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Parish Health Facilitator Joseph Kormos, with the blessing of His Eminence, Archbishop JOB, today announced that the Parish Health Grant program begun in 2008 will continue in 2009. The Parish Health Grant effort provides stimulus to parishes to begin new ministries or further develop existing parish ministries. In 2008 six parishes or missions received grants. […]

CHICAGO, IL [MW Communications] – His Eminence JOB, Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest unexpectedly fell asleep in the Lord today at 11.25am in Maumee, Ohio. Funeral services for Archbishop Job are as follows:Monday, December 21Place: Christ the Savior Church, 927 N LaSalle Blvd, Chicago, IL 606101- 4 PM Viewing. Body then transported to Holy

CLEVELAND, OH [OCA] — “Equipping the Saints” will be the theme of a parish ministries conference to be hosted by three Orthodox Church in America departments and the Diocese of the Midwest’s Parish Health Ministry on the campus of Baldwin-Wallace College, just minutes from the Cleveland airport, June 27-30, 2010. “The theme is based on Ephesians

CHICAGO, IL [MW Communications] – The Diocesan Council met at Archangel Michael Church in Burbank IL, a southwestern suburb of Chicago, on Tuesday, December 1st for the last of its 2009 semi-annual meetings. After hearing a report from Archbishop Job, receiving updates on Deanery activities, and discussing the ongoing “parish health ministry” initiatives, the assembled

“SOS!”  September is “Support Our Seminarians” Month! 58th Diocesan Assembly to convene October 7-8, 2019 Pilgrimage to Holy Land announced for 2020 In Memoriam:  Archpriest John Matusiak Midwest Diocese to sponsor Pilgrimage to Alaska August 19-25, 2020 Chicago Orthodox Synergy announces 25th Annual Symposium Chicago site of OCAMPR 2019 Conference Vacancy at Saint Stephen the

“SOS!”  September is “Support Our Seminarians” Month! 58th Diocesan Assembly to convene October 7-8, 2019 Pilgrimage to Holy Land announced for 2020 In Memoriam:  Archpriest John Matusiak Midwest Diocese to sponsor Pilgrimage to Alaska August 19-25, 2020 Chicago Orthodox Synergy announces 25th Annual Symposium Chicago site of OCAMPR 2019 Conference Vacancy at Saint Stephen the

KENOSHA, WI [MW Communications] – Several young families with children gathered at St. Nicholas in Kenosha for Great Vespers on the evening of Saturday, October 31st to have a family-friendly alternative to the increasingly ghoulish festivities of All Hallows Eve. The celebration began in church with the divine service at the conclusion of which the

CHICAGO, IL [MW Communications] – Committed to helping those who are in need, the faithful of our parish held a clothing drive during the month of September for Pacific Garden Mission, a local homeless shelter. We were able to collect nearly a whole van full of clothes. This is the second clothing drive for Pacific

Diocesan Strategic Vision Progress PostedCHICAGO, IL [MW Communications] – At the 2008 Diocesan Assembly the importance of building a strong clear vision for the future of our Diocese was discussed. At it’s January meeting the Diocesan Council picked up on that conversation and decided to proceed to begin building that vision. Since that time four

STRETOR, IL [Illinois Times] – The trained eye rarely misses them: three-barred crosses and primitive, colorful icons, occasionally spotted in roadside cemeteries and out-of-the-way chapels from Chicago to Carbondale. Click here to read more