Eastern diocese clergy gather at Shadeland for Seminar
2. November 2009 - 11:20
His Grace Bishop Mitrophan is strong and consistent in scheduling and
holding clergy seminars. The topics of the seminars varied extensively
through the years. Priests face a wide range of different issues and
concerns in parish life. Continuing education is a necessity and the
commitment to scholarship by His Grace is reflected in the seminars.
25th Anniversary Celebration - Fair Oaks, CA
2. November 2009 - 11:13
His Grace, Bishop Maxim, Fr. Stevan Kovacevic from Trebinje
(Hercegovina) and Hieromonk Jovan Babic, visited the parish of the
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Fair Oaks, California
on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary Celebration. It was twenty-five
years ago, on July 31, 1983, that the Blessing of the Cornerstone took
place. Today, His Grace, fellow clergy, and parishioners participated
in the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, followed by memorial service for
past members.
Archbishop Hilarion visits ruined and restored churches in Kosovo and Metohija
1. November 2009 - 12:52
Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow
Patriarchate's department for external church relations, on a visit to
Kosovo and Metochia, together with Bishop Artemije of Rasko-Prizren and
Kosovo-Metochia, came to see ruined and restored Orthodox churches
there. They were accompanied by representatives of the International
Peacekeeping Force in Kosovo.
Parishes in Detroit area in Michigan visited by Bishop Longin
30. October 2009 - 10:54
On Saturday, October 24th
2009, Bishop Longin visited East Chicago, IN. where he baptized Masha
Savic, the second child of Aleksandar Savic, the parish priest at the
Church of Saint George, East Chicago. Many parishioners were present
at the baptism.
The St. Petka parish in San Marcos celebrates church Slava
29. October 2009 - 13:59
The
parishioners of the St. Petka-Paraskeva Serbian Orthodox parish in San
Marcos in southern California, celebrated their church Slava yesterday
with the Divine Liturgy officiated by their diocesan hierarch, His
Grace Bishop Maxim. Concelebrating were the priests: Velimir Petakovic,
Milan Vukovic, Hieromonks Nektarije and Jovan as well as Deacon Paul
Germain.