JOHNSTOWN, PA - The Chancery has learned that + JOSEPH PARIMUCHA, former Diocesan Trustee and talented architect who designed the Diocesan Chancery Building, Saints Cyril and Methodios Church at Camp Nazareth and Holy Resurrection Church, fell asleep in the Lord on Sunday October 18, 2015. Funeral arrangements are as follows: Wednesday, October 21 - Visitation at Holy Resurrection Church (Potomac, MD) from 2-5 PM and 7-9 PM, Parastas will be at 7 PM. Read more...

MERCER, PA [Camp Nazareth] -- On Thursday morning, October 18, 2015, a few priests and lay people gathered together at Camp Nazareth to celebrate the groundbreaking service for the beginning of the Camp’s Cabin Expansion Project. It turned out to be a beautiful day on which to celebrate outdoors and say the prayers together to begin this project. The service was celebrated at the Holy Innocents Shrine. The Holy Innocents are the patron saints of the Camp itself. Their shrine is located in the grove of trees in front of cabins 4 & 5. The shrine was beautifully adorned with Fall plants and flowers; fitting for the task at hand. The service itself was beautiful. The Very Rev. Protopresbyter Kenneth Bachofsky, who is the Camp Overseer, mentioned after the service was over that St. Paul exhorts us to pray at all times, to pray constantly, as a way of both putting and showing our trust in God, and as a way of defeating the evil one. Read more...

JOHNSTOWN, PA - The Chancery has learned that +KATHERINE MACURA, the mother of Very Rev. Fr. E. Michael Macura of St. John the Baptist Church Stratford, CT (Silver Lane) fell asleep in the Lord on Thursday Oct 1, 2015. Katherine, the widow of John Macura, was born in Torysky, Czechoslovakia to the late Joseph and Anna (Zentkovich) Bradac and immigrated to the United States at a very young age. She lived in Bridgeport for over 50 years and Stratford since 1999. She was a devoted member of the Carpatho Russian Orthodox Church of St. John the Baptist, Mill Hill Avenue, Bridgeport where she was a member of the Mothers & Daughters Club, St. John’s Seniors, the Orthodox Council of Eastern Orthodox Christian Churches of Greater Bridgeport, CT and the Carpatho Rusyn Society. Read more...

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- The public schedule of His Grace, Bishop Gregory of Nyssa for September 2015, has been released by the Diocesan Chancery. Read more...

JOHNSTOWN, PA - The Chancery is pleased to announce that registration for the 2015 College Conferences is now open. The conferences will be held during Christmas Break in two locations: St. Nicholas Ranch in Dunlap, Calif and Antiochian Village in Bolivar, Pa.; each centering on Orthodox Christian Fellowship's (OCF) theme for the year - "Modern Martyrs: Witnesses of the Word." This College Conference theme will address our calling to be martyrs for Christ by being witnesses of the Faith. As college students living in a secularized world, there are numerous opportunities for us as Orthodox Christians to be witnesses/martyrs for Christ on college campuses: in the dorm room, on social media, and in every aspect of our lives. This theme will also address the current-day persecution of Christians and provide some insights into how we can best aid our Christian brothers and sisters across the globe. Read more...