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Detroit’s Holy Trinity Church to celebrate centennial October 3-4 DETROIT, MI [MW Diocese Communications] — His Grace, Bishop Paul of Chicago and the Midwest will join Archpriest Lev Kopistiansky and the faithful of Holy Trinity Church here for the celebration of their parish’s centennial October 3-4, 2015. The weekend will begin on Saturday with the […]

“SOS!”  September is “Support Our Seminarians” Month! CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — In a letter dated September 1, 2015, His Grace, Bishop Paul, calls upon the faithful to rally in support of the growing number of diocesan seminarians — many of whom are married with children — during the month of September, which every

Iconography blessed at Chicago’s Christ the Savior Church CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communication] — On Sunday, August 16, 2015, a large “pan-Orthodox” crowd of faithful filled Christ the Savior Church here to celebrate the blessing of the temple’s recently completed interior iconography. Priest John Baker celebrated a Molieben of Thanksgiving after the Divine Liturgy and

Church School and Sisterhood Combine Efforts to End Childhood Hunger in Chicago CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — The Church School and Saints Martha and Mary Sisterhood of Holy Trinity Cathedral here will host a bake sale to benefit “No Kid Hungry” on Saturday, August 29, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and on

Annual Parish Reports due September 15 CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — In a memo signed by Philip Sokolov of the Diocese of the Midwest Chancery dated August 19, 2015, all parish rectors and priests-in-charge were asked to submit their Annual Parish Reports no later than September 15. The report form, which is available on-line

Applications for Parish Development Grants now being accepted CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Applications are now being accepted by the Department of Mission and Parish Development of the Diocese of the Midwest for Parish Development Grants for the coming year. The popular grant program was recently revived with the blessing of His Grace, Bishop

OCCHY-Chicago to spearhead National Red Ribbon Week October 23-31 CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Chicago’s Orthodox Christian Coalition for Healthy Youth [OCCHY] recently announced that it will spearhead the National Red Ribbon Week youth campaign, aimed at raising awareness against the use of drugs and related substances, October 23-31, 2015. “This year’s theme is

CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — In a letter from His Grace, Bishop Paul, addressed to all rectors and priests-in-charge of parishes in the Diocese of the Midwest and dated August 17, 2015, it was announced that “in response to questions and concerns which were raised at our recent Clergy Convocation, the Office for Review

Chicago’s Christ the Savior Church announces blessing of completed iconography CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Priest John Baker and the faithful of Christ the Savior Church, 927 North LaSalle Boulevard, Chicago extend an invitation to area faithful to join them as they celebrate the blessing of their temple’s interior iconography on the weekend of

UPDATED In Memoriam: Archpriest Thomas Succarotte COLLINSVILLE, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Archpriest Thomas Succarotte, who was attached in retirement to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary Church, Madison, IL, feel asleep in the Lord on Saturday, August 8, 2015. Born in Wilmington, DE on September 16, 1944, a son of the late Francis and