between the Orthodox Church in America and the Moscow Patriarchate. After arriving in Moscow, on…

“It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to Thy name, O Most High” (Ps 91/92:1). To the Clergy, Monastics, and Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, Dear Beloved Children in the Lord, On the civil holiday of Thanksgiving Day, celebrated in the United States today…

During Thanksgiving week this year, three great saints of the Orthodox Church are remembered:  Saint Alexander Nevsky (Nov. 23), Greatmartyr Catherine (Nov. 24) and Saint Clement of Ochrid (Nov. 25).  Gather the family during the holiday to learn more about these three with materials…

In celebration of his landmark, multi-volume Jesus Christ: His Life and Teaching (SVS Press), Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary hosted the author, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev), and several noted biblical scholars at the two-day event, Searching the Scriptures.…

On Saturday and Sunday, Nov 13-14, 2021, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon traveled to Saint Tikhon’s Monastery to welcome His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church. His Eminence visited Saint…

The August, September, and October “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…

“I have said this to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world” (Jn 16:33). To the Clergy, Monastics, and Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ…

“I have said this to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world” (Jn 16:33). To the Clergy, Monastics, and Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ…

The Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in America is coordinating a “virtual” Christmas concert to be streamed live via YouTube on Sunday, December 26th, 2021. All Pastors and Parish Choirs are invited to participate LIVE via Zoom or by sending in a pre-recorded video including a…

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon has directed that Sunday, November 14, 2021 be designated as Stewards of the OCA Sunday. On this Sunday, we ask each parish to help financially support the work of the Orthodox Church in America especially through its departments, offices, and boards by…

On October 10th, 2021, Thriving in Ministry [TiM] hosted its annual facilitators retreat and workshop at the Antiochian Village Conference Center in Bolivar, Pennsylvania.  Sixteen facilitators and board members gathered together from Sunday evening until Tuesday noon for workshops,…

The Department of Evangelization of the Orthodox Church in America has made 8 more free printable brochures available for download. The newest titles are topics dealing with Love and Perfection, and Christmas and Theophany. The remainder of the pamphlets in the series will be updated in the…

The Orthodox Church in America’s Advisory Group to Clergy Wives is hosting an online retreat on October 30 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Eastern Time). The speaker is Father Sean Levine and the title is The Stress of Ministry Part II: The Way We Think, The Stories We Tell, and What We Can Do…

The Holy Synod of Bishops and Metropolitan Council of the Orthodox Church in America convened at the Sheraton Cleveland Airport Hotel in Cleveland, OH for their regular Fall Sessions, respectively on October 21 and October 18-19. On Wednesday and Thursday, October 20-21, the Holy Synod…

The National Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in America will be hosting three upcoming virtual events: A Virtual National Youth Retreat and Tour of Saint Tikhon’s Monastery, November 26, 2021, hosted by Archimandrite Sergius and the Monastery Brotherhood.  ...

The Department of Continuing Education continues its “Third Thursday” series on the Zoom platform, tonight at 7:00. Father Nicholas Hubbard will speak on “Financial Stewardship: Opportunities for Giving.” A Q&A session will follow. Advance registration is not required. You may join…

Registration is now open for the November retreat of the Saint Tikhon’s Monastery Music Program. The retreat will begin with a presentation of the fundamental principles of vocalization, including a sequence breathing and warm-up exercises that singers can take home to use in their routine…

Bringing to a close an initial round of prayerful consideration, which began shortly after the repose of the ever-memorable Archbishop Nikon in 2019, the Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese has inaugurated a new period of reflection and recruitment in its search for a bishop. Proposed and…

The 2022 Desk Calendar of the Orthodox Church in America is currently in print and is now also fully available in PDF format (Single Page view; Double Page view). Complimentary copies, once again, are being sent to all priests and deacons—assigned, attached, and retired—as well as…