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Chicago Deanery announces Sunday evening Lenten Vespers schedule CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Archpriest Thomas Mueller, Dean of the Chicago Deanery, recently announced the deanery’s schedule of Sunday evening Lenten Vespers and homilists. All services are slated to begin at 6:00 p.m.  Lenten fellowship will follow each service. Sunday, March 27: Christ the Savior …

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Bishop Paul visits Archangel Michael Church, Burbank, IL Photo Credit:  Matushka Ksenia Bruner BURBANK, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — On Wednesday evening, March 16, 2016, His Grace, Bishop Paul received a warm welcome from Priest Gregory Bruner and the faithful of Archangel Michael Church here as he celebrated the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. Joining …

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Bishop Paul presents $31K check to OCMC to buy motorbikes for Kenyan clergy DES PLAINES, IL [OCA] — At a pre-lenten Mission Team Chicago dinner at Saint John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church here on Thursday, March 10, 2016, His Grace, Bishop Paul presented a check for $31,128.50 to Priest Martin Ritsi, Executive Director of …

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Five bishops bless new ZOE House in Parma, OH PARMA, OH [ZOE for Life] — Five Orthodox hierarchs blessed ZOE for Life’s new ZOE House at 5454 State Road, Parma, OH during its open house on Friday, March 4, 2016. “It’s an honor to have you here with us,” Paula Kappos, president of ZOE for …

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90th FOCA Convention to be held in Chicago July 22-25, 2016 CHICAGO, IL [FOCA Communications] — The 90th Annual Convention of the Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in America [FOCA] will be held at Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel in suburban Rosemont July 22-25, 2016. All Orthodox Christians — current and former FOCA members as well as …

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Bishop Paul, STOTS choir, visit St. John Church, Campbell, OH CAMPBELL, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — Archpriest Andrew D. Nelko and the faithful of Saint John the Baptist Church here welcomed His Grace, Bishop Paul during his archpastoral visit on the weekend of February 12-14, 2016. Archpriest Dr. Steven Voytovich, Dean of Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox …

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Second Liturgical Practicum to be held at Chicago’s Holy Trinity Cathedral March 12 CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — The second in a series of Diaconal/Subdiaconal Liturgical Practicums will be held at Holy Trinity Cathedral here on Saturday, March 12, 2016.  The sessions, at which His Grace, Bishop Paul will be present, will begin at …

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In Memoriam:  Stephen J. Platko JOLIET, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Stephen J. Platko, longtime choir director at Saint Nicholas Church here, fell asleep in the Lord suddenly on Tuesday, March 1, 2016. Born September 2, 1938 in Joliet, IL and a lifelong member of the parish, he served as choir director for 50 years …

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Paula Kappos, left, ZOE for Life President, and Kathleen Kovalak, Executive Director, in front of the new ZOE House. (Photo by Erin Musarra) PARMA, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — His Grace, Bishop Paul of Chicago and the Midwest will be one of five hierarchs who will bless the new ZOE House of ZOE for Life …

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CANTON, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — The Diocese of the Midwest and the Archdiocese of Western Pennsylvania recently announced that the third annual Small Parish Forum will be held at Holy Assumption Church, Canton, OH July 14-16, 2016. The Forum will focus on specific parish situations common to the numerous “small” parishes throughout the Orthodox …

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