MOUNT CARMEL, PA [DOEPA] - On Sunday, March 16, the Second Sunday of Great Lent, St. Michael's Church in Mount Carmel, PA, hosted the Coal Region Lenten Mission Vespers.

GETTYSBURG, PA [DOEPA] - From March 15-16, 2025, the second Sunday of Great Lent, St. Gregory Palamas Sunday, His Eminence Archbishop Mark made an archpastoral visit to St. John the Theologian Mission in Gettysburg (New Oxford), PA, presiding over the services.

OLYPHANT, PA [DOEPA] - On Wednesday, March 13, 2025, Priest Paul Witek, Rector, gave an educational class to the youth of All Saints Church in Olyphant, PA, on the topic of confession.

NEW YORK, NY [DOEPA] - On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Mark, Archpriest Timothy Hojnicki, Vice-Chancellor of the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania, delivered a Lenten presentation titled “Lazarus, Come Forth! A Reflection on Death and Resurrection in the Orthodox Tradition” at the Greek Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.

BATH, PA [DOEPA COMMUNICATIONS] - On Sunday, March 9, 2025, the Triumph of Orthodoxy was celebrated throughout the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania.

WILKES-BARRE, PA [DOEPA] - On Sunday, March 9, 2025, the Triumph of Orthodoxy, His Eminence Archbishop Mark presided over the Sunday of Orthodoxy Vespers of the Wilkes-Barre Deanery, hosted by Holy Trinity Church in Wilkes-Barre, PA.

OLYPHANT, PA [DOEPA] - From March 8-9, 2025, the Triumph of Orthodoxy, His Eminence Archbishop Mark made an archpastoral visit to All Saints Church in Olyphant, PA, presiding over the services and spending time with the faithful.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - The Regular Spring 2025 Session of the Metropolitan Council of the Orthodox Church in America convened via teleconference on Tuesday, February 25, and Thursday, February 27, under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon.

FRACKVILLE, PA [DOEPA] - On Wednesday, March 5, 2025, the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete was served at Holy Ascension Church in Frackville, PA.