Press Releases

On Tuesday, September 21st His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received the Officers of the Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul. His All Holiness had invited the Officers through the cooperation of Archbishop Demetrios of America, the Chairman of the Assembly, who also led the delegation to the Phanar for the substantive and detailed meeting. Read more...

JACKSONVILLE, FL [OCF/ACROD] -- Orthodox Christian Fellowship honored its founder, His Grace, Bishop Dimitrios of Xanthos, at a tribute dinner at the San Jose Country Club here on Friday, September 17, 2010. As a recent seminary graduate in the 1960s, Bishop Dimitrios (James Couchell) was the driving force in establishing Read more...

RAHWAY, NJ -- On Saturday September 18, 2010, Fr. Deacon Michael Rustick,was ordained to the Holy Priesthood at St John the Baptist Church in Rahway, NJ on behalf of Metropolitan Nicholas by His Eminence, Archbishop Anthony of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA. Read more...

MERCER, PA -- On Friday September 17, 2010, Subdeacon Joseph Gingrich, a seminarian at Christ the Saviour Seminary was ordained to the Diaconate and on Saturday September 18, 2010 to the Holy Priesthood on behalf of Metropolitan Nicholas by His Grace, Bishop Daniel of the Western Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA. Read more...

MERCER, PA - The National Youth Encounter Weekend is November 12-14, 2010 at Camp Nazareth. The Encounter is sponsored by the National JR. ACRY, and it is open to youth ages 8-18. You do not have to be a member of the JR. ACRY to attend Read more...

Since 2003, the Hierarchs of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA) have designated the Sunday following the Elevation of the Holy Cross as OCF College Student Sunday. They ask all faithful Orthodox Christians in North America to call to mind and prayer our college students. Read more...

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- For many diocesan parishes, today marked the beginning of the Church School Year. At Christ the Saviour Cathedral, opening ceremonies took place, preceded by an excellent homily by Protopresbyter Frank P. Miloro on the importance of religious education. Read more...

FISHERS, IN -- OCF College Student Sunday is next week, Sunday, September 19th. Over the past 50 years, campus ministry has made a presence in the Orthodox Church. We would like to ask all of you to make a presence this year for Orthodox college students at your parish. Now more than ever is the time to raise awareness. Over the past few years the national average of young adults leaving the Church has been 6 out of 10 Read more...

FISHERS, IN --Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) has recently made significant changes and enhancements to its website, www.ocf.net so that it will better serve the needs of students, parents and parishes. Read more...

NATIONAL ACRY -- Photo galleries of the 2010 National Junior and Senior ACRY Convention are now available for viewing. Read more...