SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - Meeting under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America concluded their regular Spring Session held April 28 - 30, 2026 in Springfield, VA.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - At its Spring 2026 Session, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America adopted updated “Social Media Guidelines for Clergy and Lay Leaders” for use throughout the life of the Church.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, meeting in its regular Spring 2026 Session under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, issued the following statement on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the United States of America on April 30, 2026.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America has begun its regular Spring 2026 Session under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - On Saturday, March 28, 2026, the Orthodox Church in America’s Office of Pastoral Life, through its Clergy Wives Ministry, hosted an online Lenten retreat for widows of reposed clergy.

TBILISI, GEORGIA [OCA] - On Sunday, March 22, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon attended the funeral of the newly departed His Holiness Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, who fell asleep in the Lord on Tuesday, March 17, at the age of 93, after nearly fifty years of primatial service to the Georgian Orthodox Church.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - The Regular Spring 2026 Session of the Metropolitan Council of the Orthodox Church in America was held via teleconference on Tuesday, March 10, and Thursday, March 12, under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon.

GREENVILLE, SC [OCA] - St. John of the Ladder Orthodox Church, Greenville, SC, sustained significant damage after a lightning strike caused a fire on the evening of Saturday, March 7, 2026. The church caught fire at approximately 10:00 PM.

NEW YORK, NY [ASSEMBLY OF BISHOPS] - On Sunday, March 1, 2026, the Sunday of Orthodoxy, an Encyclical has been released by the Assembly of Canonical Bishops of the United States of America.

WASHINGTON, DC [OCA] - On January 22- 23, 2026, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon participated in the annual March for Life events in Washington, DC. Accompanying His Beatitude were Archpriest Alessandro Margheritino, Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America, and Priest David Bozeman, Secretary of the Orthodox Church in America.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America met for its Regular Fall 2025 Session from November 10–14, 2025, under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - The Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America is pleased to present up-to-date data concerning the age of our active priests and projections concerning ordinations and transfers.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - At the end of October 2025, and with the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Archpriest Alessandro Margheritino, Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America, undertook an official visit to the Churches in Romania and in the Czech Lands and Slovakia.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - 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.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - 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 through the Sacrament of Confession.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - 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.

HEALDSBURG, CA [OCA] - His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon was present at the historic Russian settlement of Fort Ross which hosted a celebration marking the 100th anniversary of its annual Orthodox pilgrimage, first established in 1925.

FORT ROSS, CA [DOEPA] - From October 1-6, 2025, Archpriest John J. Perich, Curator of the St. Tikhon's Monastery Icon Repository and Museum, traveled to California to attend the centennial commemoration of the first pilgrimage to the Holy Trinity-St. Nicholas Chapel at the historic Fort Ross and visited Monasteries and Cathedrals throughout the state.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - 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 year with new and returning students, faculty, and staff, continuing their work of forming the future leaders of the Orthodox Church.

WASHINGTON, DC [OCA] - On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon concelebrated the primatial Divine Liturgy with His Beatitude Archbishop Stefan of the Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric, marking the formal recognition of the newest local autocephalous church by the Orthodox Church in America.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - Archpastoral Message from His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon on the Beginning of the Ecclesiastical New Year.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - The OCA Department of Christian Education has released five more lessons at three grade levels in the “Blessed is the Kingdom” series, a new school-age curriculum based on themes presented in the popular “Essential Orthodox Christian Beliefs,” assisting parishes and Church School teachers in the formation of Orthodox Christian students.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA [OCA] - 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 16, 2025.

PHOENIX, AZ [OCA] - On Wednesday, July 16, 2025, during the 21st All-American Council in Phoenix, AZ, the Diocese of the West convened a Special Diocesan Assembly under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Locum Tenens of the Diocese, to consider the nomination of a new bishop following the retirement of His Eminence Archbishop Benjamin on July 15.

PHOENIX, AZ [OCA] - Meeting in special session on May 21, 2025, the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America decided, effective immediately, to recognize the canonicity of the Macedonian Orthodox Church-Ohrid Archbishopric and to affirm our full communion with its hierarchs, clergy, and faithful.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - At the upcoming 21st All-American Council, taking place July 14–18, 2025, in Phoenix, AZ, a new official icon of All Saints of North America will debut for the veneration of the faithful.

ANCHORAGE, AK [OCA] - On June 18, 2025, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon traveled to Alaska to preside at the services for the glorification of the Righteous Olga of Kwethluk, where hundreds of pilgrims gathered for the event from across Alaska and North America.

SOUTH CANAAN, PA [DOEPA] - From May 24–26, 2025, Clergy, Matushki, and Faithful from the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania participated in a pilgrimage to the Monastery of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk for the 121st Annual Memorial Day Pilgrimage.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Orthodox Journeys, LLC is pleased to announce its curriculum and animated video exploring the life of Saint Tikhon, Apostle to America and Patriarch of Moscow is now available for parishes.

SPRINGFIED, VA [OCA] - On March 17–20, 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Mark, along with the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, met for its 2025 Regular Spring Session in Springfield, VA, under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon.

NEW YORK, NY [DOEPA] - On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Mark, Archpriest Timothy Hojnicki, Vice-Chancellor of the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania, delivered a Lenten presentation titled “Lazarus, Come Forth! A Reflection on Death and Resurrection in the Orthodox Tradition” at the Greek Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - The Regular Spring 2025 Session of the Metropolitan Council of the Orthodox Church in America convened via teleconference on Tuesday, February 25, and Thursday, February 27, under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon.

BATH, PA [DOEPA COMMUNICATIONS] - The Orthodox Church in America has announced the expansion of the Office of Pastoral Life (OPL) and the appointment of Archpriest Nicholas Solak as its first full-time Director, beginning January 1, 2025.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - From November 4-7, 2024, His Eminence Archbishop Mark, along with the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, met for its Regular Fall 2024 Session in Springfield, VA, under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon.

BURR RIDGE, IL [DOM] - From October 21-24, 2024, The Orthodox Church in America’s four-day Canon Law Conference was hosted by the Diocese of the Midwest and held at Ss. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in Burr Ridge, IL.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - On October 9-11, 2024, the Metropolitan Council of the Orthodox Church in America met for its Regular Fall 2024 Session in Springfield, VA, under the presidency of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon.

BATH, PA [DOEPA COMMUNICATIONS] - On Monday, May 27, Archpriest Daniel Geeza was given the right to wear the Mitre by His Beautitude, Metropolitan Tikhon on behalf of the Holy Synod's unanimous decision.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - Announcement of the Clergy Wives Advisory Group zoom retreat "The Road to the Canonization of Blessed Matushka Olga of Alaska."

SOUTH CANAAN, PA [STM COMMUNICATIONS] - The monastic brotherhood of the Monastery of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk has announced the 120th annual Memorial Day Pilgrimage to take place from May 24 to May 27, 2024. 

SOUTH CANAAN, PA [STM COMMUNICATIONS] - A petition created by St. Tikhon's Monastery in South Canaan, PA regarding improvements that will add to the safety of St. Tikhon’s Rd.

On May 2, Great and Holy Thursday, His Eminence, Archbishop Mark particpated in the Consecration of the Holy Chrism for the Orthodox Church in America.