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Chicago-area alumni, friends of St. Vladimir’s Seminary invited to Bright Friday gathering  WHEATON, IL [MW Diocese Communications/SVOTS] — Alumni and friends of Saint Vladimir’s Seminary, Crestwood, NY, are invited to attend a fellowship dinner at Saint Joseph Church, 412 Crescent Street, Wheaton, IL on Bright Friday, April 20, at 7:00 p.m. Archpriest Alexander Rentel, Professor […]

Detroit site of “urban mission” retreat June 20-24, 2012 DETROIT, MI [MW Diocese Communications] — Saint Raphael of Brooklyn Church here, a parish of the Orthodox Church in America’s Romanian Episcopate, will host a hands-on urban missionary retreat June 20-24, 2012. The retreat, geared to high school and college students and adults, will focus on

Archimandrite Meletios to deliver lecture in Chicago April 28CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Archimandrite Meletios Webber, Abbot of the Orthodox Church in America’s Monastery of Saint John of San Francisco, Manton, CA, will deliver a lecture at Saint Andrew Greek Orthodox Church, 5649 North Sheridan Rd., Chicago, on Saturday, April 28, at 3:00 p.m. The

Cleveland site of April 29 dinner to benefit Hogar Rafael AyauCLEVELAND, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — His Grace, Bishop Matthias of Chicago and the Midwest and the Friends of the Hogar Rafael Ayau invite the public to the “Walk With Angels Dinner” for the benefit of the orphanage on Sunday, April 29, 2012. The benefit dinner,

2013 Project Mexico Diocesan Mission Trip

Bp. Matthias visits St. Andrew’s in Ohio Sunday, March 4, 2012 His Grace Bishop Matthias was in Cleveland, OH to celebrate the Sunday of Orthodoxy Mission Service in Rocky River.  He celebrated Divine Liturgy at St. Andrew Church in Maple Heights, OH, where Archpriest Emilian Hutnyan, the pastor served along with Fr. Deacon Edward Kolenda

In Memoriam: Matushka Ruth KuchtaJOLIET, IL [MW Diocese Communications UPDATE] — Matushka Ruth Kuchta, 77, fell asleep in the Lord at home, surrounded by her family, after a lengthy illness on the morning of Sunday, March 4, 2012.  She was the beloved wife of Archpriest John Elias Kuchta, retired long-time rector of Saint Nicholas Church

Eastern Orthodox members trying to grow in Jacksonville (Il)For Karen Woods of Jacksonville, attending Divine Liturgy, the primary worship service in the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition, has meant making a 90-minute trek one way to Quincy’s St. Raphael of Brooklyn Mission Church each Sunday. Woods, a convert to Orthodoxy along with her husband, Martin, and

Fr. Thomas Hopko to speak in Chicago areaCHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko, Dean Emeritus of Saint Vladimir’s Seminary, Crestwood, NY, will speak at Saint John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, 2350 East Dempster St., Des Plaines, IL on Friday, March 23, 2012.  The Salutations Service will be celebrated at 7:00 p.m.,

The Diocesan Diaconal Vocations classes are now running in four locations: Chicago, IL; Green Bay, WI; Cincinnati, OH and Detroit, MI area (Livonia). All four class cadres have begun meeting over the last two weekends, with three groups meeting simultaneously with different instructors in Cincinnati, Chicago and Green Bay on Friday the 24th and Saturday