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November 20, 2024 — Forefeast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos

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November 15, 2024

Five Retreats for Widows of Clergy Available Online

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA]

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Over the course of the past two years, the Clergy Wives Advisory Group (CWAG) of the Office of Pastoral Life (OPL) has sponsored five online retreats for widows of clergy of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). The retreats have been edited for the privacy of participants’ discussions, and are now available online: ...

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  • November 14, 2024

    Divine Hymnody: Theology Set to Music

  • November 13, 2024

    Holy Synod Meets for its Regular Fall 2024 Session

  • November 12, 2024

    1917-18 Diaries of Metropolitan Leonty Published in Russia

  • November 6, 2024

    Strengthening Clergy Brotherhood Through In-Person Retreats:  The Value of Gathering Bishops and Parish Priests

  • November 4, 2024

    OCA Delegate at National Council of Churches Annual Christian Unity Gathering

  • November 1, 2024

    His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Attends Diocese of the South Assembly

  • October 31, 2024

    Steward Sunday: Thriving in Ministry Program for Parish Priests and Clergy Wives

  • October 25, 2024

    Canonical Procedures Conference Held in Burr Ridge, IL

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Repose of Ven. and God-bearing Father Herman, Wonderworker of Alaska and Equal to the Apostles


In Memoriam

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Archpriest Michael Evans

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Monk Nicodemus (Kentop)

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Archpriest Dionysius Swencki

October 15

Archpriest Peter Telencio

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November 6, 2024 Videos

2024 Holy Synod Fall Session - Day 2

On the second day of the Autumn Session of the Holy Synod of Bishops, the Divine Liturgy was…


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2024 Holy Synod Fall Session - Day 1

On Tuesday, November 5, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon opened the Autumn Session of the Holy Synod…


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