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Music Festival Ministry Attends Audiofeed CHAMPAIGN, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — On July 5-6, 2013, Priest Joel Weir, Rector of Saint Stephen the First Martyr Church, Crawfordsville, IN, and Stephen Wendland, a member of Christ the Savior-Holy Spirit Church, Cincinnati, OH, attended the Audiofeed Music Festival here. “Attendance at the inaugural year for Audiofeed — …
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“SOS!” August is Support Our Seminarians Month! Your generosity will go a long way to aid our growing number of diocesan seminarians and their families! CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — In a letter dated August 1, 2013, Archpriest John Zdinak, Chancellor, calls upon the faithful of the Diocese of the Midwest to rally in …
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St. Gregory of Nyssa in Columbus, OH announces expansion campaign COLUMBUS, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — On Sunday, June 9, 2013, Saint Gregory of Nyssa Orthodox Church here began its church expansion campaign, “Adding To The Church.” The name, derived from the verse in the book of Acts, reflects the continuing outreach the Columbus, Ohio …
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Detroit’s SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral celebrates feastday with Garden Party Celebration DETROIT, MI [MW Diocese Communications] — On the Feast of Saint Peter and Paul, a festive celebration was held at Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral here — a Garden Party! The cathedral was blessed to receive a grant from the Diocese of the …
Bishop Alexander to lecture at Toledo cathedral ROSSFORD, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — His Grace, Bishop Alexander of Toledo and the Bulgarian Diocese, Locum Tenens of the See of Chicago and the Midwest, will deliver the Fifth Annual Saints Cyril and Methodius Lecture on Growth and Evangelism at Saint George Cathedral, 738 Glenwood Road, Rossford, …
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Indianapolis site of fundraiser for OCMC missionaries INDIANAPOLIS, IN [MW Diocese Communications] — Saint Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church, 855 March Road, Indianapolis, will be the site of a social on May 18, 2013 to raise funds to send Jen and Chris Moore on an Orthodox Christian Mission Center mission trip to Mongolia. The Moores are …
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Registration open for summer 2013 Parish Ministries Conference ARLINGTON, VA — Registration is now open for “Faith in Action: Equipping the Saints for Worship, Learning and Service,” a parish ministries conference slated to be held on the campus of Marymount University, Arlington, VA July 10-13, 2013. The conference builds upon a similar OCA-sponsored gathering held …
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Diocesan Chancellor addresses clergy, diocesan and parish councils CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — In a letter dated April 17, 2013, Archpriest John Zdinak, Chancellor of the Diocese of the Midwest, updated parish clergy and members of the diocesan and parish councils on a number of matters. The text of Father John’s letter, which is …
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Metropolitan Tikhon, Bishop Matthias address clergy, faithful of the Diocese of the Midwest CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — In two separate letters dated Sunday, April 14, 2013, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon and His Grace, Bishop Matthias addressed the clergy and faithful of the Diocese of the Midwest with regard to recent events. “After a great …
SUMMIT, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — A new Holy Shroud [plaschanitsa, epitaphios] and iconostasis icon of the Mystical Supper were blessed at the conclusion of the Deanery Lenten Vespers at Saint Panteleimon Church here Sunday, April 7, 2013. Priest Herman Kincaid, Chicago Dean and rector of Saints Peter and Paul Church, Burr Ridge, IL, presided at the …
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