This site is sponsored and maintained by ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN SYNERGY, a pan-Orthodox organization consisting of clergy and lay representatives of Chicago-area Orthodox Christian parishes who seek to project awareness of Orthodox Christianity to the public at large. SYNERGY works together with its parent organization, the Orthodox Christian Clergy Association of Greater Chicago, and with the blessings of the Chicago-area Orthodox Hierarchs.

SYNERGY is always looking for new members! E-mail the webmaster contacts if you are interested in joining us.

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

Just a reminder to check our calendar of events. 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.

St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Elmhurst is hosting a Lenten lecture series, with the final event on Friday, March 12. V. Rev John Matusiak, pastor of St. Joseph Orthodox Church (OCA) in Wheaton will speak on "When Bad Things Happen to Good People." The lecture will be after the 7 pm Salutations to the Theotokos.

St. Demetrios is located at 893 N. Church Road, Elmhurst. For more information, visit the parish website or call 630-834-7010. Click here for the flyer.

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)

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.

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.

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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