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Kansas City Area Lenten Services Schedule CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Orthodox Christians in the Kansas City area will be gathering together for a series of Sunday evening Lenten Mission Services.  Each service will be followed by a Lenten dinner.  All services begin at 5:00 p.m. Monday, March 18 — Clean Monday Retreat, St. […]

Twin Cities Lenten Services Schedule CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — The Minnesota Eastern Orthodox Christian Clergy Association will host its traditional series of Sunday evening services during Great Lent, which begins Monday, March 18, 2013. Each service will begin at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, March 24 — Orthodox Sunday — Vespers, St. Mary OCA Cathedral,

  CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications/OCCA] — A concert of sacred music to benefit Petr Gudkov, a soloist with the Sretensky Choir battling Stage IV Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, will be held at Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, 5701 North Redwood Drive, Chicago, IL on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. The concert, which is being

UPDATED: Chicago Deanery Lenten Services Schedule CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — The Chicago Deanery will host its traditional series of Sunday evening services during Great Lent, which begins Monday, March 18, 2013. Each service will begin at 6:00 p.m.  and will feature a sermon on the Beatitudes, as recorded by Saint Luke.  A lenten

CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Following trials with two Old Testament class groups and multiple locations, the Midwest Diocesan Catechist and Diaconal Vocations Program will now offer participation in larger classes through internet connection for those who do not have a local cadre of fellow students, or who do not have a local instructor.

Holy Trinity Cathedral’s Annual Yolka A Hit! CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — The children of Holy Trinity Cathedral’s Church school presented their annual Christmas Yolka on Sunday, January 6, 2013 to the delight of their parish and immediate families. This year, two of the older children served as narrators, telling the story of the

CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] – The Midwest Diocesan Catechist and Diaconal Vocations Program sponsored a very beneficial diaconal practicum which was held at the Diocesan Center on January 3-4 led by Archdeacon Kirill Sokolov. Archdeacon Kirill has developed a very thorough and detailed instruction in the dynamics of diaconal liturgical service. Fr. Elijah Mueller

CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] – Any and all Orthodox youth faithful are invited to join us at Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, 1121 N Leavitt St, Chicago, for a Lenten Retreat on April 6, 2013. A printable flyer with more Retreat details can be found here. Memorial Saturday Liturgy will begin at 9:30 a.m.  There will

  ELMHURST, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Youth representing Orthodox Christian parishes throughout the Chicago area will be gathering at Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, 893 Church Road, Elmhurst, IL on Saturday, March 9, 2013 for the first folk jam sponsored by the Orthodox Christian Coalition for Healthy Youth [OCCHY]. “OCCHY’s ‘Folk Jam for Healthy

Metropolitan Tikhon to be enthroned January 26-27; service, banquet plans announced SYOSSET, NY [OCA] — Plans have been finalized for the enthronement of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon as Primate of the Orthodox Church in America at Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Washington, DC, on the weekend of January 26-27, 2013. On Saturday, January 26, the Vigil will