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	<title>2026 Diocesan Altarboy Retreat</title>
	<link>https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2026/abr-2026</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ JOHNSTOWN PA, [Diocesan Chancery] -- It has been three weeks since registration opened for the Diocesan Altar Boy Retreat.  We encourage all of our Altar Servers ages 8 - 18 to come and  experience this marvelous annual event of the Diocese. <BR> <BR>

Registration is open now, but will close June 20th, so don’t delay! The cost per participant is $150, and the Altar Boy Retreat has always encouraged our parishes to cover the cost of their Altar Server attending. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 14:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Schedule of His Eminence, Metropolitan Gregory For May -  August 2026</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ JOHNSTOWN, PA --  The schedule of His Eminence, Metropolitan Gregory of Nyssa  for May-August 2026  has been released by the Diocesan Chancery. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Diocesan-Wide Outreach Program To Benefit Zoe For Life</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ JOHNSTOWN, PA -- [Diocesan Chancery]   Diocesan faithful and friends are asked to support  special Diocesan-Wide outreach project being spearheaded by the National Sr. ACRY for the Zoe for Life Orthodox Christian Ministry to unwed mothers in the Cleveland, Ohio area.<BR> <BR>

In conjunction with the Diocesan Family and Friends Weekend in Cleveland over the Memorial Day Weekend, a fundraising Baby Shower will be held to benefit Zoe for Life.  A representative from the organization will also be joining those present to speak after Sunday Liturgy. ACRY chapters and parishes are invited to participate in this fundraiser. There is an Amazon wishlist created so that those interested in participating can easiy purchase items of need for the Zoe House.
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	<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>ACRY To Host Family and Friends Weekend in Cleveland May 22-25, 2026!</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ JOHNSTOWN, PA [National ACRY] - The National Jr and Sr. ACRY will be hosting its annual Family and Friends Weekend in Cleveland, OH  over Memorial day weekend  May 22-25, 2026.  A great schedule of activities and events is being planned for all which include Bowling and enjoying the many wonderful attractions to be found in Cleveland, which include the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Cleveland Aquarium, Museum of Illusions and 
The Cleveland Museum of Art.<BR> <BR>

Deadline for Hotel reservation is April 24th and May 8th for meals, bowling etc.   ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Patriarchal Encyclical for Pascha 2026</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Archpastoral Letter For Pascha 2026</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ oday I greet you with great love and joy in the Name of our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ following His glorious Resurrection. On Great and Holy Pascha, we behold the triumph of Christ, as He rose from death to life, from darkness of the tomb into the Light. With the Resurrection of Christ, all Creation is filled with a new Light of life and joy. On this Feast of Feasts, this Holy Day of Holy Days, we all proclaim the only truth that matters, the Truth that Christ is Risen! <BR><BR>

We gather together as family and friends, in joy and in love, celebrating the presence of the Risen Lord in our midst, and singing with one voice the triumphant hymn "Christ is risen from the dead, trampling death by death, and to those in the tombs bestowing life." ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Diocesan Parishes Invited To Submit Holy Week and Pascha Photos!</title>
	<link>https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2026/ppascha-hw-pics-2026</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ JOHNSTOWN, PA --  Diocesan Parishes are cordially invited to submit via email up to 3 photos of  this year's Holy week and Paschal services for inclusion in a special photo gallery,  Pascha throughout the Diocese. <BR><BR>

It is asked that parishes avoid sending low resolution cell phone camera quality photos as they may also be included in The Church Messenger.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Schedule of His Eminence, Metropolitan Gregory For April 2026</title>
	<link>https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2026/mg-schedule-4-26</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ JOHNSTOWN, PA --  The schedule of His Eminence, Metropolitan Gregory of Nyssa  for April 2026  has been released by the Diocesan Chancery. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Eternal Memory:  + Very Rev. Protopresbyter Theodore Mozes</title>
	<link>https://www.acrod.org/diocesan-life/news/2026/em-fr-mozes</link>
	<description><![CDATA[ JOHNSTOWN, PA - [Diocesan Chancery] -- With profound sadness the Diocesan Chancery announces that + Very Rev. Protopresbyter Theodore Mozes, reposed in the Lord on March 9, 2026 at the age of 87. <BR><BR>

He was born on April 8, 1938, in Pennsylvania to his late parents Zolton and Ann Mozes. Father Theodore was raised in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Clairton High School. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the United States Army, serving three years of active duty and three years in the reserves. During his military service he received two letters of commendation in recognition of his dedication and exemplary service. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Remembering Metropolitan Nicholas on the 15th Anniversary of Repose</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ JOHNSTOWN, PA [Diocesan Chancery] — Today, March 13, 2026, marks the fifteenth anniversary of the repose of the soul of His Eminence, +Metropolitan Nicholas. <BR><BR>

His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas, was consecrated as bishop on March 13, 1983—the Sunday of Orthodoxy—and reposed on March 13, 2011, also the Sunday of Orthodoxy, at 3:00 p.m., just as the Sunday of Orthodoxy Vespers were beginning in his home parish of St. John the Baptist in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. <BR><BR>

On this day, when it scarcely seems possible that fifteen years have passed, the words of His Eminence in his final address to the Diocese on the occasion of his 75th birthday fittingly describe the significance of remembering milestones in our earthly and spiritual lives ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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