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Clergy Wives Pre-Lenten Retreat, Saturday, February 4

CHICAGO, IL [DOM] – The Clergy Wives Advisory Group is hosting a Pre-Lenten online retreat.  The presentation will be composed of a Pan-Orthodox panel and will address health and nutrition for the Lenten season. This online event has been opened up to clergy wives of all jurisdictions. Registration is required so that appropriate accommodations are […]

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Register now for Chicago Deanery Winter Camp, February 18-20

EAST TROY, WI [DOM] — The Edwards YMCA Camp here once again will be the site of the Chicago Deanery’s Winter Camp, which begins on Saturday, February 18 and runs through Monday, February 20, 2023. The camp is open to all youth ages 11 through 18.  The program will include sledding, skating, tubing, cross-country skiing,

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Local Hierarchs of Chicago Celebrate the Feast of St. Stephen

DES PLAINES, IL [DOM] – His Eminence Archbishop Daniel of Chicago and the Diocese of the Midwest concelebrated with local hierarchs to commemorate the Frist Martyr Stephen on January 9, 2023. His Eminence Archbishop Peter Chicago and Mid America invited Archbishop Daniel to celebrate this feast and to welcome the miraculous Kurst Root Icon. The

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St. George Cathedral Welcomes Diocesan Hierarch for Feast

CHICAGO, IL [DOM] – On January 7, 2023, His Eminence Archbishop Daniel of Chicago and the Diocese of the Midwest celebrated the Nativity of the Lord, Julian Calendar, at St. George Cathedral, Chicago, IL. Priest Nicolai Lochmatow, Acting Rector, Archpriest Tarasiy Maxim, and Deacon Paul Garklavs joined the Archbishop in the celebration of the feast.

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Diocesan Seminarians Ordained on Holy Theophany

CHICAGO, IL [DOM] – The Diocese of the Midwest saw two of its seminarians ordained this past week at the Diocesan Cathedral, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Chicago, IL. During the Great Feast of Theophany, His Eminence Archbishop Daniel, Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest, presided over the divine services ordaining two students to the priesthood and

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Diocese of the Midwest Represented at OCF Conference

KANSASVILLE, WI [DOM] – December 27 – 30, 2022, the Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) held its national college conference, in which the Diocese of the Midwest had a sizable presence. The annual conference brings Orthodox Christians who are college students together from all over the country. The conference was held in two locations, Antiochian Village,

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Overland Park, KS Community Visits Archbishop at Diocesan Cathedral

CHICAGO, IL [DOM] – The second day of the new year saw pilgrims from Holy Trinity Church, Overland Park, KS arrive in Chicago for a visit with their Archpastor. His Eminence Archbishop Daniel of Chicago and the Midwest and Priest Alexander Koranda, Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral, welcomed Archpriest Timothy Sawchak, Rector of Holy Trinity

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ARCHPASTORAL MESSAGE OF THE MOST REVEREND DANIEL ON THE FEAST OF PENECOST

ARCHPASTORAL MESSAGE OF THE MOST REVEREND DANIEL Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest on the Fest of Holy Pentecost – June 4, 2023 to the Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy, Esteemed Monastics, and God-loving Faithful of the Diocese of Chicago and the Midwest Beloved Sons and Daughters, On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit

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