His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Announces Sanctity of Life Sunday, January ...
164 hours ago
His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon has designated Sunday, January 25, 2026, as Sanctity of Life Sunday for the Orthodox Church in America, in conjunction with the annual March for Life in Washington, DC, which will take place on Friday, January 23,...

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Celebrates Services for the Feast of Theophany
288 hours ago
On January 6, 2026, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon celebrated the great feast of the Theophany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at St. Mark Orthodox Church, Bethesda, MD. Concelebrating with His Beatitude were Archpriest Alessandro Margheri...

Registration Opens for Online Music Classes Offered by the OCA Music Department
427 hours ago
The OCA Department of Liturgical Music and Translations again offers its popular introductory online courses for the benefit of church singers and conductors. As before, this semester we are also pleased to offer the opportunity for intermediate- ...

A Year-End Reflection and Invitation: The Office of Pastoral Life’s Commitmen...
683 hours ago
A Year-End Reflection and Invitation As we come to the close of another year, we give thanks for the steady, faithful ministry of our clergy and clergy wives—those who serve with joy, persevere through quiet struggles, and now welcome an increasin...

Office of Pastoral Life Synaxis: Clergy Gather for Winter Synaxis to Sustain ...
757 hours ago
More than 100 clergy of the Orthodox Church in America gathered online for the Office of Pastoral Life’s Winter 2025 Synaxis on Tuesday, Dec. 16. The quarterly gathering offered space for prayerful reflection, shared learning and encouragement, an...

Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon on the Great Feast ...
817 hours ago
To the clergy, monastics, and faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, beloved children in the Lord, When it was time for thy coming upon earth, the first taxation of the world was held; and then thou madest ready to enroll the names of all wh...

OCA Joins Amicus Brief Defending Religious Liberty
830 hours ago
The Orthodox Church in America has joined the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of New Gračanica–Midwestern America, the Catholic bishops of Illinois and the Illinois Catholic Health Association in filing an amicus brief in the case NIFLA v. Treto in the U...

Collection for the Support of the Diocese of Alaska
907 hours ago
On December 14, 2025 the Sunday closest to the feast day of Saint Herman of Alaska, the Orthodox Church in America is asking for an annual collection for the Diocese of Alaska. At the 20th All-American Council in Baltimore, MD, His Grace Bishop A...

Updated Diptychs of the Orthodox Church in America Now Available
952 hours ago
With the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, the Office of the Chancellor is announcing the publication of the newly updated A Commemorative List of the Departed Servants of Orthodoxy in North America: Diptychs of Those Who Have Fallen ...

OCA Hierarchs at Patronal Feast of St. Catherine’s Representation Church
954 hours ago
On December 6-7, 2025, hierarchs and clergy from several Orthodox churches gathered in Moscow to celebrate the Feast of St. Catherine the Great Martyr at St. Catherine’s representation church. The two day celebration also marked the consecration o...