Midwest Family Life Site to make its debut April 10!
CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — In 2017, His Grace, Bishop Paul issued an Encyclical on Family Life in which he shared his vision of and commitment to the family as an icon of the Church. In...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Margaret Hopkosky
PARMA, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — Miss Margaret Hopkosky, 95, fell asleep in the Lord on Saturday, March 24, 2018. The Funeral Service will be celebrated at Archangel Michael Church, 5025 East...
View ArticleFifth Small Parish Forum to be held in Toledo area July 12-14
ROSSFORD, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — The Fifth Annual Small Parish Forum sponsored this year by the Orthodox Church in America's Diocese of the Midwest, the Diocese of Western Pennsylvania, and...
View ArticleSt. Tikhon's Mission Choir visits three Ohio parishes
CANTON, OH [STOTS Communications] — The Mission Choir of Saint Tikhon's Seminary, South Canaan, PA visited three Ohio parishes over the weekend of March 24-25, 2018.
View ArticlePASCHAL MESSAGE OF HIS GRACE, BISHOP PAUL
Love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends (John 15:12-13). In Christ, God's love for us is no longer an abstraction, but a...
View ArticleDiocesan Chancery Offices closed for Pascha
The Chancery offices of the Diocese of the Midwest will be closed from Great Thursday, April 5, through Bright Tuesday, April 10. During that time, the office phone, (312) 202-0420, and email,...
View ArticleCanton, OH's Holy Assumption Church to offer training for "Catechesis of the...
CANTON, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — Training for a Montessori-based Sunday school program for children ages three through six will be offered at Holy Assumption Church, Canton, OH June 11-16,...
View ArticleMedia ministries topic of May 21 presentation hosted by Orthodox Christian...
DETROIT, MI [MW Diocese Communications] — John E. Lazar, Vice President and Media Ministries Coordinator of the Council of Orthodox Christian Churches of Metropolitan Detroit [COCC], will speak on...
View ArticleSS. Peter and Paul Church, Lorain, OH celebrates 105th anniversary
LORAIN, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — Priest Joseph McCarthy and the faithful of Saints Peter and Paul Church, Lorain, OH, welcomed His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon and His Grace, Bishop Paul for...
View ArticleChicago's Holy Trinity Cathedral to celebrate patronal feast day
CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Priest Alexander Koranda and the clergy and faithful of Chicago's historic Holy Trinity Cathedral will celebrate their Patronal Feast May 26-28, 2018. On...
View ArticleRegistration opens, keynote speaker announced for Small Parish Forum July 12-14
ROSSFORD, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — Online registration for the Fifth Annual Small Parish Forum, slated to be held at Saint George Cathedral in the Toledo suburb of Rossford, OH July 12-14,...
View ArticleMetropolitan Tikhon expresses gratitude after 2018 Diocesan Clergy Convocation
CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — At the invitation of His Grace, Bishop Paul, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon was the keynote speaker at the annual Diocesan Clergy Convocation during the...
View Article'Care for Our Elderly' subject of June 18 talk at Holy Ghost Church, Sterling...
STERLING HEIGHTS, MI [OCW] — "Care for Our Elderly: Individually and as a Church Community" will be the subject of a talk at Holy Ghost Church, 38500 Ryan Road, Sterling Heights, MI on Monday, June 18...
View ArticleUPDATED In Memoriam: Priest Michael Prevas
CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Priest Michael D. Prevas, 66, fell asleep in the Lord on Saturday, June 16, 2018 after months of battling cancer and related complications. The Funeral...
View ArticleMetropolitan Tikhon addresses President Trump on the separation of families
SYOSSET, NY [OCA] — In a letter dated Tuesday, June 19, 2018, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, appealed to US President Donald Trump for compassion with regard to children who, as widely reported,...
View ArticleSymposium exploring creative side of Church music opens in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS, MN [ISOCM/MW Diocese Communications] — Over 100 musicians, directors, composers, chanters, singers, and musicologists are gathering at Minneapolis' historic Saint Mary's Cathedral June...
View ArticleFr. Dusan Koprivica to speak at Michigan Pan-Orthodox women's retreat July 14
RIVES JUNCTION, MI [OCW] — Archpriest Dusan Koprivica, Rector of Saint Demetrius Church, Jackson, MI, will be the keynote speaker at the annual women's retreat sponsored by the Orthodox Christian Women...
View ArticleFr. Steven Kostoff's "Monday Morning Meditations" now available
CINCINNATI, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — Kaloros Press, a publisher located in Wadmalaw Island, SC, recently announced the release of Monday Morning Meditations: Reflections of a Parish Priest by...
View ArticleFr. James Sizemore, Ohio National Guard chaplain, visits Serbia
VRANJE, SERBIA [MW Diocese Communications] — Lt. Col. James Sizemore, an Ohio National Guard chaplain attached to Saint Gregory of Nyssa Church, Columbus, OH, concelebrated the Divine Liturgy at Holy...
View ArticleHoly Apostles Church, Normal, IL, celebrates 20th anniversary
NORMAL, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Priest David Gresham and the faithful of Holy Apostles Church here celebrated their patronal feast and the 20th anniversary of their community on Saturday, June...
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