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St Tikhon’s Seminary Board of Trustees Announces Dean Search and Appoints Interim Dean

By Webmaster on March 11, 2013 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: St Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary [South Canaan, PA] The Board of Trustees has announced that they have officially appointed the search committee to hire the next Dean of St. Tikhon’s Seminary. More details to follow. The Board of Trustees of St. Tikhon’s Seminary has also appointed Igumen Sergius, Abbot of St. Tikhon’s Monastery, as the Acting Dean of the seminary until a new Dean can been found. As acting Dean Fr. Sergius will report directly to the Rector of the Seminary, His Grace Bishop Michael. The Board of Trustees of St. Tikhon’s Seminary gathered in South Canaan for their…

Patriarchal Catechetical Homily on the occasion of the beginning of Great Lent

By Webmaster on March 11, 2013 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE Prot. No. 240 CATECHETICAL HOMILY ON THE OCCASION OF THE BEGINNING OF GREAT LENT † B A R T H O L O M E W By the Mercy of God Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Church Grace and Peace be with you from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ together with our Prayer, Blessing and Forgiveness Beloved brothers and sisters, children in the Lord, The holy fathers, who arranged everything in an orderly manner, instituted a period of ascetic discipline and spiritual purification for…

Seminary Dean signs cooperative agreement with Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Romania

By Webmaster on March 9, 2013 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: Orthodox Church in America YONKERS, NY [SVOTS/OCA] At the invitation of His Eminence, Archbishop Nicolae of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the Americas, Archpriest Dr. John Behr, Dean of Saint Vladimir’s Seminary here, traveled to Bucharest to sign a cooperative agreement between Saint Vladimir’s and the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Bucharest. His visit, blessed by His Beatitude, Patiarch Daniel, began on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee when he celebrated the Divine Liturgy in Bucharest’s Patriarchal Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helen. On Sunday afternoon, Patriarch Daniel hosted Archbishop Nicolae and Father John for an…

Fascinating Facts Behind the Forty Martyrs of Sebastea

By Webmaster on March 8, 2013 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: MYSTAGOGY By Dan Graves It was one of the strangest episodes in all of military and Christian history–an army killing its own best soldiers. The time: A.D. 320. The place: Sevaste, in present-day Turkey. The issue: Would Christian soldiers obey and bow to pagan gods? How many agreed to sacrifice? A legion consisted from 3,000 to 6,000 infantry plus cavalry. Apparently at least 2,960 men from the Sevaste legion sacrificed at Licinius’s order. Barely 1% bucked his demand! The famous Thundering Legion. The legion stationed at Sevaste may have been the famed Thundering Legion. Dating back to Caesar Augustus,…

Egyptian Christian Immigrants Murdered, Beheaded in NJ

By Webmaster on March 7, 2013 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: The Christian Post By Nicola Menzie , Christian Post Reporter n a crime that New Jersey authorities have described as heinous, a local man is believed to have shot to death two Coptic Christians before severing their heads and hands and burying their bodies in the backyard of a relative’s abandoned home. “These were grisly murders in which the defendant allegedly shot both victims in the chest at close range,” said Attorney General Chiesa in a press release. “We allege that the defendant was ruthless and calculating in the manner in which he carried out the killings and attempted…

OCA Youth Department launches new grant program

By Webmaster on March 7, 2013 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: Orthodox Church in America SYOSSET, NY [OCA] – With the approval of the Metropolitan Council of the Orthodox Church in America, the OCA Department of Youth, Young Adult, and Campus Ministry launched its Saint Peter the Aleut Grant Program. The grant will be available to any youth or young adults seeking to offset costs of attending retreats, workshops, or conferences, or to visit an OCA seminary or monastery to discern a vocation. In addition, clergy and lay people may apply for assistance to offset the costs of continuing education in the field of youth ministry. “We want to show…

Concert highlights anniversaries of three seminaries

By Webmaster on March 7, 2013 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: Orthodox Church in America WILKES-BARRE, PA [STOTS] – Hundreds of faithful poured into Saint Stephen Episcopal Cathedral here on Sunday, March 3, 2013 for a concert of liturgical music by students from three Orthodox Christian seminaries. The concert was performed by students of Saint Tikhon’s Seminary, South Canaan, PA, and Saint Vladimir’s Seminary, Yonkers, NY, both of which are celebrating their 75th anniversaries, and Holy Trinity Seminary, Jordanville, NY, which is celebrating its 65th Anniversary. Members of the brotherhood of Saint Tikhon’s Monastery also participated. The event marked the first time singers from the three seminaries have collaborated musically.…

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch to lead ‘prayer for reconciliation’ amid political and social crisis

By Webmaster on March 7, 2013 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: The Sofia Globe Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit is to lead a “prayer for the reconciliation of the Bulgarian people” on March 10 in response to the current turbulent social, political and economic situation facing the country, the Holy Synod said. Neofit was elected Patriarch on February 24, taking office amid a series of nationwide protests and political upheaval as Bulgaria heads for early national parliamentary elections on May 12. Of Bulgaria’s population of 7.3 million, according to the February 2011 census, 76 per cent declared themselves to be Orthodox Christians. The Holy Synod said that all “Orthodox Christians…

Venice church official accused of embezzling $53,950

By Webmaster on March 5, 2013 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: Herald-Tribune The administrator of a Venice church is accused of embezzling more than $50,000 intended to help struggling parishioners, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office reported. Robert Kondratick, 67, of the 11700 block of Tempest Harbor Loop in Venice, was arrested Wednesday, accused of embezzling church funds intended to help people who have fallen on hard times. In January, church council members contacted the sheriff’s office after discovering funds had been misused over a six-month period from June to December 2012. Kondratick, then employed as administrator of the Holy Spirit Orthodox Church, 700 Shamrock Blvd., was fired by church officials.…

March is Antiochian Women’s Month

By Webmaster on March 4, 2013 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America The month of March, designated as Antiochian Women’s Month by His Eminence Metropolitan Philip, is a time when the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Women encourage their sisters in Christ to participate in the Liturgy and minister in their parishes and their communities. Notes President Violet Robbat, “…however large or small our roles, what is important for an Antiochian Woman is that we are focused on our faith and His church.” Resources for Women’s Month: A brochure about the 2013 project and scholarship (PDF) Metropolitan Philip’s letter about Women’s Month (PDF) A sermonette introducing…

Wichita Ministry to Moms in Crisis Seeks Executive Director

By Webmaster on March 1, 2013 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America The Treehouse in Wichita, Kansas, is looking for an Executive Director. Created in 2002 to fill a unique niche, helping economically challenged moms and children with basic necessities and programs, the Treehouse is a Christian-based, not-for-profit organization. The Executive Director is responsible for providing strategic leadership for The Treehouse by working with the Board to establish long-range goals, strategies and policies. The Executive Director is responsible for the administration of the comprehensive Treehouse program, leading its public relations, community relations, and fundraising efforts. The Treehouse offers compassionate physical and emotional support and positive…

St Photini, The Samaritan Woman – Patron Saint of OCL

By Webmaster on February 26, 2013 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Commemorated February 26 St. Photini’s Life The New Testament describes the familiar account of the “woman at the well” (John 4:5-42), who was a Samaritan. Up to that point she had led a sinful life, one which resulted in a rebuke from Jesus Christ. However, she responded to Christ’s stern admonition with genuine repentance, was forgiven her sinful ways, and became a convert to the Christian Faith – taking the name ‘Photini’ at Baptism, which literally means “the enlightened one”. A significant figure in the Johannine community, the Samaritan Woman, like many other women, contributed to the spread of Christianity.…

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