Press Releases

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. Read more...

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 Read more...

MERCER, PA --- Do you want to make a real difference in the life of a child? Do you believe that you can make a difference in that child’s life? Then Camp Nazareth and our Diocese call you to be a member of the 2011 Camp Nazareth Summer Staff. Because at Camp, the Staff makes all the difference! Read more...

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. Read more...

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 Read more...

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. Read more...

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. Read more...

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 Read more...

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

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 Read more...