Council of Canonical Bishops at the Cathedral
Sept 17, 2013 - On the day of St. Iosaph of Belgorod, the Chicago Pokrov Cathedral hosted 50 bishops who had gathered in Chicago for the annual meeting of the Council of Canonical Bishops of North...
View ArticleNew Roof Completed in Houghton
From Hieromonk Innokenty (Reichert), rector of SS Herman & Sergius Church in Atlantic Mine, Michigan:Glory to God the final piece of the roof has been completed. With this, the church and rectory...
View ArticleArchpastoral visit to Texas
On October 4/17, His Grace Bishop Peter visited San Antonio, Texas for the first time as he travelled to visit several south Texas parishes. While in San Antonio, Vladyka Peter shared lunch with local...
View ArticleFr. Vladimir Lecko retires
On Friday, November 8, 2013 Archpriest Vladimir Lecko was presented with a Thanksgiving Gramota. Bishop Peter awarded the gramota through Fr. Innokenty (Reichert), who presented it to Fr. Vladimir at...
View ArticleHierarchical Visit to Lake Odessa
On Sunday, December 1, His Grace Bishop Peter visited the St. Herman of Alaska parish in Lake Odessa, MI. This vibrant parish community is located in a small hamlet approximately equidistant from...
View Article2013 St Herman's Conference
The annual Mid-America diocesan St Herman's Youth Conference took place on 26-29, 2013 in Rockford, IL. Many of the young people from our diocese took part in the 3-day pilgrimage which offeried...
View ArticleKursk-Root Icon Visits the Midwest Diocese
With the blessing of His Grace, Metropolitan Hilaron, the Kursk-Root Wonder-working icon of the Mother of God of the Sign (Znamenie) will be visiting the Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America during Great...
View ArticleTriumph of Orthodoxy
Served only in cathedrals by a bishop, the Rite of Orthodoxy is performed at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy on the First Sunday of Great Lent. As Bishop Peter has stressed many times, the Church...
View ArticleVisit of Kursk-Root Icon to Cincinnati
Visit of the Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God and Holy Unction Service at St. George parish in Cincinnati Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over...
View ArticleResolution of the 2014 Lenten Clergy Conference
Having gathering in the God-preserved city of Chicago in the presence of the miracle-working Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God for our annual Great Lenten Diocesan retreat, we, the clergy of the...
View ArticleKursk-Root Icon Visits Upper Midwest
While in Minneapolis Area Icon has visited.March 25 (eve) - Holy Resurrection Skete, Fridley, MN - Supplication Service with AkathistMarch 26 (morn) - St. Mary's Catheral OCA, MInneapolis, MN -...
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