The Orthodox Church

Archive of "The Orthodox Church" Newspaper, the official publication of The Orthodox Church in America from 1965 to 2012.


Winter/Spring 2012 - PDF
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Winter/Spring 2012

Volume 46

Featured inside:

  • Editorial: Remembering Fr. John Meyendorff "He's Coming Back"
  • "The Walking Pilgrims:" Reviving an Old Tradition, Celebrating a New Spirit of Unity
  • Evangelization is for Every Christian
  • Our Common Calling
  • The Road to Emmaus: Pilgrimage as a Way of Life
  • Holy Synod Synopsis
  • The Diocese of Mexico Celebrates 40 Years
  • The Consecration of Bishop Alexander
  • The 16th All-American Council
  • Off the Drawing Board: Implementing the Strategic Plan
  • Financial Moves: Diocesan Chancellors, Treasurers urge Proportional Giving
  • Interview with Fr. John Jillions, Recently Appointed Chancellor: "A Spirit of 'Sobornost'"
  • Seminary Commencements: "Go Forth!"
  • Summer Reading
  • Going Green: Ecological Projects Every Parish Can Adopt
  • And a Sword Shall Pierce Your Soul
  • The Repose of Metropolitan Constantine
  • Up from Ashes: Rebuilding St. Nicholas Church at Ground Zero
  • IOCC: Twenty Years of Humanitarian Service
  • In Memoria
Spring/Summer 2011 - PDF
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Spring/Summer 2011

Volume 46

Featured inside:

  • Editorial: Orthodoxy Today: Ideology or Faith?
  • The Repose of Archbishop Dmitri
  • The Strategic Plan
  • Identity and Directions
  • The Christian's Best Friend
  • A Ruptured Rapture
  • What Jesus Didn't Say
  • The Consecration of Bishop Matthias
  • Bulgarian Diocese Nominates Archimandrite Alexander [Golitzin]
  • Major Renovations at St. Tikhon's Seminary
  • Building Homes for Needy in Mexico in Memory of Archbishop Job
  • "Operation Buffalo"
  • New OCA Web Site Makes Its Debut
  • Metropolitan Jonah: Our Bodies: "Precious Vessels of the Priceless Grace of God"
  • Turning Tears into Joy
  • Models for Living
  • Helping Children when They have "Trouble with God"
  • Atlas of American Orthodox Churches Released
  • The Repose of Metropolitan Nicholas
  • Assembly of Bishops Holds Second Meeting
  • OCA Mission Appeal: "Plant. Grow. Harvest!"
Fall 2010/Winter 2011 - PDF
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Fall 2010/Winter 2011

Volume 46

Featured inside:

  • Building Orthodox Unity in the midst of pluralism: A step forward
  • St. Herman: North Star of Christ's Holy Church
  • North America's unknown bishop
  • Alaska: When wise stewardship spells survival
  • It's the little things that mean a lot!
  • Dispelling the myths: Study of US parishes
  • The pleasures of gratitude
  • Metropolitan Jonah: "With Christ we overcome the world"
  • Archimandrite Matthias elected to MW See
  • Holy Synod receives Bishop Mark into OCA
  • Holy Synod Statement on Autocephaly
  • Joint Statement on OCA/ROCOR relations
  • IOCC: One year after in Haiti
  • "Gettting a grip"—Classroom management
  • OCA News, Notes & Notices
Winter 2009/2010 - PDF
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Winter 2009/2010

Volume 45, Number 4

Featured inside:

  • On the eve of North America's first Orthodox Episcopal Assembly
  • Processions and emotions
  • The human icon
  • Archbishop Job: Theology in Color
  • The Jesus Prayer
  • Celebrating "in Spirit and Truth"
  • Habits of a grateful heart
  • Haiti's gray area
  • Seattle site of 16th All-American Council
  • Conciliarity
  • In Memoriam: Archbishop Job of Chicago
  • Changing times
  • OCA News, Notes, Notices
Spring/Summer 2010 - PDF
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Spring/Summer 2010

Volume 46

Featured inside:

  • The quest to be truly Orthodox and truly American
  • Sons of Disobedience
  • The world becoming Church
  • Mission and ministry
  • Christ's ministry, our ministry
  • First steps
  • Metropolitan Jonah: The Episcopal Assembly, and Beyond
  • 40 years of autocephaly
  • A new bishop for NY/NJ Diocese
  • When I was in prison...
  • The mission field at your front door
  • OCA News, Notes, Notices