Press Releases

SAXONBURG, PA -- The Wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of the Theotokos will visit the Holy Nativity of the Theotokos Monastery in Saxonburg, PA from January 20-21, 2011. Diocesan Faithful are cordially invited to take part in the liturgical services and venerate this icon. Read more...

MERCER, PA [Camp Nazareth] -- A new Camp Nazareth DVD has been completed! It is entitled: Camp Nazareth—Your Journey Starts Here! Those who have worked on the project, and those who have seen the trailers and the completed DVD, are very excited about it and believe it captures the spirit of the Camp. We tried and believe we have succeeded in giving those who see the DVD an experience of Camp...what it is like to be here and participate in the Camping Program. Read more...

JOHNSTOWN, PA --  With the Blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas,  Very Rev. Protopresbyter Frank. P.

WARREN, OHIO [TRIB-TODAY] - St Nicholas Orthodox Church, where Very Rev. Protopresbyter Kenneth Bachofsky is pastor, participated in the blessing of the Mahoning River as part of the Feast of Theophany along with the clergy and faithful of neighboring Orthodox Christian churches. Read more...

PITTSBURGH, PA -- Troy Polamalu, the strong safety of the Pittsburgh Steelers, in an interview with the Pittsburgh Post Gazette on Julian Calendar Christmas provided an incredible witness for the Orthodox Christian Faith. Read more...

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- [The Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord 2010.] As a gift to the faithful of the Diocese, His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas, along with his personal deacon, the Rev. Deacon David Mastroberte Read more...

Last year, at this festive time, I received a Christmas card which many people, I'm sure, would have found quite unusual, and yet for us Orthodox Christians, it was very appropriate. It did not depict the Christ Child in the cave surrounded by the Theotokos and Joseph, nor the adoration of the shepherds or the Magi Read more...

Beloved brother concelebrants and blessed children in the Lord, Within the somber atmosphere that recently prevails throughout the world with the diverse affliction of the financial, social, moral and especially spiritual crisis, which has created increasing frustration, bitterness, confusion, anxiety, disappointment and fear among many people with regard to the future, the voice of the Church sounds sweet: Read more...

NEW YORK, NY --- His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios, the Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in America offers his reflections on the Feast of The Nativity in the Flesh of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ in a recently released video Read more...

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- With the Blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas the Divine Liturgy of The Nativity of Our Lord will be broadcast live from Christ the Saviour Cathedral. Read more...