JOHNSTOWN, PA -- Vespers propers for Sunday September 11, 2011 are now posted and available for download.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- On Sunday September 11, 2011 Diocesan parishes throughout the U.S.A. will remember offer special prayers during Divine Liturgy in remembrance of the 10th Anniversary of the 911 tragedy. For those parishes observing the Julian Calendar, the solemnity and sorrow of this day will be placed within the context of the Feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, which is traditionally observed in fasting and intensified prayer.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- Returning and new seminarians at Christ the Saviour Seminary gathered for Divine Liturgy on Sunday, August 28, at Christ the Saviour Cathedral, which marked the beginning of the 2011-2012 academic year. Protopresbyter Frank P. Miloro celebrated the Liturgy, assisted by

HOMESTEAD, PA -- 67th Annual National Senior ACRY and 28th Annual Junior ACRY Convention held here Labor Day Weekend, 2011 (Sept 2-5, 2011) bore much fruit. Meeting in joint and separate sessions, the National Junior and Senior ACRY membership set in motion exciting plans for the coming year.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- Vespers propers set to music in Carpatho-Rusyn Plain Chant format for the Feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God are now posted and available for download

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- The Chancery has been informed that ARCHON + EDWARD SEDOR passed to eternal life on Saturday Sept 3, 2011

PITTSBURGH, PA -- The members of the National Junior and Senior ACRY (American Carpatho-Russian Youth) during the opening session of the 67th National Senior and 28th National Junior Convention, voted unanimously to extend a helping hand to the Diocesan Parishes of Manville and Rahway New Jersey

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- The Diocesan Chancellor, Very Rev. Protopresbyter Frank P. Miloro in behalf of the Diocesan Consistory, with the Blessing of His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios of America, Locum Tenens, issued the following update and appeal for assistance for the Parish communities of Manville and Rahway, NJ who experienced severe flooding and property damage: Very Reverend and Reverend Fathers and Faithful: None of us need to be reminded of the devastation that Hurricane Irene brought as the storm moved up the east coast last weekend. Thank God we have received no reports of the loss of life in any of our churches.

CHICAGO, IL -- Orthodox Christian Synergy, the Chicago area Pan-Orthodox association, will host its 17th annual Symposium on October 15, with Fr. Thomas Hopko speaking on "Orthodoxy and Homosexuality." The Symposium will be held at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Cicero, IL, from 9 am to 1:30 pm. The scope of this Symposium is a frank presentation about homosexuality as an issue of Orthodox faith and life facing the faithful.

MERCER, PA -- Fr. Stephen Loposky, Camp Nazareth Administrator, and Fr. Deacon Jim Phifer, (Holy Ghost, Phoenixville) are requesting volunteers for a Camp Nazareth work party over the Columbus Day Weekend October 7 thru October 10, 2011. Approximately 20-25 men and 10-15 women are being sought for various projects

DALLAS, TEXAS - [Diocese of the South OCA] His Eminence, Archbishop Dimitri (Royster) retired Archbishop of Dallas and the Diocese of the South of the Orthodox Church in America, fell asleep in the Lord at his home here at 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning, August 28, 2011. His Eminence, The Archbishop was eighty-seven years old.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- Very Rev. Protopresbyter Frank P. Miloro, Diocesan Chancellor, has issued the following statement regarding property damage to diocesan parishes of Rahway and Manville, New Jersey from Hurricane Irene:

JOHNSTOWN, PA [Diocesan Chancery] -- Prayers are requested for the diocesan parishes and faithful ,as well as all who are in the path of Hurricane Irene, which is projected to impact the U.S. Eastern Seaboard from the Carolinas to the coast of New England.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- Vespers propers set to music in Carpatho-Rusyn Plain Chant format for Sunday Aug 28, 2011 and the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God (OC) are now posted and available for download

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- Audio recordings of Great Vespers and Divine Liturgy for the Feast of The Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ, as sung by our Diocesan Youth may now be listened to on-line or downloaded to your MP3 player or iPod.

NEW YORK – Monday August 15, the Feast of the Dormition of the Holy Theotokos, was a very special and spiritually uplifting day for His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America and the thousands of people, clergy and laity from all over the world, who participated in the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy in the historic monastery of Panagia Soumela near Trapezounta. View Photos and

NESQUEHONING, PA -- On Saturday, August 13th, 2011, Deacon David Mastroberte was ordained to the Holy Priesthood on behalf of HIs Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios of America, Locum Tenens by His Eminence, Archbishop Antony at St. John's Orthodox Church, Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- Vespers propers set to music in Carpatho-Rusyn Plain Chant format for the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord are now posted and available for download

NEW YORK – His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America upon the invitation of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and on the occasion of the Feast of the Dormition of the Holy Theotokos, is accompanying His All Holiness on August 14-16, 2011 on a pilgrimage to the historic monastery of Panagia Soumela near Trapezounta on the mountains rising up on the south coast of the Black Sea.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- Vespers propers set to music in Carpatho-Rusyn Plain Chant format for Sunday Aug 14, 2011 and the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God (NC) are now posted and available for download