Parish

Be not Afraid to Get Creative! “Artsy, hands-on stuff” to perk up any lesson

27 October 2010

Some Church school teachers dismiss craft activities as being merely “busy work.” Others feel uncomfortable with crafts because they “just aren’t good at that artsy, hands-on stuff,” as one teacher ...

More Parish Website Suggestions For Vibrant Parishes, an Effective Website Can Help Attract Visitors

04 October 2010

Joseph Kormos

We continue to believe that effective, neat websites are useful in many ways in helping parishes to establish a clear presence in their community and to attract visitors. We all know the importance ...

Toward Better Parish Websites

30 September 2010

Joseph Kormos

I am not a web design expert. However, like many of us I spend a fair amount of time on the web. I also have little bit of background and experience with describing & communicating complex topics ...

Volunteerism or Stewardship

15 September 2010

Over the years, I have seen many of us in the church struggle to get more and more people to participate and “volunteer” to do what needs to be done to keep our churches going. Whether it be helping ...

Cultivate Your Parish Website

05 September 2010

An average Internet surfer, potential visitor or local resident certainly isn't going to go the extra mile to uncover your community's vitality if they are unimpressed with what they find ...

How Do Visitors Experience Your Parish?

05 August 2010

Most of us have wondered how our parish appears to visitors. Do we overwhelm and smother visitors or ignore them? And which is worse? Is a visitor, particularly a non Orthodox, totally lost when ...

Starting a Parish Lending Library

02 August 2010

John W. Truslow, Jr.

This article is written in the hope that you, with God's help, will pray for and build a parish/mission lending library for the good of your own community and for your own edification as well ...

Orthodox Parish Life in the Contemporary West and the Role of the Laity

30 July 2010

In our interactive age, some are critical that Orthodox laity appear to have no role to play in church life, and seem to be mere passive spectators of services. This impression is sometimes founded ...

Youth Ministry: Meeting the Challenges

21 July 2010

As I travel across the country leading teen retreats and activities, adult workshops, and assisting camping programs, I am blessed to talk with many clergy and laity about our Church’s youth ministry ...

Parents Evening Out

19 July 2010

Our church community, like so many others, includes a number of families who have moved from various areas and find themselves lacking nearby relatives or a reliable babysitter. The church becomes ...

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News

30 September

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill Contracted the Coronavirus

4th Plenary Session between ROC and Coptic Church Held

29 September

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Calls for Prayer for Those Facing Hurricanes Ian and Fiona

28 September

Patriarch Kirill: The Church Prays for the Fraternal Strife to End as Soon as Possible

Besides intellectual instruction, young people also need prayer, Patriarch Daniel says as new academic year begins

27 September

The Synodal Residence in New York hosts the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

Voluntary Blood Donation Takes Place in Churches in Serbia

26 September

The work of the Church in society is quiet, but full of hope and love, says the Director of Lumina Publications

25 September

Epistle of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

23 September

“The models par excellence are the great hesychast saints,” says Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Oradea

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