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CLAYTON, WI [MW Diocese Communications] — The Youth Group of Holy Trinity Church here has published a book of original children’s stories. Each story has one or more spiritual lessons, and is followed by discussion questions. Youth Group members presented copies of the books to the Sunday School children and teachers as gifts on …
UPDATED: STOTS faculty members to speak during Great Lent MINNEAPOLIS, MN [MW Diocese Communications] — Three members of the faculty of Saint Tikhon’s Seminary, South Canaan, PA, are slated to speak at lenten gatherings across the Midwest. On Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16, 2013, Archpriest John Kowalczyk will present a lenten retreat at Saint …
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Chicago area iconography workshops/retreats announced ROCKFORD, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Arlene Tilghman, a Chicago-area iconographer, will be conducting two iconography workshop/retreats at the Bishop Lane Retreat Center here June 23-29 and October 20-26, 2013. Participants in the workshops, hosted by Chicago’s All Saints Antiochian Orthodox Church, will complete an icon based on skill level. No …
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Georgian Choir to begin US tour in Minneapolis April 3 MINNEAPOLIS, MN [MW Diocese Communications] — The Zedashe Ensemble will open its 2013 US tour with a concert of traditional Georgian Orthodox sacred music at Saint Mary Cathedral, 1701 Fifth Street Northeast, Minneapolis, MN, on Wednesday, April 3 at 7:30 pm. Following a number of workshops and concerts …
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LAWRENCE, KS [OCA] — The mission recently hosted a visit by Priest Christopher Foley from Holy Cross Mission, High Point, NC—itself a former Planting Grant recipient. He visited on behalf of the OCA’s Department of Missions and Evangelization to encourage the faithful in their growth and offer presentations on life in a mission parish. Priest …
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Metropolitan Tikhon presides at Diocesan Council meeting CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, presided at the meeting of the Diocesan Council of the Diocese of the Midwest at Christ the Savior Church here on Tuesday, February 19, 2013. Also attending the meeting were His Grace, Bishop Melchisedek of Pittsburgh and …
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LIVONIA, MI [MW Diocese Communications] — The Mariam Center, located on the campus of Saint Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church here, will be hosting a Parenting Seminar on March 2, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The public is welcome. The keynote speaker is Dr. John Chirban, a well-known Orthodox Christian expert and author of …
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College, young adult lenten retreat to be held in Wisconsin April 5-7 KANSASVILLE, WI [MW Diocese Communications] — Saint Iakovos Retreat Center here will be the site of a lenten retreat for college students, young adults, and Orthodox Christian Fellowship [OCF] members from Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois April 5-7, 2013. Priest Marc Boulos, pastor of …
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Dr. Bradley Nassif to lecture at St. Nicholas Church, Kenosha, WI KENOSHA, WI [MW Diocese Communications] — Dr. Bradley Nassif, professor of theology, spirituality and the Bible at North Park University, Chicago, will be the featured speaker at Saint Nicholas Church, 4313 18th Avenue, Kenosha, WI on Saturday, April 6, 2013. The afternoon will begin at …
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Revised Detroit Area Lenten Service Schedule DETROIT, MI [COCC] — The Council of Orthodox Christian Churches of Metropolitan Detroit (COCC) will observe the first Sunday of Great Lent with a service of Great Vespers March 24, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 707 E. Lafayette Blvd., in the city’s Greektown district. The service …
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