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Upcoming Meetings Thursday, April 28 at 7:30 pm St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church 1220 S. 60th Court, Cicero, IL
7373 Caldwell Avenue,
Niles, IL7 60714
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Just a reminder to check our calendar of events (and check our home page, as well!). We will be adding more events to it on a regular basis. If your parish or diocese has a retreat, workshop, series of lectures, special choir events, please let us know! Email the webmaster with details.
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Pan-Orthodox Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos
Tuesday, March 23 at 7 pm (for both locations)
North:
New Gracanica Serbian Orthodox Monastery
Route 45, 1 mile south of Route 132
Grayslake/Third Lake, IL
South:
Virgin Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church
12147 S. Cicero Ave.
Alsip, IL
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Each year during Great Lent, the parishes of the OCA Chicago Deanery gather for Sunday evening Vespers, with a speaker following the service, and a meal by the host parish. All services begin at 6 pm.
February 28: St. Nicholas Church, Kenosha, WI
March 7: St. Panteleimon Church, Summit, IL
March 14: Christ the Savior Church, Chicago, IL
March 21: St. Nicholas Church, Joliet, IL
March 28: Holy Trinity Cathedral, Chicago, IL (Bridegroom Matins)
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Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord of Sabaoth: Liturgy, Language, and Lyrical SongA workshop focusing on enhancing the skills of liturgical singers and chantersThe workshop will be led by Mrs. Alice Hughes, cofounder of the Orthodox liturgical music
organization PSALM, and co-director at St. Lawrence Orthodox Church in
Felton, CA. The workshop will explore how intimately
connected Orthodox worship is to our liturgical texts and the various
melodies that are sung with them. Mrs. Hughes will focus on the
technical aspects of singing, such as diction, intonation, pitch,
phrasing, and blend. The workshop is open to both laity and clergy of all jurisdictions.
Saturday, April 10Holy Trinity Cathedral (OCA) 1121 N. Leavitt St. Chicago, IL 60622 The workshop begins with Bright Saturday Divine Liturgy at 8 am. Lunch will be provided.
The suggested donation is $20.
For more information, please contact Gregory Ealy at 914-274-1164 or by email ( gregory.ealy@gmail.com). Click here for the flyer with schedule.
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St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Cicero will be sponsoring two educational opportunities this spring. Land and Covenant in the BibleTwo-day Scriptural seminar withV. Rev Paul Nadim TaraziProfessor of Scripture at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary Friday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m.Anderson Chapel Auditorium, North Park University, Chicago Saturday, April 10 from 10 a.m. to 1 pmSt. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, Cicero Click here for the flyer The Book of Genesis a weekly seminar from April 16 to June 4 Fridays from 7:30 to 9:30 pm Fr. Fouad Saba, instructor part of the St. John Chrysostom Academy an adult lay educational ministry of the Fellowship of St. John the Divine at St. George Click here for the flyer/registration form For more information on both events, contact St. George Church at 708-656-2927 |
The 2010 Sunday of Orthodoxy Vespers were held on February 12 at Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Chicago. His Grace Bishop Demetrios of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago was the homilist.
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His Eminence Archbishop Job of the OCA's Diocese of Chicago and the Midwest died suddenly on December 18, 2009. OCA Metropolitan Jonah presided over funeral vigil on December 22 and the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy on December 23, both at Holy Trinity Cathedral (OCA) in Chicago. In addition to members of the OCA Holy Synod and His Grace Bishop Mark of the Antiochian Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest, other local hierarchs present were: His Grace Bishop Demetrios of the Greek Archdiocese's Metropolis of Chicago, His Grace Bishop Daniel of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA, and His Grace Bishop Peter of Cleveland, Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. Vladyka Job was buried behind the altar of his beloved first parish of St. John the Baptist in Black Lick, PA, where he had been planning to retire in 2011. To view photos of the funeral vigil, go here.
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 Synergy officers with speakers Fr. Stanley Harakas and Fr. Dcn. Nicholas Belcher | Synergy officers with speakers Fr. Stanley Harakas and Fr. Dcn. Nicholas Belcher |
|  Fr. Stanley Harakas | Fr. Stanley Harakas |
|  Fr. Dcn. Nicholas Belcher | Fr. Dcn. Nicholas Belcher |
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Synergy's 15th annual Symposium on October 17 was a rousing success! With more than 120 in attendence, including many clergy, this will go down as one of our most popular symposia. Fr. Stanley Harakas and Fr. Dcn. Nicholas Belcher spoke on "The Future of Orthodoxy in America." Many thanks to St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Cicero for once again hosting us.
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