Tuesday, May 05, 2009
JOHNSTOWN, PA - Fr. Andrew Fetchina, the Director of the Diocesan Apostolate For Youth will be a featured guest speaker on the Come Receive the Light Radio Program on November 21, 2008. Fr. Andrew will speak on the topic Raising Faithful Kids in Today's World. Read more...
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
On February 13, 2009 the Very Rev. Fr. Peter Paproski was interviewed on the SCOBA endorsed Come Receive the Light Radio Program. Fr. Peter spoke on the topic Daniel and the Three Holy Youths - A Model for Today's Youth. Read more...
Friday, April 24, 2009
Very Rev. Protopresbyter Stephen Dutko, Pastor Emeritus of St. Michael's Church, Binghamton, NY, peacefully Reposed in the Lord early this morning. Father Stephen was the eldest and still functioning Orthodox priest of the diocese, having marked his 92nd birthday on January 3. Read more...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Seminarians Joseph Gingrich, Gregory Robel and Marc Wisnosky were ordained to the sub-deaconate by His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas at Christ the Saviour Cathedral, on Bright Monday, April 20, 2009. Read more...
Sunday, April 19, 2009
This is the Morning after the long night and the long journey. For the past forty days and Holy Week, we have journeyed after Jesus in fasting, in confession, in the Liturgies of St. Basil and the Pre-Sanctified Gifts. We have prayed longer prayers and we have sought forgiveness. We have listened to the sweet Gospel words of our Saviour, and faithful songs of the Theotokos at the Cross. Read more...
Saturday, February 28, 2009
As we began our journey into the Triodion a few weeks ago, we were reminded once again of the lessons that several parables had to teach us, especially the two parables of the Publican and the Pharisee and the Prodigal Son; these messages are repeated in the hymns of the Church during the third and the fourth weeks of the Great Fast. Read more...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
With the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas, a Pilgrimage has been arranged for the Youth of the Chicago Deanery on Saturday May 9, 2009 to St. John Chrysostomos Women's Monastery in Kenosia, WI Read more...
Thursday, January 22, 2009
NESQUEHONING, PA - The Very Rev. Protopresbyter Michael Sopoliga fell Asleep in the Lord on Friday January 23, 2009. Father Michael was the pastor Emeritus of St. John The Baptist Orthodox Church, Nesquehoning, PA. Read more...
Sunday, January 04, 2009
JOHNSTOWN, PA - The official website of the American Carpatho Russian Orthodox Diocese of the U.S.A. (www.acrod.org) will be undergoing a complete redesign during the coming months. The new website will communicate news and information more quickly and efficiently with diocesan clergy and faithful and the outside world through multiple digital mediums. It will also assist the various ministries and the apostolates of the diocese to provide needed resources. Read more...
Monday, December 22, 2008
When we were little children, our parents and our Church School teachers were the first ones to instruct us in the mysteries of our Holy Faith. One of the initial words that we learned was "BoŽe," which, of course, means "GOD." Next we were taught where God lived. And if you ask almost any child today, hopefully his or her response will be, as was ours, "in heaven." Read more...
