03/28 - St. Tikhon's Seminary Board of Trustees meets

SOUTH CANAAN, PA [STOTS] -- His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, presided over the winter meeting of the Board of Trustees of St. Tikhon's Seminary in South Canaan, PA, March 19-20, 2009.

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03/27 - Fr. Michael Tassos to step down as OCA Treasurer

SYOSSET, NY [OCA Communications] -- Priest Michael Tassos has requested a blessing from His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah to be relieved of his assignment as Treasurer of the Orthodox Church in America, effective June 1, 2009. His request is due to personal, family considerations that make a move to the East Coast impossible at this time.

"His Beatitude has reluctantly agreed t...

03/25 - Register for St. Vladimir's Seminary's spring and summer 2009 upcoming events

YONKERS, NY [St. Vladimir's Seminary] -- In spring and summer 2009, St. Vladimir's Seminary (SVS) will host several events for the public, in keeping with its commitment to outreach, evangelism, and service to the faithful. The seminary invites the public to register for upcoming retreats, conferences, and workshops, and to make SVS their home for a day…or more.

03/25 - Pittsburgh Archdiocesan Council meets with Metropolitan Jonah, Bishop Tikhon

ALLISON PARK, PA [OCA Communcations] -- The Archdiocesan Council of the Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania met with His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, and His Grace, Bishop Tikhon, Bishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, Locum Tenens of the Archdiocese, after the celebration of Lenten Vespers at St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral h...

03/23 - IOCC: Combating the 'Silent Killers' Among Syria's Iraqi Refugees

ALEPPO, SYRIA [IOCC] -- On a rainy evening in this ancient city famed for its pistachios and historic mosques and churches, 120 Iraqi refugees gather in a church's basement to learn about the "silent killers" of their community: diabetes and high blood pressure. The prevalence of both diseases is rising among the estimated one million Iraqis who have fled to Syria from Iraq since 2003....

03/22 - His Eminence, Archbishop Dmitri announces request to be granted retirement

SYOSSET, NY [OCA Communications] -- The following announcement from His Eminence, Archbishop Dmitri of Dallas and the South was received at the OCA Chancery, today:

Diocese of the South
Orthodox Church in America
P.O. Box 191109
Dallas, Texas 75219
(214) 522-4149

March 22, 2009 Sunday of the Cross

To the...

03/20 - Orthodox Church in America represented at Inter-Orthodox Consultation in Sofia, Bulgaria

SOFIA, BULGARIA [OCA Communications] -- Priest Alexander Rentel, Assistant Professor of Canon Law and Byzantine Studies at St. Vlad...

03/20 - St Vladimir's Seminary and OCA Diaconal Vocations Program announce third-annual summer liturgical practicum

YONKERS, NY [SVS/OCA Communications] -- Intense liturgical training is the focus of a 4-day program to be held June 14-17, 2009, on the campus of St. Vladimir's Seminary.

Practical liturgical training for deacons and lay diaconal candidates will be supported by daily celebration of the Divine Liturgy and other divine services by participants with seminary clergy. In addition to...

03/18 - OCA Department of Institutional Chaplaincies represented at "Spiritual Care Collaborative Summit '09"

ORLANDO, FL [OCA Dept. Of Institutional Chaplaincy] -- An historical "first" happened within the expanding group of institutional chaplains during the "Spiritual Care Collaborative Summit '09," held here February 1 to 4, 2009. The focus of this summit was, " Health and Hope: The Hard Reality of Living Intentionally in a Village of Care." The gathering of at least six different credenti...

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