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Official Statements, Speeches, Addresses, and Sermons

January 28, 2019

Archpastoral Letter on Ukraine

January 20, 2019

Sanctity of Life Sunday 2019

December 25, 2018

Nativity of our Lord 2018

October 30, 2018

Archpastoral Letter in response to Pittsburgh synagogue tragedy

October 28, 2018

Steward Sunday 2018

October 24, 2018

Social Media Guidelines for Clergy and Lay Leaders of the Orthodox Church in America

September 26, 2018

Archpastoral Letter in Reference to Recent Developments Regarding the Orthodox Church in Ukraine

Address of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon at the Nineteenth All-American Council

Of What Life Do We Speak? Four Pillars for the Fulfillment of the Apostolic Work of the Church

Address: Pan-Orthodox Symposium of the International Society for Orthodox Church Music

The Resurrection of Christ 2018

Prayerful Reflection, National Council of Churches, A.C.T. Rally

February 15, 2018

Liturgical Instruction of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America

January 21, 2018

Sanctity of Life Sunday 2018

December 25, 2017

Nativity of our Lord 2017

September 24, 2017

Homily on the Feast of the Synaxis of All Saints of Alaska

September 11, 2017

Statement on the 16th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks

September 1, 2017

Statement on the Day of Prayer for Creation, Hurricane Harvey

August 16, 2017

Holy Synod of Bishops issues statement on recent tragic events in Charlottesville, VA

Remembering the 75th Anniversary of the Internment of the Aleut Natives of the Aleutian Islands

The Resurrection of Christ 2017

Sunday of Orthodoxy 2017

February 27, 2017

Great Lent 2017

January 22, 2017

Sanctity of Life Sunday 2017

December 28, 2016

Letter of Metropolitan Tikhon to the Stewards of the OCA

December 19, 2016

Nativity of our Lord 2016

November 11, 2016

In Remembrance of Our Veterans

Stewards of the OCA: 2016 Saint Herman Appeal

Statement of the Holy Synod of the OCA on Sincerely Held Religious Beliefs Regarding Marriage

Archpastoral Letter, Public Statement on the Orlando shootings

Holy Synod issues Statement, Petitions on the Holy and Great Council

The Resurrection of Christ 2016

Concerning the Election of Bishop Alexander as Bishop of Dallas and the South

Statement of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, on his trip to Constantinople

Great Lent 2016

Cooperation Agreement—the Orthodox Church in America and the Orthodox Church of Finland

February 15, 2016

Pastoral Letter on meeting of Patriarch, Pope

December 25, 2015

Nativity of our Lord 2015

October 27, 2015

Resolution of the Holy Synod on Canonical Procedures for Church Courts

August 28, 2015

The Beginning of the Ecclesiastical Year & The Day of Prayer for the Creation

Address to the 18th All-American Council of the Orthodox Church

Statement concerning June 26 US Supreme Court decision

Homily at 111th Annual Memorial Day Pilgrimage to Saint Tikhon’s Monastery

The Resurrection of Christ 2015

January 16, 2015

Sanctity of Life Sunday 2015

December 18, 2014

Nativity of our Lord 2014

August 10, 2014

Pastoral Letter Concerning Violence and Extremism in the Middle East

The Resurrection of Christ 2014

The Barren Fig Tree

Great Lent 2014

January 19, 2014

Sanctity of Life Sunday 2014

December 18, 2013

Nativity of our Lord 2013

December 13, 2013

Call for Prayers in the Wake of World Events

November 28, 2013

Thanksgiving Day 2013

Synodal Affirmation of the Mystery of Marriage

The Resurrection of Christ 2013

Pastoral Letter Concerning the Boston Marathon Bombing

Sunday of Orthodoxy 2012

Great Lent 2013

January 17, 2013

Sanctity of Life Sunday 2013

December 18, 2012

Nativity of our Lord 2012

December 14, 2012

Metropolitan Tikhon calls for prayers in wake of Connecticut school shooting

October 23, 2012

Pastoral Letter on the Emancipation Proclamation: One Hundred and Fifty Years Later

Pastoral Letter on the Beginning of the Dormition Fast

Address at the Assembly of the Anglican Church in North America

Pentecost 2012

Pascha 2012

February 25, 2012

Beginning of Great Lent 2012

February 2, 2012

2012 Orthodox Youth Month

December 30, 2011

Feasts of the Circumcision of Our Lord and Saint Basil the Great, and the New Year, 2012

December 16, 2011

Nativity of Christ, 2011

November 1, 2011

Address to the 16th All-American Council of the Orthodox Church

October 20, 2011

Guidelines for Clergy Use of Online Social Networking

September 21, 2011

OCA 2011 Mission Appeal

August 15, 2011

On the Great Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God

Consumerism and the Negation of Worship

The Feast of Feasts, the Lord’s Pascha, 2011

Beginning of Great Lent 2011

February 4, 2011

Building Orthodox unity in the midst of pluralism: A step forward

January 23, 2011

Sanctity of Life Sunday 2011

December 26, 2010

Nativity of Christ, 2010

The Feast of Feasts, the Lord’s Pascha, 2010

The Quest to be truly Orthodox and truly American

January 25, 2010

Sanctity of Life Sunday 2010

December 26, 2009

Nativity of Christ 2009

December 1, 2009

OCA FOS Appeal 2009

September 2, 2009

Beginning of the Ecclesiastical Year 2009

1917 Council and Tomos

Church Planting Grant Appeal 2009

Pascha 2009

The Conciliar Structures of the Orthodox Church in America

Beginning of Great Lent 2009

February 19, 2009

A Time of Crisis and Opportunity

February 3, 2009

Creativity and Tradition

January 18, 2009

Sanctity of Life Sunday 2009

December 29, 2008

Enthronement Banquet Speech of Metropolitan Jonah

December 28, 2008

Enthronement of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah

December 28, 2008

Greeting from Archbishop Leo

December 3, 2008

Advent: A Light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death…

November 15, 2008

Election Greetings to Metropolitan Jonah