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May 11, 2026

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Sends Letter of Congratulations to the Newly Elected Patriarch Shio of All Georgia

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA]

On May 11, 2026, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon sent a letter of congratulations to newly elected His Holiness Patriarch Shio, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, and Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi.

Your Holiness, beloved brother and concelebrant in the Lord’s Mysteries,

I write to extend to Your Holiness my heartfelt congratulations on your election as Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia. ...

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  • May 9, 2026

    Holy Synod Concludes its Regular Spring 2026 Session

  • May 7, 2026

    Holy Synod Issues Updated Social Media Guidelines

  • May 5, 2026

    Registration Now Open for First OCA-Wide Clergy Wives Retreat

  • May 4, 2026

    OCF Leadership Visits His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon at the Chancery

  • April 30, 2026

    Statement of the Holy Synod of Bishops on the Occasion of the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America

  • April 29, 2026

    The Holy Synod of Bishops Announces the Upcoming Retirement of His Eminence Archbishop Alexander from the Diocese of the South

  • April 28, 2026

    Holy Synod of Bishops Begins Regular Spring 2026 Session

  • April 26, 2026

    St Tikhon’s Seminary and the OCA Diocese of the Midwest Announce Creative Partnership to Train Unique Cohort of Seminarians

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