https://www.acrod.org/rss en American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of North America 120 https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/2026seniorretreat Living and Dying Orthodox in the 21st Century.  ]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:34:00 +0000 https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/2026seniorretreat https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/2026springencounter
Centered on the theme “Return to the Lord: Come Home to Christ this Lent!”, the weekend encourages young people to experience Great Lent not simply as a season of “doing more,” but as a joyful return to God like that of the Prodigal Son. ]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 03:50:40 +0000 https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/2026springencounter https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/clergyfamilycamp2026
Clergy Family Week offers renewal, rest, and connection for Clergy families of our Diocese.  This is a time to step away from daily ministry demands and experience a dedicated 3 full days of rest, renewal, and joyful family time in the peaceful environment of our beloved Camp. ]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:05:19 +0000 https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/clergyfamilycamp2026 https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/mg-march-2026 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:58:00 +0000 https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/mg-march-2026 https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/mg-lent-2026
As we begin Holy and Great Lent this year on February 23rd, I want to share with you a few thoughts so that we may journey through this reflective period and arrive at the Great Feast of Feasts, PASCHA to receive the Resurrected Christ.     

We are reminded that there can be no true fast, no genuine repentance, no reconciliation with God, unless we at the same time reconcile with one another.  In this holiest period of the ecclesiastical year, we should honestly examine our relationships with our families, our Church families, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and the society in general.       ]]> Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:59:00 +0000 https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/mg-lent-2026 https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/catechetical-homily-lent-ep-2026
Filled with sacred emotion, we enter once again, by God’s goodwill, into Holy and Great Lent, the arena of ascetic struggle, the time of fasting and repentance, of humility and prayer, of spiritual vigilance and love, with the eyes of our heart directed to the life-giving Cross of the Lord, which guides us all toward Holy Pascha that opens the gates of Paradise to the human race. ]]> Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:46:00 +0000 https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/catechetical-homily-lent-ep-2026 https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/2026cjyar Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:40:06 +0000 https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/2026cjyar https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/2026-abr-plans
Participants will take part in daily prayers and services, educational sessions led by Clergy and Seminarians, and activities that foster brotherhood and leadership. Servers will be given an opportunity to tour the new Seminary, and take a day trip to Pittsburgh. The retreat also provides an opportunity for Altar Boys to meet peers from other Parishes and build lasting friendships rooted first in common faith. ]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:39:00 +0000 https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/2026-abr-plans https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/2026retreats
Eastern Region Diocesan Adult and Youth Lenten Retreat -  Sat March 14, 2026   9:30 am– 5:00 pm   Holy Ghost Orthodox Church, Phoenixville PA.  Teen & Adults - Theme: Steadfast in the Storm: Keeping the Faith in Times of Turmoil -Speaker: Archpriest Timothy Hojnicki Youth Ages 6-12 - Theme Your First Liturgy : Finding Peace. Speaker: Fr. Andrew Wythe ]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:56:00 +0000 https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/2026retreats https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/mg-nativity-archpastoral2025
As we look around ourselves, we find mistrust, suffering, hatred, homelessness, drug overdoses, crime, and senseless killings and the absence of peace and love in our homes, neighborhoods, cities, country and in fact the whole world. This reality in our lives makes us to want to cry out for God's help, assistance and intervention. ]]> Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:30:00 +0000 https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2024-2025/mg-nativity-archpastoral2025