JOHNSTOWN, PA -- On Friday, January 21, 2011, the Kursk-Root icon of the Mother of God made an unexpected visit to Johnstown. The Very Revered Archpriest Serge Lukianov who is accompanying this wonder-working icon throughout the United States, made a short trip to Johnstown in order to afford His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas the opportunity to venerate the icon.

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, Fishers, IN -- The University of Maryland's (Baltimore County) Orthodox Christian Fellowship, and the campus' Secular Student Alliance, co-hosted a formal debate on November 16, 2010 . Titled "The Source of Human Morality

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

RAHWAY, NJ -- On Saturday September 18, 2010, Fr. Deacon Michael Rustick,was ordained to the Holy Priesthood at St John the Baptist Church in Rahway, NJ on behalf of Metropolitan Nicholas by His Eminence, Archbishop Anthony of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA.

MERCER, PA -- On Friday September 17, 2010, Subdeacon Joseph Gingrich, a seminarian at Christ the Saviour Seminary was ordained to the Diaconate and on Saturday September 18, 2010 to the Holy Priesthood on behalf of Metropolitan Nicholas by His Grace, Bishop Daniel of the Western Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA.

My journey to Albania began during my second semester of seminary this past winter. O.C.M.C. had decided to award seminarians with a grant and stipend for missionary work through The Louis and Helen Nicozosis Mission Team Endowment. The requirements were simple in that a seminarian had to write an essay concerning why he felt foreign missions were important and necessary in the Orthodox Church.

CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA -- Diocesan Seminarian, Jonathan Bannon arrived safely on Saturday, July 10, 2010 in Romania, where he has been selected to take part in an Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC) sponsored Mission trip from July 10-21, 2010.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- Complete photo galleries of 2010 Diocesan Altarboy Retreats are now posted. Catch a glimpse of the spiritually uplifting and action packed days spent by our diocesan altarboys at Christ the Saviour Cathedral and Seminary.

INDIANAPOLIS, OCF -- The Orthodox Christian Fellowship has released the annual edition of WITNESS, the lively online student review that profiles Orthodox leaders, encourages campus activism for the faith, and highlights ministry opportunities for college students.

BOSTON, MA -- Members of the North American Orthodox/Catholic Theological Consultation met at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, MA from June 1-3.

NEW YORK – The first Episcopal Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Hierarchs in North and Central America, concluded today with the celebration of Divine Liturgy at the Greek Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.

NEW YORK [Greek Orthodox Archdiocese] The first Episcopal Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Hierarchs in North and Central America was convened today by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- Metropolitan Nicholas will participate next week in the first assembly of Canonical Orthodox Hierarchs in North and Central America to be chaired by Archbishop Demetrios.

Once again, in a matter only of a few years, the eyes of the world are turned with suspense toward the Gulf Coast. Sadly, the oil spill is following a path similar to Hurricane Katrina and threatening the coast of Louisiana as well as neighboring states. As citizens of God's creation, we perceive this monumental spill of crude oil in the oceans

AMBRIDGE, PA -- On Sunday April 18, 2010, His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas made a pastoral visitation to St. John the Baptist Church in Ambridge, PA to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Protodeacon John Youhas to the Deaconate.

There are screens, projectors and cameras. Stages, lights and sound systems.Churches that seem to double as concert halls. It’s an increasingly common sight. In an age of technological enhancement, St Nicholas Orthodox Church may seem a bit untraditional, but only because it’s so deeply rooted in… tradition.

Do you not think it amazing how that whenever the Lord Jesus Christ comes into contact with a person, He touches his HEART and SOUL AND TRANSFORMS HIS LIFE? This mystery happened so many times during His earthly ministry of three years.

A Photo Gallery of the March 21, 2010 Archpastoral Visitation to St. Nicholas Parish In Homestead is Now Posted Which Includes the Ordination of Deacon Matthew Stagon and Tonsuring of Kristopher Carlisle.

"Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He STEADFASTLY set His face to go to Jerusalem..." The Gospel portions that are read on Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday are from the Gospel of St. John. But today I turn to a scene in the Gospel according to St. Luke

A man stands naked and bloody in a court. He is being whipped, beaten, spit upon, mocked, and jeered. What did he do to deserve this treatment? Did he kill someone? No, in fact, he brought a few people back from the dead.