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OCA Priest and Students Participate in Suprasl 2024

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Source: Orthodox Church in America Suprasl, Poland [SUPRASL] Fr Nilos offering a morning reflection, “Life as Gratitude”. For the third year in a row students and clergy of the Orthodox Church in America participated in the annual World Gathering of Orthodox Youth – Suprasl 2024 – organized by Suprasl: A World Fellowship of Orthodox Youth at the Monastery of the Annunciation and the Suprasl Academy in northeastern Poland from June 30 – July 8. Participating from the OCA were Father Nilos Nellis of Saint John in the Wilderness Orthodox Sanctuary, Birchdale, British Columbia; Caleb Hooper from Saint Nicholas Church, Mogadore, OH; and…

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SVS Press Becomes Exclusive Distributor of Vatopedi Monastery English Titles in US

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Source: St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary St Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Press is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos. SVS Press will serve as the exclusive American distributor of books published by Vatopedi Monastery in the English language. To begin this partnership, Vatopedi Monastery’s “Holy Mountain Series” and other titles will be made available through the SVS Press Mount Athos Collection. The Holy Mountain Series shares the spiritual patrimony of the Holy Mountain with the English-speaking world, making the lives and teachings of recent Athonite saints and elders readily available and accessible. Vatopedi is…

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SAVE THE DATE: October 18-19, 2024 – Orthodox Christian Laity’s 37th Annual Conference

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Source: Orthodox Christian Laity OCL ANNOUCES NEW EXCITING MARKETING MISSION Mosaic of Orthodox Christianity in America OCL is developing a strategic marketing plan with an exciting campaign to mobilize our Orthodox Christian laity community in the United States of America. We believe this can be a powerful way to create positive change and greater unity. WHY?…..To Help Us to Connect and Spread Orthodoxy To make OCL the inspired forward-looking leader of Orthodox Christians in America to provide a common vehicle for the need to belong, regardless of ethnicity or cultural differences. OCL wants to advance and promote a feeling among…

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Fifteen Amazing Facts in LOST HISTORIES

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Source: Orthodox History Originally published on May 29, 2024 by MATTHEW NAMEE As you may have seen, Ancient Faith recently published my book, Lost Histories: The Good, the Bad & the Strange in Early American Orthodoxy. If you like this website, you’re the target audience for the book. And while reading it should give you a good handle on the early history of Orthodoxy in America, I wrote it not just to educate but — hopefully — to amaze and surprise you (even if you’re a longtime reader of this website). With that in mind, here are fifteen random, amazing facts from…

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Mary Magdalene: Resurrection Egg and Anointing Jar

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Source: Public Orthodoxy VK McCarty Anglican Theologian and Lecturer at General Theological Seminary One of the aspects I’ve enjoyed in my faith pilgrimage in Orthodoxy has been the right-spirited acknowledgement of Mary Magdalene as the Apostle to the Apostles—Apostolorum Apostola—and the admirable regard the Orthodox Church holds for her. Witnessing to the Resurrection is a shining attribute, not only of Mary Magdalene, but of the Resurrection story as a whole. The Gospel stories we hear week after week during Pascha herald the joy and life-transformation we share with Mary Magdalene and all the other witnesses to the Resurrection of Jesus…

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REGISTER NOW! Summer Camp for Adults at the Village is Sept. 20 – 23 at the Antiochian Village

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Source: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America ​View the Adult Camp Vimeo Registration is open for Adult Camp at Antiochian Village, open to anyone over the age of 21 who wants to spend a weekend in the beautiful natural setting of Antiochian Village Camp and grow in the Orthodox Christian Faith. This year’s dates are Sept. 20 – 23, and the featured speaker is Fr. Raphael Daly, pastor of St. Luke Church in Erie, Colo. Whether you are 21, 51, or 101 years old, you’re never too old experience the joy of being a child again! Come and enjoy fellowship with each other: daily services, Christian…

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Priest Dmitry Safronov at the grave of Alexei Navalny. (SOTAvision)

Russian Priest Suspended After Navalny Memorial Service

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Source: The Moscow Times Originally published on April 24, 2024 The Russian Orthodox Church has suspended a priest who led a memorial service for the late opposition figure Alexei Navalny last month, according to a ruling on the Moscow diocese website. Priest Dmitry Safronov performed a memorial service at Navalny’s gravesite in Moscow on March 26, 40 days after the Kremlin critic died in an Arctic prison. According to Orthodox tradition, memorial services for the dead are traditionally held on the 40th day after their death. An order signed by Russian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Kirill bans Safronov from giving blessings, wearing the frock and…

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The Great Feast of Pentecost

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Source: The National Herald By Rev. Dr. Georgios Lekkas, Special to TNH Christ stayed with His Disciples for forty days after His Resurrection to establish their faith in Him as the Son of God and the God-Man. And when their faith had been firmly established and the Lord Jesus Christ had ascended into Heaven, the Holy Spirit descended upon them and aroused their faith in Christ in such a way that they could now perform miracles and preach the Gospel to the whole world – most of them even gave their lives for Christ. The Holy Spirit united the Disciples…

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Saint Basil Academy Celebrates 80 Years of Operation and Their 2024 Graduates June 22, 2024

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Source: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America This past Saturday, June 22, was full of many joyful milestones. It was the fifth anniversary of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America’s enthronement as well as the enthronement of Metropolitan Constantine of Denver. It was also the 77th Annual Commencement Exercises and the 80th Anniversary of Saint Basil Academy. Nearly 200 people gathered at the beautiful Saint Basil campus in Garrison, New York to celebrate the accomplishments of Saint Basil’s resident children and young adults. Saint Basil Academy currently has 27 children in its residential programs, four of which were graduates honored on…

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The magnificent building of Marasleios School near the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople. (Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate/Nikos Papachristou)

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Contributed to the Restoration of the Marasleios School of Constantinople

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Source: The National Herald BOSTON – The Archdiocese of America has contributed financially to the renovation of the Marasleios School, whose inauguration took place on the occasion of the name day celebration of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The Patriarch revealed the financial assistance of the Archdiocese during his speech, stating: “With much emotion and joy, we conducted the Blessing Ceremony, inaugurating, by the grace of the benevolent God, a new chapter in the history and operation of the Marasleios Urban School, or officially, the ‘Patriarchal Urban School of Marasli’. Rightfully and justly, we express, first, our Patriarchal gratitude to the sponsors…

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Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine Hosts Juneteenth Ecumenical Prayer Service

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Source: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America NEW YORK, NY – On the occasion of Juneteenth, a national holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the USA, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America held an Ecumenical Prayer Service at Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at Ground Zero in New York. Resurrected after the original St. Nicholas Church was destroyed on September 11, 2001, the Church stands as a reminder of the resilience of people of faith and welcomes visitors of all faiths. The beautiful and distinctive icon above the altar, “Platytera ton Ouranon” icon of the Virgin Mary…

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Falling Asleep in the Lord of Rev. Robert George Stephanopoulos, PhD, Dean Emeritus Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity June 19, 2024

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Source: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Reverend Robert George Stephanopoulos, PhD, Dean Emeritus Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, fell asleep in the Lord yesterday, June 19, 2024. Fr. Robert served with distinction from 1982-2007 as Dean of the Cathedral. Fr. Bob, as he was affectionately called, was a respected, dedicated, loyal and well-loved clergyman, who loved each community he served. He retired in 2007 and relocated in 2017 to Ohio where he remained until his passing. Just last year, Presvytera. Nikki Stephanopoulos, his beloved Presvytera, fell asleep in the Lord. Fr. and Pres. were known and admired across the…

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