In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines [...]
On Tuesday, February 9, the delegation from SCPS traveled through the outskirts of the City of St. Petersburg into what is still known as the Leningrad Region. The first stop was the St. Catherine Church in Murino. The small church was built on what was the estate of the Woronzoff family. Archpriest Nikolai Teterjatnikov and [...]
On Sunday, February 7, Bishop BENJAMIN, Priest Christopher Swanson and Priest John Anderson (The Diocese of the South,) were blessed by His Eminence, Metropolitan VLADIMIR of St. Petersburg and Lagoda to serve the Divine Liturgy in the Kazan Cathedral with one of his vicar bishops, Bishop MARKEL. The Kazan Cathedral was built at the beginning [...]
Thursday, February 4, Bishop BENJAMIN and Mr. Barry Migyanko arrived in the city of St. Petersburg, Russia to take part in the visit of a delegation from the Sister Churches Program of Seattle to St. Petersburg (SCPS). The work of the SCPS began in the late 1980’s when members of several Christian Churches of the [...]
SOUTH CANAAN, PA [OCA/STOTS] — The Board of Trustees of Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary here announces a vacancy in the office of Dean, effective June 1, 2010. Applications and nominations for the position are now being accepted. Saint Tikhon’s Seminary is an institution of professional Orthodox Christian theological education affiliated with the Orthodox Church [...]
The Annual Mission Deanery Retreat will take place on January 26-28, 2010 at the Church of the Annunciation in Milwaukie, Oregon. The retreat is open to everyone, and we especially encourage participation by lay people in the Mission Deanery. Speakers include: Fr. John Chakos, Rector of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Pittsburgh, PA—”The Priesthood [...]
I must confess being one of those strange people who actually enjoy church meetings, but even the normal priests who make up my deanery were pleased with the camaraderie and mutual teaching sessions that made our recent gathering more a retreat than a “business” meeting. The five-hour trip over the Continental Divide to our host [...]
The 2009 Diocesan Assembly is scheduled to be held at the Protection of the Holy Virgin Church in Santa Rosa, CA from Wednesday, October 14, 2008 through Friday, October 16, 2009. Delegate Books are now available for download, as well as an update to the Sep 16 version of Vol 2.
At the initiative of the canonical Orthodox Bishops of the West, 106 priests and deacons gathered at St. Nicholas Diocesan Camp in Dunlap, California from December 1-3, 2009 for a retreat. His Eminence, Metropolitan Gerasimos (Greek Archdiocese), His Grace, Bishop Joseph (Antiochian Archdiocese), His Grace, Bishop Benjamin (OCA), and His Grace, Bishop Maxim (Serbian Patriarchate) [...]
The 2009 DOW Diocesan Assembly, meeting at Santa Rosa’s Protection of the Holy Virgin Church October 14-16, participated in the OCA’s strategic planing project. Reports are now available.
