Press Releases

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- The fortieth day memorial service for + Metropolitan Nicholas will be broadcast live from Christ the Saviour Cathedral on Thursday, April 21, 2011. It will take place at the conclusion of the 8:00 am Holy Thursday Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil the Great Read more...

MERCER, PA -- Camp Nazareth is hosting an Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) endorsed Spring College Student Retreat from Friday, May 20 – Sunday, May 22. Read more...

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- Parishes are invited to submit photos for an special on-line photo gallery featuring the celebration of Holy Week and Pascha in our diocese. Every parish community is invited to up to three photos for the photo gallery. Read more...

MERCER, PA -- In keeping with the tradition established by His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas of Blessed Repose, Camp Nazareth will host its annual Bright Friday Celebration of the Feast of the Theotokos of the Life-giving Fountain on Friday April 29, 2011 Read more...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (OCF) -- The Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF), the official campus ministry program under the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in North and Central America, OCF announced on April 11, 2011 that it is launching a search for a full-time executive director responsible for all aspects of the OCF ministry. Read more...

NILES, IL -- The Chicago Deanery Hosted the Western Regional Diocesan Lenten Retreat on Saturday, April 9 at Saint Michael's Church in Niles, IL. The guest speaker was Father Basil Aden, Pastor at Christ the Savior Church in Rockford, IL. He gave a talk entitled “Transfigured into a New Way of Life” as a member and representative of the Diocesan Stewardship Commission. The Moleben to the Holy Cross followed the presentation. Read more...

JOHNSTOWN, PA --With the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas, of blessed memory, a Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land will depart from Pittsburgh on Monday, May 9 and return on May 17. The 32 members of the group will visit all of the holy sites associated with the life of our Lord Jesus Christ including the site of the Annunciation in Nazareth, the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem where an Orthodox Church has been built over the cave of the Lord's birth Read more...

JOHNSTOWN, PA [National ACRY & Information Technology Apostolate] - Audio recordings of this year's Eastern Regional Lenten Retreat, held last weekend at the National Christian Conference Center in Valley Forge, PA are now posted. Audio of the adult retreat presentations Transfigured into A New Way of Life, as presented by Protopresbyter Peter Paproski and Deacon Stephen Hall Read more...

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- As was discussed at the Reconvened Diocesan Sobor this past Summer in Johnstown, PA, The Diocesan Board of Trustees, acting on suggestions made at the 21st Diocesan Sobor has made enhancements to the Distinguished Diocesan Donors Giving Program. Read more...

Morgantown, WV - A Lenten Retreat hosted by the West Virginia University Orthodox Christian Fellowship, will take place on Saturday April 9, 2011 at St. Mary's Orthodox Church in Morgantown, WV. Read more...