Author name: Fr. Alexander Koranda

SYOSSET, NY [OCA] – The burial services for the departed former Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor), will be live-streamed from Saint John the Baptist Orthodox Church in Canonsburg, PA via the OCAa’s YouTube and Facebook pages. All live streams will also be available at oca.org/live. A Panikhida will be celebrated on Wednesday, October 21 at 7:00 […]

SYOSSET, NY [OCA] – In Of What Life Do We Speak?, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon speaks of vocation as part of the first of the four pillars for the fulfillment of the apostolic work of the Church. He notes that “The pastoral ministry of our clergy has been made more difficult by the many burdens and requirements placed

BURBANK, IL [DOM Communications] – His Eminence Archbishop Paul calls the clergy and faithful of the diocese to pray for the Armenian Church whose country is currently under attack. In a letter sent to Archbishop Paul, Bishop Daniel Findikyan, Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church in America, stated: “Armenian faithful across the

BURBANK, IL [DOM Communications] – This past week, His Eminence Archbishop David of Sitka and Alaska made an announcement about his recent  diagnosis of renal cancer. His Eminence made a formal announcement to his diocese on October 5th stating, “I have been diagnosed with renal cancer and will be receiving care in Indiana in the coming

BURBANK, IL [DOM Communications/Orthodox Journey] – Responding to the needs of parish communities across North America during the COVID-19 pandemic, Orthodox Journeys, a small business run by a team of Orthodox faithful, is creating church school lessons for use by parishes. “Our lessons are scripture based, exploring the riches and beauty of our Orthodox Christian faith,”