The Interfaith Study Group Presents "The Mennonites: Radical Reformers, Resisters and Refugees" on Sunday, October 12, from 4:00-6:30 p.m. in Sweetland Hall. Rev. Katerina Gea will present the Mennonite Faith, its 500-year history within Christianity, its practices and beliefs -- and she'll share her family's experience as Mennonite refugees and examples of faith in action by the Pasadena Mennonite Church. Join us!| All Saints Church, Pasadena
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An effective 911 response to an active shooter can take far longer than a determined psychopath needs to kill multiple innocent men, women, and children. The resources to protect the parish need to already be at the parish. The post Christian Men: You Must Defend Your Own Churches appeared first on Orthodox Reflections.| Orthodox Reflections
Since 2022, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America has designated the first Sunday of October as Church Musician Sunday. The yearly recognition of church musicians is thus connected with the memory of Saints Saint Romanus the Melodist and John Koukouzelis, commemorated…| OCA News
The Orthodox Church in America’s three seminaries – St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, NY, St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in South Canaan, PA, and St. Herman’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in Kodiak, AK – have begun the 2025–2026 academic…| OCA News
More than 80 clergy of the Orthodox Church in America took part in the Office of Pastoral Life’s Fall Synaxis on Tuesday, September 16, which featured Archpriest Stephen Vernak as keynote speaker. Father Stephen, parish priest of Christ the Savior Church in Harrisburg, Pa., and program…| OCA News
The Orthodox Church in America is drawing attention to a growing problem for parishes and nonprofit institutions: so-called “copyright trolls.” Specialized law firms scour the internet for unauthorized uses of copyrighted images and issue costly settlement demands. A simple mistake in…| OCA News
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
The Orthodox Church in America announces the reorganization and expansion of the Clergy Wives Ministry under the Office of Pastoral Life. This transition affirms the Church’s ongoing commitment to supporting clergy wives and their families. It also brings the Clergy Wives Ministry into…| OCA News
The Orthodox Church in America’s Office of Pastoral Life has announced that its Clergy Wives Ministry has been awarded a grant of $3,000 from the Elsie Skvir Ganister Foundation Fund at the…| www.oca.org
All Saints’ Getting Connected Class continues on Sunday, September 28, through Sunday, October 26 from 12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m. in the Learning Center. It’s not too late to join! Th…| All Saints Church, Pasadena
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
by Fr. William Rock, FSSP In the beginning of April 2025, I was contacted concerning how to properly decline a Latin title of Our Lady for use in the blessing of a processional banner. I had never heard of this blessing before and, after providing feedback about the Latin, asked where the bl| Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
The religious roots of the West are Orthodox Catholicism, as shown by the many pre-Schism saints the Orthodox commemorate.| Orthodox Reflections
American society and associated ideologies are noticeably failing Gen Z. Authentic Christian Tradition can bring them what they are missing.| Orthodox Reflections
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
No matter what you suffer, abandoning God is always your choice alone. If you do not forget God, He will not forget you.| Orthodox Reflections
In a materialistic society, honor goes to those achieving great wealth. Within Orthodox Christianity, exalted are the riches of poverty.| Orthodox Reflections
