During the course of the summer, one of the CN Staff members mentioned that they wanted to come away from Camp with good memories.  It was apparent that the good memories hoped for were (already) precious to them.  It was one of those conversations that left a deep impression because you got to see Camp from yet another person’s perspective and there was something in their desire that made you pay attention to what they were saying even more.  Why would they stress those good memories?  Did they have bad memories elsewhere?  Why would they consider those good memories more important than other things to them at Camp? 

As we celebrate this joyous Feast of the Nativity in the flesh of our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ, I wish to share with you one of my favorite Christmas homilies from the Church Fathers concerning this day. St.  John Chrysostom. spoke on the Incarnation with these words:

I behold a new and wondrous mystery! My ears resound to the shepherd's song, piping no soft melody, but loudly chanting a heavenly hymn!

Wichita, KS – The Board of Directors of Orthodox Christian Fellowship met for its annual in-person retreat from November 21-23rd at Saint George Antiochian Cathedral in Wichita.

Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) is the official campus ministry of the Assembly of Bishops. The Board of Directors meets regularly by virtual means, and dedicates time to in-person meetings throughout the year. Comprised of clergy and lay representatives from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, and the Orthodox Church in America, this year’s annual board retreat was hosted by Saint George Cathedral in Wichita and local board members Joan Farha and Jamil Malone.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- It is proper and just to sing to You, to bless You, to praise You, to thank You, to worship You in every place of Your kingdom, for You are God, ineffable, inconceivable, invisible, incomprehensible, ever existing yet ever the same, You and Your only-begotten Son and Your Holy Spirit. You brought us out of non-existence into being and, when we had fallen, You raised us up again, and left nothing undone to lead us to heaven and to bestow upon us Your future kingdom. For all this we give thanks to You and to Your only-begotten Son and Your Holy Spirit, for all that we know and do not know

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- With gratitude to Almighty God, the clergy and the faithful of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese extend their heartfelt congratulations and best wishes, today - November 27, 2024 to His Eminence, Metropolitan Gregory of Nyssa on the twelfth anniversary of his Consecration and Enthronement as Ruling Diocesan Bishop. Today is also His Eminence's Name's Day, St Gregory Palamas, as celebrated on the Julian Calendar.