The letter of Holy Hierarch Nikolai of Japan to Archimandrite Leonid (Kavelin)

Church bell ringing is an intrinsic and permanent part of the Orthodox liturgical and musical tradition…

The clergy of the greater Bay Area gathered together on Saturday 9 May 2009 at Saint Nicholas Orthodox church in Saratoga CA to celebrate the saint’s “summer feast” with the faithful in the community there.

www.orthodoxinfo.com/general/A-Liturgical-Explanation-of-Holy-Week.pdf

The Diocesan Council of the Diocese of the West held it’s Spring Quarterly Meeting Tuesday, March 11th, 2009 at the Chancery in San Francisco. Topics of discussion included the Life Giving Springs retreat center and the new Orthodox Christian Capital Improvement Fund (OCCIF).

Holy Trinity Cathedral of San Francisco hosted a Lenten Retreat entitled “Taking Healing Steps Towards Christ: Life in the Orthodox Church” on Saturday, March 21, 2009.

Members of the official delegation of the Orthodox Church in America arrived in Moscow on Friday, January 30 to participate in the Enthronement of the newly-elected Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.

Bishop Benjamin presents a hand-carved walrus tusk to His Holiness Kirill as a gift from the Orthodox Church in America upon his enthronement as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.

A priest is often asked to prescribe spiritual reading beneficial for the soul, particularly during the season of the Great Fast now upon us.

There is much of interest in the sad scandals plaguing our Church, in the east and in the north. Dire warnings of doom, betrayals, and speculations of perverse motives are all over the Internet and discussed widely. Undoubtedly there was egregious misappropriation of funds. While these issues are serious, and profoundly affect peoples’ lives, they need not color the life of the whole Church.