2025 Lenten Retreat Schedule Released

Sunday, February 23, 2025


JOHNSTOWN, PA  [Diocesan Chancery] -- The Diocesan Chancery is pleased to release the schedule of  this year's ,  in-person Diocesan regional Lenten Retreats for youth and adults, hosted in various regions of the Diocese.  The details are as follows:

Eastern Regional Diocesan Adult and Youth Lenten Retreat -  Sat March 29, 2025  - 9:30 am– 5:00 pm   Sts Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, Rockaway, NJ. 
Teen & Adults - Theme: "Let Us Prepare Ourselves For Salvation - The Sacrament of Confession". Speaker: Metropolitan Gregory of Nyssa

Youth Ages 6-12 - Navigating Great Lent and our Lives. Speaker: Fr. Nathaniel Choma
 

Cost: Adults: $25.00 Students (Thru College): $20.00 Children 6-12: $10.00  Children 0-5 Years: Free.  Includes Continental Breakfast & Lenten Lunch

Online Registration is required by March 15, 2025. Click Here To Register

Download Retreat Flier 

Questions? Contact Fr. Matthew Stagon  fatherstagon@yahoo.com

 
Junior  ACRY Youth Encounter - Friday March 7 - Sunday March 9, 202t - Camp Nazareth in Mercer, PA.  Open to ages 8-High School Senior. The participants in a mini camp setting will embark on a Christ-centered journey as they learn how and why we say the Prayer of St. Ephraim of Syria during Lent. Cost is $110.00 per person. Financial assistance is available to help our youth who would otherwise be unable to attend. Click Here To Learn More and Register  
 

Central Regional Diocesan Adult and Youth Lenten Retreat - Sat April 5, 2025  - 10:00 am To 5:00 pm  St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Homestead, PA. 
Teens and Adults -Theme: Suffering and Healing in the Orthodox Tradition & From Healing to Evangelism , Speaker: Fr. Matthew Conjelko
Children Ages 6-12 - Theme:  Healing Through The Eucharist,  Speaker: Fr. David Urban. 

Akathist Hymn to the Mother will be served with fellowship meal being offered during the retreat

Cost: Free Will Offering - Includes Continental Breakfast and  Light Lenten Lunch

Click Here to Download Registration  Form- RSVP Required by  March 29, 2025 

Western Regional Diocesan Adult and Youth Lenten Retreat  - Sat April 5, 2025 - 2PM CDT  St Michael Orthodox Church,  Niles, IL;
Theme:  Modern Heresies -  Retreat Speaker:  Rev. Fr. Richard Demetrius Andrews, Protopresbyter

Cross Roads Institute Presentation-  Presenter: Victoria Karavitis

Moleben to the Holy Cross Followed by Confessions by the Deanery Clergy  and a Lenten Meal.

Click Here to RSVP  For Lenten Meal

Click Here to Download Informational Flier (PDF)

The annual  regional Diocesan Lenten Retreats are coordinated by the National ACRY and are open to all Diocesan family members and friends.  Please plan on attending. Look for registration information on the Diocesan website and Social Media.