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Register now for June 2018 ISOCM Music Symposium in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS, MN [MW Diocese Communications] — For the second time, the International Society for Orthodox Church Music [ISOCM] will host its pan-Orthodox music symposium at Saint Mary Cathedral here...
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Bishop Paul, Orthodox Christian clergy and faithful participate in March for...
CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — His Grace, Bishop Paul of Chicago and the Midwest was among the religious and civic leaders who addressed thousands bearing witness to the sanctity of life...
View ArticleBishop Paul's remarks at opening ceremony at March for Life Chicago
"In Orthodox Christian Churches we offer several petitions at our services on Sanctity of Life Sunday. We ask our Lord to grant to the people of this nation the will to do good, to flee evil and to...
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OCF to sponsor three Spring college student retreats in Midwest
BROOKLINE, MA [MW Diocese Communications/OCF] — The Orthodox Christian Fellowship [OCF] will host three retreats and events for Midwest college students age 18 through 25 in the weeks ahead. The...
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Metropolitan Tikhon's Sanctity of Life Message now available
From the moment they were born, both Moses and our Lord Jesus Christ faced great danger: as infants someone wanted each of them dead. Moses’s life was saved because the Hebrew midwives feared God more...
View ArticleUpdated Clergy Compensation Policy announced effective January 1, 2018
CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — The updated Clergy Compensation Policy for all clergy of the Diocese of the Midwest of the Orthodox Church in America has been released. The Policy became...
View ArticleChicago area Sunday of Orthodoxy Pan-Orthodox Vespers announced
PALOS HILLS, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 11045 South Roberts Road, Palos Hills, IL will be the site of the Sunday of Orthodoxy Pan-Orthodox...
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Third edition of Fr. Steven Kostoff's Divine Liturgy book now available online
CINCINNATI, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — The third edition of The Divine Liturgy of the Orthodox Church: Meaning, Preparation and Practice, written by Archpriest Steven Kostoff, Rector of Christ...
View ArticleHoly Dormition Monastery site of lenten women's retreat March 16-18
RIVES JUNCTION, MI [MW Diocese Communications] — Holy Dormition Monastery here will host its 10th annual lenten women's retreat Friday, March 16 through Sunday, March 18, 2018. In addition to a full...
View ArticleChicago's Holy Trinity Cathedral to hold children's Lenten retreat Saturday,...
CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Priest Alexander Koranda and the faithful of Holy Trinity Cathedral will hold a lenten retreat for children on Saturday, March 24, 2018. Children from all...
View ArticleSt. Vladimir's Seminary to host open house for prospective students March 8
YONKERS, NY [SVOTS Communications] — Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary will host a campus open house, offering "an immersion into seminary life," on Thursday, March 8, 2018.
View ArticleDr. David Ford to present lecture on marriage at Chicago's Holy Trinity...
CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Dr. David Ford, Professor of Church History at Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary, South Canaan, PA, will deliver a lecture titled "Wisdom on...
View ArticleMessage from Bishop Paul regarding recent school violence
To Our Youth and their Parents in the Midwest Diocese, Once again we have heard about another tragic mass shooting that occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida earlier this...
View ArticleOrthodox Christian Women of Michigan to sponsor talk on "Mary and the...
FARMINGTON HILLS, MI [OCW Michigan] — The Rev. Joshua Genig, Ph.D. will speak on the subject of "Mary and the Orthodox Woman" at Saint Thomas Church, 29150 Ten Mile Road, Farmington Hills, MI on...
View ArticleLorain, Ohio parishes to celebrate Pan-Orthodox Divine Liturgy on First...
LORAIN, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — Lorain, OH's five Orthodox Christian parishes will celebrate a combined Divine Liturgy on the first Sunday of Great Lent — the Sunday of Orthodoxy — February...
View ArticleCouncil of Orthodox Christian Churches of Metropolitan Detroit announces...
DETROIT, MI [COCC] — The Council of Orthodox Christian Churches of Metropolitan Detroit [COCC] will hold the first in its annual series of Vespers services on the five Sundays of Great Lent on February...
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Holy Synod of Bishops issues Liturgical Instructions
SYOSSET, NY [OCA] — In a letter to all clergy of the Orthodox Church in America dated February 15, 2018, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon announced two decisions of the Holy Synod of Bishops with...
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Diocese raises over $14K to help Alaskan, Mexican delegates attend 19th...
CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — The Diocese of the Midwest is pleased to announce that, in response to an appeal by His Grace, Bishop Paul for donations to help defray expenses for delegates...
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IOCC to hold Chicago area Grand Banquet, Silent Auction April 26
DES PLAINS, IL [IOCC/MW Diocese Communications] — International Orthodox Christian Charities will hold its annual Grand Banquet and Silent Auction at Cafe la Cave, 2777 South Mannheim Road, Des...
View ArticlePan-Orthodox Akathistos Hymn to be celebrated in Chicago March 27
CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — The Orthodox Christian Clergy Association of Chicago once again will sponsor two pan-Orthodox celebrations of the Akathistos Hymn on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at...
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