Source: Orthodox Church in America NEW YORK, NY [OCPM] Applications are now officially open for the Certificate Program in Prison Ministry (Spring 2025 Cohort). Through the partnership of Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry (OCPM) and St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (STOTS), you are invited to experience the most comprehensive training in Orthodox prison ministry offered in the United States. Graduates of the Spring 2024 cohort are already beginning their local prison ministries. “This course was excellent,” says Nick Finzer. “My prison volunteer orientation and training is scheduled for October.” “I’ve just completed my first prison Bible study,” says Steve Stafford. “What a beautiful experience.…
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Source: Orthodox Church in America SOUTH CANAAN, PA [STOTS Communications/Jonathan Lincoln] Students and alumni of Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary here gathered on campus for a joint retreat—hailed as the most positive, successful seminarian-alumni gathering in recent memory—on September 1 and 2, 2016. The retreat afforded students the opportunity to meet those who had been trained at Saint Tikhon’s and now serve as stewards of Christ’s vineyard while providing a context in which both groups could grow together in fellowship and self-reflection. On Thursday afternoon, September 1, Priest Andrew Stephen Damick, Pastor of Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Emmaus, PA…