Author name: Fr. Alexander Koranda

Registration Opens for 2024 Parish Development Forum in Broadview Heights, OH

BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, OH [OCA] – Registration is now open for the 2024 Parish Development Forum, to be held from 1:00 PM EDT on Tuesday July 9 throug h noon on Thursday July 11. Host site for the Forum is Archangel Michael Orthodox Church, Broadview Heights, OH.  The Forum is co-sponsored by the Orthodox Church in America’s Archdiocese of Western […]

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Remembering Metropolitan Leonty, an Archpastor of the Midwest

CHICAGO, IL [DOM] – May 14, marked the marks the 59th anniversary of the repose of Metropolitan Leonty (Turkevich).  He dedicated nearly 60 years of his life to priestly and episcopal service to the Church in America and was hierarch of the Diocese of the Midwest from 1933-1950, before his election as Primate of  the

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Admissions Season 2024 Closing Soon—Apply for D.Min. 2027 Cohort, Masters Programs

YONKERS, NY [SVS] – Apply for the Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) at St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary! In order to accommodate Holy Week and Pascha, the application deadline for the D.Min. program has been extended to June 1, 2024. The Doctor of Ministry program is welcoming applications for its 2027 cohort, to begin classes in Fall 2024.

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ARCHPASTORAL GREETINGS TO THE NEWLY-ILLUMINED SERVANTS OF GOD IN THE PARISHES OF THE GOD-PROTECTED DIOCESE OF CHICAGO AND THE MIDWEST

ARCHPASTORAL GREETINGS TO THE NEWLY-ILLUMINED SERVANTS OF GOD IN THE PARISHES OF THE GOD-PROTECTED DIOCESE OF CHICAGO AND THE MIDWEST BRIGHT FRIDAY COMMEMORATION OF THE LIFE-GIVING SPRING – MAY 10, 2024   Beloved Sons and Daughters in Christ, CHRIST IS RISEN!  INDEED HE IS RISEN! I wish to congratulate you, the Newly-Illumined Orthodox Christians throughout

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Christ is Risen! Archbishop Celebrates Feasts of Feasts

CHICAGO, IL [DOM] – On the great and saving day of the Resurrection of the Lord, Pascha, May 5, His Eminence Archbishop Daniel of Chicago and the Midwest celebrated the festal services at Holy Trinity Cathedral, the Diocesan Cathedral of the Diocese of the Midwest, Chicago, IL. The Archbishop was joined by cathedral clergy, Priest

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Archbishop Daniel Participates in the Consecration of Holy Chrism

SOUTH CANAAN, PA [OCA] – On May 2, 2024, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon consecrated Holy Chrism during the Vesperal Divine Liturgy of Great and Holy Thursday at St. Tikhon’s Monastery, South Canaan, PA. Concelebrating the Vesperal Divine Liturgy with His Beatitude were His Eminence Archbishop Benjamin of San Francisco and the West, His Eminence Archbishop Mark of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, His Eminence

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ARCHPASTORAL MESSAGE OF THE MOST REVEREND DANIEL ARCHBISHOP OF CHICAGO AND THE MIDWEST ON THE BRIGHT AND JOYOUS FEAST OF PASCHA 

ARCHPASTORAL MESSAGE OF THE MOST REVEREND DANIEL ARCHBISHOP OF CHICAGO AND THE MIDWEST ON THE BRIGHT AND JOYOUS FEAST OF PASCHA  – 5  MAY 2024 Beloved Clergy, Monastics, and Faithful of the God-protected Diocese of Chicago and the Midwest: CHRIST IS RISEN! In the darkness of the night between Holy Saturday and Pascha, our diocesan

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