JOHNSTOWN, PA -- Diocesan Faithful and ACRY members arrived today at the Holiday Inn Johnstown for the annual Junior and Senior ACRY Convention, sponsored by Christ the Saviour Cathedral of Johnstown. Over 100 delegates will spend three days in prayer, planning and fellowship.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas was honored this evening at Moleben of Thanksgiving at Christ the Saviour Cathedral and a dinner in his honor at Christ the Saviour Educational Center.

Last year, at this festive time, I received a Christmas card which many people, I'm sure, would have found quite unusual, and yet for us Orthodox Christians, it was very appropriate. It did not depict the Christ Child in the cave surrounded by the Theotokos and Joseph, nor the adoration of the shepherds or the Magi

Beloved brother concelebrants and blessed children in the Lord, Within the somber atmosphere that recently prevails throughout the world with the diverse affliction of the financial, social, moral and especially spiritual crisis, which has created increasing frustration, bitterness, confusion, anxiety, disappointment and fear among many people with regard to the future, the voice of the Church sounds sweet:

NEW YORK, NY --- His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios, the Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in America offers his reflections on the Feast of The Nativity in the Flesh of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ in a recently released video

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- With the Blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas the Divine Liturgy of The Nativity of Our Lord will be broadcast live from Christ the Saviour Cathedral.

BLUEFIELD, WV -- On Thursday, December 23, despite heavy snowfall, the Wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God traveled to one of the southernmost points in West Virginia to visit St. Mary's (Dormition) Church in Bluefield.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- On Sunday December 19, 2010, Very Rev. Fr. Sam Sherry, the pastor of St Michael's Orthodox Church of Niles, IL was elevated to the priestly rank of Protopresbyter By His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas. The elevation of Fr. Sam took place during the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy for the Feast of St. Nicholas at Christ the Saviour Cathedral.

JOHNSTOWN, PA --- The Diocesan Chancery has learned that the web site of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America -- formerly known as the Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America -- made its debut on Friday, December 17, 2010.

NEW YORK, NY -- The Wall Street Journal reports that legal action has begun against the Port Authority demanding that St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, destroyed on 9/11, be rebuilt under the terms of a deal worked out several years ago.

JOHNSTOWN, PA - The Chancery been informed that + Mildred Valasek passed to eternity on Saturday Dec 4, 2010. She is the mother of Fr. Don Valasek of St. Nicholas Church in Scranton, PA

MERCER, PA -- Photos of the 2010 National Youth Encounter, held November 12-14, 2010 at Camp Nazareth are now posted. An enjoyable weekend was had by the more the forty youth in attendance.

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL -- In 2010, the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC) sent 119 people on short-term mission teams around the world to offer a living witness to the Orthodox Christian faith through loving service and fellowship. Orthodox Mission Team opportunities are now available for 2011, and by the prayers of the faithful in North America, OCMC hopes that even more people will answer the call to share in a journey of faith

ISTANBUL -- Procedures to transfer the orphanage on the largest of Istanbul’s Princes’ Islands to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate have been completed and the deed will be delivered to Patriarch Bartholomew on Monday.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas, the Diocesan Administration Staff and the Information Technology Ministry team wish to extend their prayerful best wishes to the Faithful of the Diocese on this day of Thanksgiving.

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

WASHINGTON, DC -- Members of our Diocesan Stewardship Commission and guests met November 12, 2010 at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Washington, DC.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- The Diocesan Chancery is pleased to announce that the website of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese has been nominated as “The Best Jurisdictional Website” by the 2010 Eastern Christian New Media Awards. The annual award is given to the “Most dynamic, attractive, and informative jurisdictional website

LIGONIER, PA --“Everywhere Present and Filling All Things”: The Holy Spirit or the Clergy Wife? was the theme of the second annual Clergy Wives Weekend, held at Antiochian Village in Ligonier, PA from October 29-31. Nearly 70 wives of priests, deacons, and seminarians headed for ordination from all across the country – including Alaska! - came together for this pan-Orthodox weekend

CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN -- Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Mission in Crawfordsville, Indiana celebrated the consecration of their newly constructed church on the weekend of November 6-7, 2010 which was presided over by His Grace, Bishop Daniel of the Western Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA , on behalf of His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas.