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Pray at St. Nicholas in Washington, DC


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HT: peterandhelenevans.com

St. Nicholas Cathedral (OCA)

St. Nicholas Cathedral (OCA)


The National Day of Prayer is being celebrated in prayer at thousands of locations around the nation on Thursday, May 6th. You can take part at Washington DC’s Saint Nicholas Cathedral. Come and go as you please between 5:00pm and 9:00pm. Pray in silence or join us in reading the Psalms aloud. No experience necessary.

If you have never been to St Nicholas Cathedral, you are in for a treat!

Utah teens get sense of monastic lifestyle


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The Salt Lake Tribune

St. Anthony Monastery

St. Anthony Monastery


Sixteen high school seniors from Utah returned Sunday from a weekend-long graduation celebration. There was no partying or dancing. There was wine, just not for their imbibing.

Still, the teens did experience extreme behavior — religious, that is.

The pilgrims from Salt Lake City’s Greek Orthodox parish traveled to St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery in Florence, Ariz., an hour from Phoenix, to immerse themselves in monastic life.

Sequestered from the stresses of modern living, the 10 boys and six girls rose each day at 2 a.m. for a three-hour worship service, worked in the kitchen and vineyards in 90-degree weather and met for small group discussions and quiet meditation. They wandered around the monastery’s 300-plus acres, dazzled by the stark beauty of the chapels, gardens, gazebos and Spanish fountains nestled among the palm trees and sagebrush.

Read the entire article on The Salt Lake Tribune website.

5,000 Indians Baptized Orthodox in Mexico


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HT: St. George Greek Orthodox Church of Prescott, AZ
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5,000 Mayan's come to Christ through Orthodoxy

5,000 Mayan's come to Christ through Orthodoxy


The conversation published below took place in early December 2009, during the visit of Metropolitan Jonah (OCA) to Russia to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Moscow representation of the Orthodox Church in America, and is devoted to the activities of the Church in Latin America.

Your Beatitude, in which Latin American countries is the Orthodox Church in America represented?

The jurisdiction of our Church extends to Mexico. Previously, we also had some parishes in Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Venezuela. But some of them left for the Russian Church Abroad, the others were closed.

Several communities in Latin America want to join the Orthodox Church in America. We would be happy to take these believers, but there is no one to care for them, because we have very few priests who speak Spanish or Portuguese.

A priest I hope he will soon become a bishop began a mission in Ecuador in Guayaquil, where there settled a major Palestinian colony. Unfortunately, in recent years, his good initiative was dampened. I heard that in Central American countries, particularly in El Salvador, there are many Palestinians. Curiously, they do not go to the parishes of the Antiochian Church, and have been asking to be accepted under our omophorion.
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OCL and Abp. Demetrios discuss Episcopal Assembly


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April 21, 2010 – A delegation from Orthodox Christian Laity met last week with His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in New York City, William Souvall, OCL President, announced today.

“The main reason for our visit was to inform His Eminence of OCL’s enthusiastic support for the upcoming Episcopal Assembly of all Orthodox bishops in North and Central America which will take place in New York in late May. We particularly wanted to express to the Archbishop the appreciation of OCL’s membership for his leadership in convening this unprecedented meeting and for the important responsibility he will assume as the chairman of the Assembly,” Mr. Souvall stated.
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Metropolitan Jonah requests prayers in anticipation of North America’s first Episcopal Assembly


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HT: Orthodox News

Metropolitan Jonah

Orthodox Church in America April 21, 2010

SYOSSET, NY [OCA] — In anticipation of the first North American Episcopal Assembly, slated to convene in New York City, May 25-27, 2010, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah has asked that special petitions be included in the Litany of Fervent Supplication.

Under the chairmanship of His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, the Assembly will bring together all canonical Orthodox hierarchs across the continent.

Comprehensive and informative background information on events and deliberations leading to the convocation of the Assembly may be found on the web site of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas at www.scoba.us/resources/chambesy_documents.html.
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