On Monday, October 27, 2025, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon made an archpastoral visit to St. Nicholas Cathedral, in Washington DC, for the inaugural Feast Day of the Righteous Mother Olga of Kwethluk–Tanqilria Arrsamquq–Wonderworker, Matushka of All Alaska. This archpastoral visit…| OCA News
On Saturday, October 25, 2025, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon traveled to Montreal to preside at the 100th Anniversary Celebration of Saints Peter and Paul Sobor at the invitation of His Eminence Archbishop Irénée of Ottawa and Canada. Upon arrival to Montreal, His Beatitude was…| OCA News
For the last 24 years the Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in America [FOCA] has collected wish lists from married student families at Saint Tikhon’s and Saint Vladimir’s seminaries. Parishes, FOCA Chapters and individuals have fulfilled the wishes of over 1,000 seminarian families…| OCA News
His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon has designated November 9, 2025 as Steward Sunday for the Orthodox Church in America. This Sunday invites the faithful to support the life and mission of the Church through financial gifts that enable the work of her ministries, departments, and offices…| OCA News
On Saturday, October 18, and Sunday, October 19, 2025, at the invitation of His Eminence Archbishop Michael, Archbishop of New York and the Diocese of New York and New Jersey, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon made an archpastoral visit to St. Vladimir Church in Trenton, NJ, to preside at…| OCA News
October is recognized across the Christian world as Clergy Appreciation Month, a time to honor those who serve the Church in pastoral ministry. While not a designated observance within the…| www.oca.org
CRANFORD, NJ — UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ welcomed four new board members this fall: Kathy|
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The upcoming election will have plenty of local contests in addition to the gubernatorial|
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Voters who received a vote-by-mail ballot are reminded to complete and return it before|
CRANFORD, NJ — Holly Ray Folgia lived in Cranford for the past 26 years. She loved the downtown,|
SUMMIT, NJ — In order to change the narrative a bit from a year ago and go into|
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Jonathan Dayton High School football has won six games for the first time since|
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — On Tuesday, Sept. 23, patrol officers from the Union County Police Department discovered illegal dumping|
UNION COUNTY, NJ — At a press conference hosted on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 1, by Senate|
SUMMIT, NJ — On Friday, Sept. 26, members of the Elks gathered for an exciting Oktoberfest, marking the|
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Board of County Commissioners has announced that 14 Union County artists| unionnewsdaily.com
The Human Rights and Diversity Commission, in conjunction with the Teamsters History Project, welcomes the next segment of monthly history programs based on Tea| International Brotherhood of Teamsters
The award bestowed by the ACM Special Interest Group in Operating Systems chooses the recipient based on “contributions that are … Continue reading Junfeng Yang Awarded The 2025 Mark Weiser Award| Department of Computer Science, Columbia University
His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon has called upon the clergy and faithful of the Orthodox Church in America to offer prayers for the people of Alaska, who are suffering from severe storms and flooding that have recently brought devastation to many villages across the region. His Eminence…| OCA News
On Friday, October 10, 2025, attorneys for the State of Washington filed a stipulated Order through which the state government and its county prosecutors agreed to entry of a permanent injunction from enforcing a law that would have required priests to report certain information obtained…| OCA News
The 2026 Desk Calendar of the Orthodox Church in America is currently in print and is now available in PDF format. Single Page View Double Page View As in previous years, all clergy—active and retired—as well as clergy widows will receive a complimentary copy by mail within the coming…| OCA News
The Metropolitan Council of the Orthodox Church in America met for its regular Fall 2025 Session from October 8-9 in Springfield, VA. Meetings were held at the Hotel Belvoir and at St. Luke Serbian Orthodox Church in McLean, VA. This was the first session of the Metropolitan Council…| OCA News
During Deaf Awareness Month, the Orthodox Christian Deaf Association (OCDA) mission is to minister specifically to and with the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. Founded in 2020 with the…| www.oca.org
On Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14, 2025, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon made an archpastoral visit to St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and St. Tikhon of…| www.oca.org
We sure have seen a lot of really crazy things happen so far this year. But in the minds of most Americans, there is one crisis that far outweighs everything else. As I have been documenting for years, our standard of living has been collapsing as the cost of living has risen much faster than our incomes have. As a result, 67 percent of U.S. workers are now living paycheck to paycheck. We are in the midst of the worst cost-of-living crisis in modern history, and Statista has found that Americ...| SHTF Plan
CRANFORD, NJ — Volunteers are sought for Cranford’s annual cleanup day. Come on Saturday, Sept. 20, from 9| unionnewsdaily.com
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels arrested at least 11 UN employees (from WFP and UNICEF) in raids, accusing them of espionage for the U.S. and Israel.| SHTF Plan
