Press Releases

JOHNSTOWN, PA - The Junior ACRY will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of its establishment at the annual Weekend Encounter at Camp Nazareth, November 7-9, 2008. Read more...

JOHNSTOWN, PA - On Bright Friday, May 2, 2008, His Eminence, Metropolitan will be honored on the occasion of his Silver Jubilee of Consecration to the Episcopacy at Christ the Savior Cathedral in Johnstown, PA. Joining His Eminence will be hierarchs and dignitaries from throughout the U.S.A. and Europe as well as the priests and faithful of our diocese. The Chancery Staff along with clergy and faithful of the Diocese extend our heartfelt best wishes and congratulations to His Eminence on this milestone in his service as shepherd of our God-Saved Diocese. May Almighty God Grant His Eminence, Good Health, Peace and Salvation and Many More Years of Service in the Vineyard of our Lord. Eis Polla Eti Despota! Read more...

Please be advised that the Bright Week Liturgy at Camp Nazareth which has been celebrated over the years on Bright Friday, has been changed this year to Bright Tuesday. Matins is celebrated at 9 AM, and Liturgy at 10 AM. Services will be followed by a Paschal luncheon in the Main Lodge. Read more...

We rejoice because we have entered into that bright joy of the Resurrection Day. The Lord Jesus Christ was adored by the crowds on Palm Sunday and crucified on Good Friday. This same Lord cleansed the lepers, gave sight to the blind, bestowed hearing to the deaf, and strengthened the lame and weary. This same Lord opened the Scripture and revealed the majestic Wisdom of the Holy Trinity. This same Lord brought life to the dying and hopeless, was the same Lord Who was taken down from the Holy Cross, and was received into the heartbroken arms of His Mother, the Theotokos. This same Lord Who created the stars, the sun, the wind and the sea and the solid earth was sealed into a tomb of heavy, gray and lifeless stone. Read more...

JOHNSTOWN, PA - The Chancery been advised that + Rose Zdinak, the mother of the Very Rev. Miles Zdinak, fell asleep in the Lord on Sunday March 2, 2008. Read more...

I rejoice that His All-Holiness, the Ecumenical Patriarch BARTHOLOMEW, designated 2008 as a year-long commemoration of St. Paul the Apostle. Along with the Church of Rome, the Orthodox Church is celebrating the life, the leadership, and the legacy of this Great Apostle to the Gentiles, the Apostle Paul. Read more...

We are about to enter into the Season of the year when the Lord draws our hearts close to Him and His Church. We are about to refrain from certain foods and entertainments for a time. We are about to attend Divine Services more often. We are about to give more charity to the poor, to be kinder to our neighbors, to care for the sad and the grieving around us. Read more...

JOHNSTOWN, PA - The Chancery been advised that + DORIS WOLLAM, the mother of Fr. Thomas Klein, fell asleep in the Lord on Last week in Florida, where burial services took place. Read more...

JOHNSTOWN, PA - The Chancery been advised that + SAMUEL SHERRY, SR, the Father of the Very Rev. Sam Sherry, fell asleep in the today, February 22. Read more...

JOHNSTOWN, PA - With the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas, a Pilgrimage has been arranged for the Youth of the Connecticut, New York and New Jersey Deaneries. Participants will be meeting on Saturday, March 8th at 10:00am at Saint Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church at 288 East 10th Street in New York. Read more...