April 17, 2003 Icon of Tikhvin Mother of God begins journey to Russia at St. Tikhon Monastery Pilgrimage
April 11, 2003 St Vladimir Seminary to hold annual Lenten Retreat on April 12, featuring Fr Thomas Hopko
April 9, 2003 Holy Synod of Bishops issues new and comprehensive set of “Policies, Standards, and Procedures on Sexual Misconduct”, selects Toronto as 14th All-American Council Site
April 2, 2003 Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America issue Synodal Statement on the war in Iraq
April 1, 2003 Bell commemorating 9/11 victims presented to Greek Archdiocese, to hang in rebuilt St. Nicholas Church
March 20, 2003 Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Herman and the Holy Synod of Bishops on the Beginning of the Conflict in Iraq
March 14, 2003 Bishop Nikolai of Sitka, Anchorage and Alaska visits St. Joseph Church, Wheaton, Illinois