Six months after Zelenskyy’s historic humiliation in the Oval Office, Trump’s meeting with Putin hopefully signals an end of the Russia-Ukraine war. From a moral point of view, this is to be welcomed, as the war—from both sides—has been morally illegitimate from the outset.| SHTF Plan
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Board of County Commissioners, in partnership with the Newark Bait Fly| unionnewsdaily.com
The DOJ has just released transcripts and audio from two days of interviews last month with Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, who said that President Trump was "never inappropriate with anybody" while he and Epstein were associates, and that her father was an intelligence asset.| SHTF Plan
Israel has begun its offensive, designed to take over Gaza City. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the military to decrease the time to defeat Hamas after his plans for military control were approved.| SHTF Plan
CRANFORD, NJ — Oil and Energy Service Professionals, a national trade association, is urging homeowners, contractors and heating| unionnewsdaily.com
The episcopal ordination of Archimandrite Vasily (Permiakov) as Bishop of San Francisco and the West took place at Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral in San Francisco, CA, on Saturday, August…| www.oca.org
United States ruling class senator and infamous war hawk, Lindsey Graham, has said that God will punish Americans if war funding is removed from Israel. Graham's comments come shortly after Israel announced a plan to occupy Gaza City, one of the few areas of the Palestinian enclave that the Israeli military does not control.| SHTF Plan
This Friday, President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to sit down together in what will be the first face-to-face meeting between leaders of each country since the war in Ukraine broke out almost three and a half years ago.| SHTF Plan
Cranford baseball is about to show the middle part of the country how the Cougars play ball. Indiana,| unionnewsdaily.com
CRANFORD — Cranford residents were dreaming of a wet Christmas – and they got it! Centennial Avenue Pool| unionnewsdaily.com
CLARK, NJ — Early forecasts on Monday, July 14, indicated 2-3 inches of rain. No one expected 2 inches of rain each hour for a total of almost 7 inches. Nonetheless, township resources were immedia…| Union News Daily
The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that the conditions for a nuclear treaty with the United States have "disappeared." Moscow “no longer considers itself bound” by the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with the U.S., as the necessary conditions for it have “disappeared,” according to a statement from the MOD.| SHTF Plan
In the face of horrific conscription, Ukrainian soldiers are also deserting the army in droves. Over 400,000 Ukrainian soldier have abandoned their units, including volunteers, with no plans to return to the battlefield.| SHTF Plan
United States ruler Donald Trump said that the U.S. is "prepared" for a war with Russia, after he deployed two nuclear submarines in response to an online "threat" by former Russian ruler Dmitry Medvedev. Trump stated that he cannot treat any talk of nuclear weapons lightly.| SHTF Plan
Some of us are still wondering why, all of a sudden, bird flu has dropped from headlines and is no longer infecting human beings in the United States. Now, the University of Nebraska has asked the same question and given us all an answer.| SHTF Plan
Did you know that U.S. households are carrying $1.18 trillion in credit card debt? Considering the fact that the average rate of interest on credit card balances is now over 20 percent, that is not good news at all. Sadly, most of the country is just barely scraping by from month to month in this very harsh economic environment, and turning to credit cards for some relief can be extremely tempting.| SHTF Plan
Tsunami waves struck Hawaii after a powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s eastern coast. The large quake triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific, affecting countries from the United States to Japan.| SHTF Plan
by Norm Singleton The term “woke right” is much in vogue in certain quarters of the conservative movement. The term refers to conservatives who react to challenges to their views—even, or especially if the challenge comes from one of their fellow conservatives—with the same hysteria and attempts to silence dissent as the woke left. Federal...| thelibertarianrepublic.com
CRANFORD — Battalion Chief Leo Schaeffer has retired from the Cranford Fire Department. Schaeffer, whose last official day| unionnewsdaily.com
Above, from left to right, the combined musical abilities of Nick, John, Donna and Jasmine — better known| unionnewsdaily.com
The United States has reported its first H5N9 outbreak in poultry. The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Monday that U.S. authorities also detected the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced County, California.| SHTF Plan
The price of eggs has become astronomical, and "experts" claim that it will be that way for a long time. Because of the mass culling of egg-laying chickens due to the bird flu outbreak and changing tastes, egg prices will continue to rise.| SHTF Plan
State health officials have a warning for pet owners after several cats were found with bird flu in northeast Colorado. Two of the cats were "indoor only" cats, and had no known exposure to wild birds or mice.| SHTF Plan
The 2024 Parish Development Forum recently welcomed clergy and laity attendees from multiple Orthodox jurisdictions and eight OCA Dioceses to explore the Forum theme of “Our Parish and the…| www.oca.org
On Monday, Colorado state veterinarian Dr. Maggie Baldwin issued an order that licensed dairies in the state must submit weekly samples of their milk to test for H5N1 bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza. If a dairy’s sample comes back positive, the Colorado Department of Agriculture will order the facility to quarantine its cattle.| SHTF Plan
