Why? Archpriest Timothy Sawchak I first met Paul Gassios in the fall of 1991. I was starting my second year at St. Vladimir Seminary and he was a new student. We lived next door to each other, and thus began our bond of mundane things like “Seinfeld,” and most importantly, our journey in Christ as […]
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Lord, how we Loved our Dear Friend and Spiritual Shepherd Archpriest Daniel Rentel The Archbishop, then known as Paul Gassios, first became known to my wife and me as one of the student singers in the traveling Octet from St. Vladimir’s in the early Nineties of the last century. He was one year ahead of
SYOSSET, NY [OCA] Online Registration is now open for the 2022 Parish Development Forum, to be held from 10:00 AM EDT to 5:15 PM on Friday June 17. The Forum is co-sponsored by the Orthodox Church in America’s Archdiocese of Western Pennsylvania, the Diocese of the Midwest and the Bulgarian Diocese. “While we hope to return to in-person Forums in coming
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CHICAGO, IL [DOM] – On the great feast of Ascension, June 2, the Diocese of the Midwest will be marking the 40th day since the repose of His Eminence Archbishop Paul. To commemorate the occasion, His Grace Bishop Daniel will preside over services at the Diocesan Cathedral, Holy Trinity Cathedral. Divine Liturgy for the feast
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PITTSBURGH, PA [FOCUS/DOM] –The Fellowship of Orthodox Christians United to Serve (FOCUS) has announced that they are looking for a full-time Center Director at St. Herman House – FOCUS Cleveland. FOCUS is united in faith and joined by a desire to provide solutions to poverty across America, according to their mission statement. Mr. Kenneth D.
BURBANK, IL [DOM] – On Monday, May 16, 2022, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, reposed in the Lord, in a New York City hospital. His Grace Bishop Daniel of Santa Rosa and Locum Tenens of the Diocese of the Midwest
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BURBANK, IL [DOM] – May 14 marks the anniversary of the repose of Metropolitan Leonty (Turkevich) in 1965. 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 Orthodox
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The 2022 Diaconal Liturgical Practicum of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) will be held June 21–24, 2022 on the campus of St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, NY. The four-day program will offer intense practical liturgical training for deacons and lay diaconal candidates. In addition to liturgical practice, sessions will also cover chanting and vocal technique and
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NIANGUA, MO [DOM] – Holy Resurrection Monastery, in Niangua, MO welcomed – for the 3rd time this year – a mission team of eight individuals from St. Luke the Evangelist Orthodox Church, Palos Hills, IL and the St. John Kochurov Chapel, New Lenox, IL. Working May 2 – 6 at the monastery, the
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OCA [SYOSSET, NY] With the vast number of registrants for the Orthodox Church in America’s upcoming 20th All-American Council, the entire block of reserved rooms at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor is now fully booked. The Preconciliar Commission has engaged the Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards for the overflow registration. The Baltimore Marriott is conveniently located across the