JOHNSTOWN, PA -- [National ACRY] The National SR ACRY will again offer scholarships to ACRY members for the 2011-2012 Academic Year. The 2011 ACRY Scholarship applications will be posted in the near future on the ACRY Website. Potential applicants are urged to begin getting letters of recommendation

STRATFORD, CT -- The 2011 National A.C.R.Y. Bowling Tournament, hosted by St. John's Chapter 23, began this evening. Arriving guests enjoyed the warm hospitality provided at St. John's Church. Highlights of the evening included a complimentary dinner buffet,

CHICAGO – The second meeting of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America convened yesterday –exactly one year and one day after the first one in New York– in Chicago’ s Hilton O’Hare Airport Hotel under the chairmanship of His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- The Diocesan Chancery has received word that the diocesan clergy and faithful participating in the Holy Land Pilgrimage have arrived home safely. Diocesan faithful and friends are invited to view extensive photo galleries that are now pos

WOODSTOCK, GA -- St. Elizabeth, a Mission of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese for the past fourteen years in Woodstock, Georgia, has begun worshiping in its new church.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- With the Blessing of His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios, the Diocesan Board of Trustees met today ( May 19, 2011) at the Diocesan Chancery for its Annual Spring Meeting.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- On Monday, May 16, 2011, following Daily Vespers in Christ the Saviour Seminary Chapel, commencement exercises took place. This year two students completed the prescribed three year program of studies.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- The Diocesan Chancery has received word that the diocesan clergy and faithful participating in the Holy Land Pilgrimage have arrived safely. Diocesan faithful and friends are invited to follow in the footsteps of the pilgrims on-line by viewing a special photo gallery that will be updated frequently.

NEW YORK, NY -– His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios of America met with the Consistory of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at the Archdiocesan Headquarters in New York City, yesterday. The Consistory, composed of the following clergy, requested the meeting from the Archbishop who is the Locum Tenens:

MERCER, PA -- On Bright Friday, April 29, 2011, the diocese held its annual Bright Friday celebration at Camp Nazareth. 50 faithful from around the diocese including 12 priests and 2 deacons gathered for the annual Bright Week celebration. The day began with Paschal Matins celebrated by Fr. Robert Prepelka and attending priests, followed by the Paschal Liturgy celebrated by Fr. Kenneth Bachofsky together with the attending priests.

PERTH AMBOY, NJ -- His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios honored the memory of His Eminence, + Metropolitan Nicholas at a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at St. John's Church, Perth Amboy, NJ on Sunday May 8, 2011.

MERCER, PA -- The Staff of Camp Nazareth is looking forward to the return of our diocesan family to Camp Nazareth for the Summer Season. The kick-off to the Summer Season is Family Day which is scheduled for Sunday, June 5 this year. Diocesan Faithful and friends are cordially invited to join in the Family Day festivities

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- A special photo gallery highlighting Holy Week and Paschal celebrations throughout the diocese has been created.

NEW YORK, NY -- His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios of America will make a pastoral visit to St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church in Perth Amboy, New Jersey on Sunday May 8, 2011 to mark the fortieth day of the Repose of + Metropolitan Nicholas.

The award-winning CBS Television Show 60 Minutes, aired a segment yesterday on Mount Athos, one of the most sacred places in Holy Orthodoxy. The video of last night's program is now available for viewing on-line.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- A photo gallery has been posted of Divine services at Christ the Saviour Cathedral of Holy Week and Pascha 2011

I greet all of you on the bright and joyous Feast of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lent, which was made all the more heavy by the passing of our beloved brother, and your dear father in Christ, the late Metropolitan Nicholas, now is filled with hope, the hope of the Resurrection.

The occurrences and events of our time may not seem to justify the exultation of our greeting. The natural destruction caused by seismic tremors and oceanic swells, together with the lurking devastation from possible nuclear explosion, as well as the human sacrifices resulting from military conflict and terrorist action, reveal our world to be in horrible torment and anguish from the pressure of the

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- A short video tribute to His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas containing photos and audio clips of His Eminence, has been released today as part of the diocesan-wide observance of the 40th Day of His Repose.

NEW YORK - The Holy Mountain Athos, the over a thousand year sanctuary of Orthodox Christian monasticism, and which is directly under the spiritual jurisdiction of His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, will be featured on the CBS News program “60 Minutes”, scheduled to air on Pascha Sunday. The segment, “The Monks of Mount Athos”, will recount 60 Minutes Correspondent Bob Simon’s journey to a remote peninsula in North Greece