SOUTH CANAAN, PA [STM COMMUNICATIONS] - The monastic brotherhood of the Monastery of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk has announced the 122nd annual Memorial Day Pilgrimage to take place from May 22 to May 25, 2026. 

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - The Orthodox Church in America’s Office of Pastoral Life is pleased to share a message from His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon on the importance of supporting upcoming retreats sponsored by the Office of Pastoral Life retreats for clergy and clergy wives.

BATH, PA [DOEPA COMMUNICATIONS] - On Tuesday, March 31, 2026, His Eminence Archbishop Mark has called for prayers for Maureen, the mother of Reader Patrick O'Leary, Diocesan Teen Retreat Director.

BATH, PA [DOEPA COMMUNICATIONS] - In the second installment of "Voices of Our Clergy," Archpriest Timothy Hojnicki, Vice-Chancellor of the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania, Dean of the Frackville Deanery, and Rector of Holy Apostles Church in Mechanicsburg, PA, offers a reflection for the faithful on repentance through the example of the Prophet Jonah and the people of Nineveh during Great Lent.

COALDALE, PA [DOEPA] - On Sunday, March 29, 2026, the Fifth Sunday of Great Lent, the Sunday of Saint Mary of Egypt, His Eminence Archbishop Mark of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St. Mary’s Church in Coaldale, PA.

MECHANICSBURG, PA [DOEPA] - On Sunday, March 29, 2026, the Fifth Sunday of Great Lent, commemorating Saint Mary of Egypt, Holy Apostles Church in Mechanicsburg, PA, joyfully received seven new members into the Orthodox Church through the Holy Mysteries of Baptism and Chrismation, and hosted a Lenten Mission Vespers gathering for the faithful of the region.

BATH, PA [DOEPA COMMUNICATIONS] - On behalf of the Youth Ministries Department of the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, the Diocesan Media Office announces that counselor applications for the upcoming St. Tikhon’s Summer Camp season are still open.

BATH, PA [DOEPA COMMUNICATIONS] - The Diocesan Media Office has officially released the 2026 Holy Week schedule of His Eminence Archbishop Mark of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania.

FRACKVILLE, PA [DOEPA] - On Friday, March 20, and Sunday, March 22, 2026, His Eminence Archbishop Mark of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania visited Holy Ascension Church in Frackville, PA, where he presided at the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts and the Pan-Orthodox Lenten Coal Region Mission Vespers.

MECHANICSBURG, PA [DOEPA] - From March 21-22, 2026, the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent, the Sunday of Saint John Climacus of the Ladder, His Eminence Archbishop Mark of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania made an archpastoral visit to Holy Apostles Church in Mechanicsburg, PA.