NEW CASTLE, PA -- On Sunday Oct 31, 2010, St. Nicholas Orthodox Church celebrated the 100th Anniversary of its establishement. Very Rev. Protopresbyter Richard Salley, the pastor of St. Nicholas was joined by the Very Rev. Protopresbyter Kenneth Bachofsky, who represented His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas met with the regional deans at the Diocesan Chancery today for their annual convocation. Together they reviewed diocesan life on the parish and deanery levels.

MOYOCK, NC -- Every Sunday afternoon for the past 13 months Holy Myrrhbearers Orthodox Mission has been serving Divine Liturgy in a borrowed Catholic Chapel, but all that changed on October 24, 2010.

HOMESTEAD, PA -- On Sunday October 24, 2010, His Eminence Metropolitan made a canonical visitation to St. Nicholas Church in Homestead, PA. During Divine Liturgy, His Eminence elevated Very Rev. Fr. Robert Buczak, pastor of St. Nicholas to the Priestly rank of Protopresbyter in recognition of his diligent labors in the Holy Priesthood.

MERCER, PA -- The registration deadline for the Annual Fall Youth Encounter at Camp Nazareth is quickly approaching. Those who wish to attend the Encounter, which will take place November 12-15, 2010, must register by October 30, 2010.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- With the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas, a pilgrimage to the Holy Land is being organized for May 10-May 18, 2011. The trip will visit all of the holy places associated with the Lord's birth, life, passion, death and resurrection:

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- Christ the Saviour Cathedral will have the honor of hosting the Wonderworking Myrrhstreaming Hawaii Iveron Icon of the Mother of God on Wednesday October 20, 2010 from 8:00 am to 10:00 am. Upon its arrival, a Moleben to the Theotokos will be served by the Cathedral Dean, the Very Rev. Protopresbyter Frank P. Miloro.

DANBURY, CT -- On October 10-11, 2010, Holy Trinity Church (Danbury, CT) hosted a Camp Nazareth reunion for the youth of the New England and surrounding deaneries. The overnight reunion afforded those participating with an opportunity to re-connect with their camp friends

FISHERS, INDIANA -- Orthodox Christian Fellowship has announced that registration for the 2010 College Conference is now open at www.ocf.net/programs. This year’s conference focuses on the theme of “Behold, I make all things new,”

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- On Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at the conclusion of Great Vespers for the Feast of the Protection of the Theotokos, His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas recognized the priestly labors of two dedicated priest of the diocese.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- The Diocesan Chancery has announced that Great Vespers for the Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God will be broadcast live from Christ the Saviour Cathedral on Wednesday October 13, 2010 at 4:00 pm. Special guests in attendance at the festal vespers will be students and faculty of

BINGHAMTON, NY -- on Monday, October 18th, Archon Michael Kundrat will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree on the 65th anniversary of the founding of the University of Uzhorod. (Ukraine)

EAST PITTSBURGH, PA -- A complete photo gallery of the recent ordination of Fr. Matthew Stagon to the Holy Priesthood is now posted here.

WASHINGTON—Representatives of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches have issued two new documents outlining immediate steps they can take to overcome their thousand-year separation. The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation finalized these agreed statements

EAST PITTSBURGH, PA -- Fr. Deacon Matthew Stagon was ordained to the Holy Priesthood on Sunday October 3, 2010 on behalf of His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas by Archbishop Anthony of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- Data is now available from the 2010 US Orthodox Christian Census which our diocese participated in. This census was part of the national “Religious Congregations and Membership Study 2010, that was conducted by Alexei Krindatch, a researcher engaged by the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in America.

Mercer, PA. On Saturday, September 25, twenty-six participants representing ten parishes across three states (OH, PA and NY) gathered at Camp Nazareth for the twenty-fifth annual ‘Know Your Faith Diocesan Educational Conference.’ The day-long Conference, entitled Growing Faithful Stewards, opened in the Camp’s Ss. Cyril and Methodios Chapel with a Moleben of Thanksgiving and Stewardship, celebrated by Father Ken Bachofsky, Director of our Diocesan Apostolate for Christian Education. Camp Director Father Stephen Loposky, Pani Daria and their children hosted a light breakfast following the Moleben, during which the participants were immediately set to work completing a Personal Survey Questionnaire t

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP -- Regrettably the instances of violence occurring on college campuses have increased in recent years. This trend continued today on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin where a gunman fired multiple shots prior to ending his own life in the Perry-Castaneda Library. Fortunately, no other injuries have been reported. Orthodox Christian Fellowship offers its prayers and support to those affected by this event and has begun taking steps to address the situation.

JOHNSTOWN, PA – For the first time in several decades, Christ the Saviour Seminary hosted a meeting of the Orthodox Inter-Seminary Movement (OISM). From Friday, September 24 until Sunday, September 26, our diocesan seminarians welcomed representatives from

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.