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MINNEAPOLIS, MN [MW Communications/May 8, 2009] – On Wednesday and Thursday, May 6-7, 2009, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah and His Eminence, Archbishop Job presided at celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the repose of Saint Alexis (Toth) of Minneapolis and Wilkes-Barre at Saint Mary Cathedral here. The occasion marked the first visit of Metropolitan Jonah to […]

WHEATON, IL [MW Communications] – On Sunday, May 3, 2009, His Eminence, Archbishop Job of Chicago presided at the Divine Liturgy marking the 20th anniversary of St. Joseph Church, Wheaton, IL. Singing the liturgical responses was the choir of St. Tikhon’s Seminary, South Canaan, PA, under the direciton of Hieromonk Sergius. Accompanying the choir was

SYOSSET, NY [OCA Communications] — At the invitation of His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah will be the guest of the Church of Russia from April 25 through May 4, 2009. The visit marks Metropolitan Jonah’s first official visit to a sister Orthodox Church since his election as

By: Father Dr. K.M. George If Christ is not risen from the dead, then it is indeed “biodegradability” which has the last word about our life. Consumer products today are often sold in wrappers or containers marked “recyclable” or “biodegradable”. Obviously, this points to a modest way out of the environmental crisis, reminding us that

GREAT AND HOLY FRIDAYBy: Father Alexander Schmemann Friday: The Cross From the light of Holy Thursday we enter into the darkness of Friday, the day of Christ’s Passion, Death and Burial. In the early Church this day was called “Pascha of the Cross,” for it is indeed the beginning of that Passover or Passage whose

Archpastoral LetterHoly PaschaNo. 102 To the Esteemed Clergy, Monastics, and Faithful in the Diocese of the Midwest: Beloved in the Lord, Christ is Risen! It is a joy to greet all of you on this Feast of Feasts, the Great and Holy Pascha — great, because it stands beyond time and space at the center

Holy Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday: The EndBy: Father Alexander Schmemann These three days, which the Church calls Great and Holy have within the liturgical development of the Holy Week a very definite purpose. They place all its celebrations in the perspective of End; they remind us of the eschatological meaning of Pascha. So often the

Diocesan Seminarian Ordained to the Holy DiaconateCRESTWOOD, NY [SVS Communications] – Deacon Andrew Cuneo was ordained to the Holy Diaconate by His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah during the Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Annunciation at Three Hierarchs Chapel at St Vladimir’s Semianary here. Formerly known around campus as “Dr. Cuneo,” having obtained both a

St Vladimir’s Seminary and OCA Diaconal Vocations Program announce third-annual summer liturgical practicumCRESTWOOD, NY [SVS/OCA Communications] – Intense liturgical training is the focus of a 4-day program to be held June 14-17, 2009, on the campus of St. Vladimir’s Seminary. Practical liturgical training for deacons and lay diaconal candidates will be supported by daily celebration

Music downloads for Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday now available. Lazarus Saturday – Kanon (Greek Chant – Yaichkov) Palm Sunday – Magnification (Znamenny – Ledkovsky) Palm Sunday – Matins Prokeimenon (Znamenny) Palm Sunday – Kanon (Lesser Kievan Chant – Ledkovsky) Palm Sunday – Liturgy Prokeimenon (Obikhod, Znamenny – Arkhangel’sky) Dismissal (Lenten – Traditional) Dismissal (Lenten