There is an old time song which included this lyric: "Everything old is new again." This is a concept that is witnessed to in our Holy Orthodox Church each and every year. On August 31/September 13, the old year ends, and on September 1/14, a new liturgical year begins! In many ways, the new year is just like the one that has passed, with perhaps a few new additions. Read more...

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- Audio Feed of His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas' inspiring homily for the Sunday After Dormition, delivered this morning at Christ the Saviour Cathedral is now posted on-line. It is the third in a series of three homilies on the life and vocation of the Most-Holy Theotokos that are available for the edification of our diocesan faithful.. Read more...

NEW YORK, NY -- This weekend, CNN will feature His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in a story entitled, "The Last Patriarch? Greeks in Turkey" on the next episode of "World's Untold Stories". Broadcast Schedule: Saturday, August 28: (EDT, New York) 9:30 a.m., 4:00 p.m. Sunday, August 29: 8:00 a.m., 4:30 p.m., 11:00 p.m. Monday, August 30: (GMT) 03:00 Tuesday, August 31: (EDT, New York) 8:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. Read more...

The years of life seem to pass so quickly, the pace of time quickening as the years advance, and no person can escape the relentless currents that carry each of us to life’s twilight and to the inevitable encounter with the specter of our own mortality. Read more...

MERCER, PA -- Photo Gallery for Diocesan Youth Pilgrimage 2010, held August 20-22, 2010 at Camp Nazareth is now available for viewing. Read more...