Orthodox Dispatch

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the publishing of a service commemorating America’s 250th anniversary, new religious education materials from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and the incorporation of ROCOR’s Pastoral School of Chicago and Mid-America into Holy Trinity Seminary. OCA service: https://www.oca.or...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the anniversary of St. Olga of Alaska’s glorification, the stepping down of Abp. Sotirios of Canada after 52 years of episcopal ministry, and the repose of a UOC deacon who died while saving a child from drowning. Restore the Glory of the Home Where St. John's Relics Rest: https://ww...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the worldwide reaction to damage done to the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, multiple book releases, and the arrest of a metropolitan of the Patriarchate of Alexandria. Links to podcast: https://linktr.ee/OrthodoxDispatch Support UOJ-USA: https://buy.stripe.com/00w3cv7xS40uaX7gmT6Ri00Subscribe on P...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include reports of Patr. Theophilos III of Jerusalem serving as a possible mediator for Ukraine-Russia peace talks, the election of a new abbot at St. Nektarios Monastery in New York, and updates in the case of former Metr. Tychikos of Paphos. Links to podcast: https://linktr.ee/OrthodoxDispatch...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include a fundraiser for a well-known OCA volunteer who is suffering from a serious medical emergency, a visit of Abp. Michael and several priests from America to Serbia during the visit of the Belt of the Theotokos, and an exclusive report on a defrocked Antiochian priest in Chile. Fundraiser f...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the annual St. Tikhon's Memorial Day Pilgrimage, significant book releases, and the detainment and release of Metr. Hilarion Alfeyev in the Czech Republic. STM Pocket Psalter: https://stmpress.com/products/stm-pocket-psalter?_pos=2&_sid=0ea070fc7&_ss=r&se_activity_id=1514...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the repose of a beloved Orthodox bookseller, a chapel in Oklahoma built through Make-a-Wish, the funeral for an Orthodox Christian killed in World War II after the return of his remains, and St. Tikhon’s Monastery Press pulling its latest prayer book. Links to podcast: https://linktr.ee/...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the election of Shio III as the next Patriarch of Georgia, Metr. Nathanael of Chicago's eulogy for fallen police officer John Bartholomew, and Abp. Alexei's support for the closure of a liquor store in a small Alaska community. Link to help Newman family: Newman Family House Fire...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include ROCOR’s decision to move forward with the glorification process for Hieromonk Seraphim Rose, the adoption of new social media guidelines by the OCA, and a major court victory for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). St. Ignatius fundraiser: https://stignatius.breezechms.com/give/online?f...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world.  Highlights include ROCOR’s rejection of a petition to receive Bp. Emilianos of Meloa, the announcement of funeral services for a Greek Orthodox police officer killed in the line of duty, and the retirement of Abp. Alexander of the OCA’s Diocese of the South.  Interview with Bp. Emilianos: https://youtu.be...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world.  Highlights include tributes for the late Elder Joseph of St. Nektarios Monastery from Abp. Elpidophoros and Metr. Saba, the assault of an Orthodox pro-life volunteer, an upcoming conference on Orthodox spirituality and mental health, and the convening of the Georgian Synod for the next step in electing Pa...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the organization of a new Orthodox retreat center in California and a word from Logos Cinema. Meeting of the Lord Ranch: https://www.meetingofthelord.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExd042TTZUQUZVRkFhSkxDR3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR674AfW6FOVnIU-hFkrEIJBgcj137cecCAAtjci...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world.  Highlights include an internal email from the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate which attacked multiple Orthodox jurisdictions and the Society of St. John, two consecrations to the episcopacy in the United States, and updates on the situation at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.  Links t...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include updates on the ROCOR commission to investigate the life and sanctity of Fr. Seraphim Rose, a new Orthodox school in Pennsylvania, the beginning of restoration efforts at St. Theodosius Cathedral, and a new television series on the life of St. Joseph the Hesychast. Links to Podcast: https...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the repose of Patr. Ilia II of Georgia, a multi-day conference sponsored by Patristic Nectar and presided over by Bp. Vasily (OCA), an update on St. John of the Ladder Orthodox Church in South Carolina, and successful heart surgery for Metr. Arseniy of the UOC. Donate to UOJ-USA: https:/...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include a leaked letter sent by Abp. Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew acknowledging attempts to thwart the Society of St. John’s advocacy for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a lightning strike causing a fire at St. John of the Ladder in...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include a digital release date for “Moses the Black,” the election of a new bishop in the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago, exclusive comments from Metropolitan Nicholas, First Hierarch of ROCOR, on conflict in the Middle East, and the announcement of another podcast offering from UOJ-USA. D...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include a group of American clergy and theologians pushing for a common date of Pascha with the heterodox, the continual growth of Orthodoxy in America, and the release of Metr. Arseniy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to house arrest after nearly two years in pretrial detention. Link to Athonit...

In the first-ever episode of our new Orthodox Dispatch podcast, News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world.  The podcast will release Monday mornings on a weekly basis. To support our work, please consider donating at uoj.news/help-uoj.