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Chicago’s Wright College to offer courses taught by diocesan priest CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Wright College of the City Colleges of Chicago will offer 16-week courses in the Old and New Testaments, Introduction to Religious Studies, and Humanities taught by Archpriest Elijah Mueller of Saint Makarios Mission, Hyde Park/Chicago, this fall.  The deadline […]

Chicago Pan-Orthodox Choir to host full-day Master Class for male voices October 1 BURR RIDGE, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Saint Peter and Saint Paul Church here will be the site of a Master Class for male voices on Saturday, October 1, 2016.  All Orthodox Christian singers, chanters, clergy and choir directors are invited to

Chicago site of 90th FOCA national convention, first “youth council” CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications/ FOCA] — Members and friends of the Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in America [FOCA] from around the country gathered at the Loews Hotel in suburban Rosemont, IL to celebrate the organization’s 90th annual national convention July 22-25, 2016. Presiding over

Holy Trinity Church, St. Paul, MN celebrates 100th Anniversary ST. PAUL, MN [MW Diocese Communications] — Holy Trinity parish, Saint Paul, MN, celebrated its 100th anniversary the weekend of July 16-17, 2016.  The celebration opened with an unexpected blessing as before Vespers on Saturday, parishioner Mike Lotti presented the parish with a beautiful icon of

St. Innocent Church, Olmsted Falls, OH to sponsor program with Dr. Albert Rossi OLMSTED FALLS, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — Dr. Albert S. Rossi, Director of Counseling and Psychological Services and resident clinical psychologist at Saint Vladimir’s Seminary, Yonkers, NY, will offer a presentation at Saint Innocent Church here from 1:00 until 4:30 p.m. Saturday,

Bishop Paul guest of Russian Church for Feast of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — From July 4 through 12, 2016, His Grace, Bishop Paul was among the guests of the Russian Orthodox Church who celebrated the Feast of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God

Register for 55th Diocesan Assembly by September 1 LANSING, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — With the blessing of His Grace, Bishop Paul, the 55th Assembly of the Diocese of the Midwest will take place on the campus of Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church, 1500 189th Street, Lansing, IL on Tuesday, October 11, 2016.  Meetings and

Revised parish bylaws to be presented at October 2016 Diocesan Assembly CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — In a letter to all rectors and parish council members dated July 12, 2016, Archpriest John Zdinak, Chancellor of the Diocese of the Midwest, announced that the task force charged with revising the diocese’s “Standard Parish Bylaws” has

Small Parish Forum attracts over 50 participants CANTON, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — Fifty-four individuals representing parishes from five dioceses of the Orthodox Church in America, as well as the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, participated in the Small Parish Forum at Holy Assumption Church

Phase 3 of background check program to focus on those who work with youth CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — In a letter to all rectors and parishes dated July 11, 2016, His Grace, Bishop Paul announced that the third and final phase of the implementation of the Policies and Procedures of Sexual Misconduct for