TORONTO, ONTARIO --- St. Silouan The Athonite Orthodox Mission of Toronto, Ontario will sponsor a Pre-Lenten Retreat on the weekend of February 5-7, 2010 at St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto. The retreat master will be Fr. Moses Berry, Pastor of the Theotokos of Unexpected Joy Orthodox Parish of Ash Grove Missouri

EAST PITTSBURGH, PA --- The National ACRY Lots O Luck Calendar fundraiser, in support of the Diocesan Mission Fund and other charitable causes is continuing. If your parish's ACRY Chapter has not already done so, please return all of your stubs and your payment for each calendar sold

ST AUGUSTINE, FL (OCMC) -- As we prepare to begin Great and Holy Lent, all Orthodox Christians have the opportunity to learn about and become involved in the work of missions through the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC) Coin Box & Lesson Plan Program. Each household receiving a Coin Box can prayerfully fill it with offerings during the Lenten season;

ST AUGUSTINE, FL (OCMC) --- The love that Christ's disciples show for others has served as a living witness to the faith, inspiring countless numbers of people to come into the Body of Christ. For over 20 years, the Agape Canister Program of the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC), through its support of philanthropic ministries such as orphanages, feeding programs, and healthcare programs, has helped the Church to meet the needs of children, families, and communities in a loving witness to the Orthodox faith in mission countries.

DIOCESAN APOSTOLATE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & COMMUNICATIONS --- Mr. Jamil Samara, the webmaster of The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, has been hospitalized and is presently in the intensive care unit for a serious infection. Jamil, a key member of the Archdiocesan Internet Ministries team,

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- The Diocesan Apostolate For Christian Education is pleased to announce that a three week Pre-Lenten Lecture series will begin on Monday January 25, 2010. The lecture series will be live broadcasted from Christ the Saviour Cathedral...

JOHNSTOWN, PA --- In the wake of the massive devastation in the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation, His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas, today has called on our Diocesan parishes everywhere to come to the aid of survivors of the January 12th powerful earthquake in Haiti. His Eminence has directed pastors to announce this Sunday that a special offering be gathered in every parish

JOHNSTOWN, PA - The Diocesan Chancery is pleased to announce the schedule of the annual Diocesan Lenten Retreats, which are sponsored by the ACRY for the upcoming Lenten Season and will be held in the Central, Western and Eastern Regions of the Diocese.

WASHINGTON, DC -- Diocesan Clergy and Faithful from Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia participated in the Annual March for Life today This year's March marks the 37th Anniversary of the Supreme Court Decision Roe V Wade which legalized Abortion.

MOSCOW -- His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is in the midst of an official visit to the Moscow Patriarchate at the Invitation of His Holiness, Patriarch Kyrill.

FT LAUDERDALE (OCN)-- Your friends at the Orthodox Christian Network wish you a blessed Great Lent and a Glorious Pascha. In our continuing effort as an agency of SCOBA (Standing Conference of Orthodox Bishops in America) to assist the parishes and parish priests across the nation in their sacred mission of spreading the Gospel and keeping the faithful connected to the faith

MERCER, PA The deadline for participating in the on-line scavenger hunt for 2010 Diocesan Campers has been extended until Wed August 25th at Midnight. Those who have not participated yet may do so using the Week 3 Scavenger Hunt Questions.

PHOENIXVILLE, PA -- [NATIONAL ACRY] Audio recordings and photogalleries of the 2010 Eastern Regional Lenten Retreat are now posted.

Johnstown, PA -- The Diocesan Chancery is pleased to announce that sub-deacon David Mastroberte of Christ the Saviour Seminary will be ordained to the Diaconate by Metropolitan Nicholas

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- Subdeacon David Mastroberte a second year student at Christ the Saviour Seminary was ordained to the Holy Diaconate, yesterday by His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas at Christ the Saviour Cathedral. Deacon David will assist His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas

JOHNSTOWN, PA - His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas has announced today, that plans are underway for the 24th Annual Know Your Faith Diocesan Educational Conference which will take place on Saturday September 25, 2010 at Camp Nazareth.

There is an old time song which included this lyric: "Everything old is new again." This is a concept that is witnessed to in our Holy Orthodox Church each and every year. On August 31/September 13, the old year ends, and on September 1/14, a new liturgical year begins! In many ways, the new year is just like the one that has passed, with perhaps a few new additions.

Once again, we prepare to open the doors of study to the students of our Christ the Saviour Seminary to begin its 71st academic year. While the words of wisdom expressed by the authors of the Book of Proverbs apply to each and every man and woman, they are, and ought to be, especially appropriate to those who are leaders of communities,

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- On Wednesday, October 20, 2010 Christ the Saviour Cathedral was blessed with the visitation of the Myrrhstreaming Hawaii Iveron Icon of the Mother of God which is presently traveling to Orthodox Parishes throughout the U.S.

BINGHAMTON, NY -- St. Michael's Church, 296 Clinton Street, will have the honor of hosting the Myrrhstreaming Hawaii Iveron Icon of the Mother of God on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 from 7 PM to 9 PM. Upon its arrival, a Moleben to the Theotokos will be celebrated by Orthodox clergy from the local area.