BATH, PA [DOEPA COMMUNICATIONS] - The Diocesan Media Office has officially released the 2026 Holy Week schedule of His Eminence Archbishop Mark of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania.

FRACKVILLE, PA [DOEPA] - On Friday, March 20, and Sunday, March 22, 2026, His Eminence Archbishop Mark of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania visited Holy Ascension Church in Frackville, PA, where he presided at the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts and the Pan-Orthodox Lenten Coal Region Mission Vespers.

MECHANICSBURG, PA [DOEPA] - From March 21-22, 2026, the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent, the Sunday of Saint John Climacus of the Ladder, His Eminence Archbishop Mark of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania made an archpastoral visit to Holy Apostles Church in Mechanicsburg, PA.

WILLIAMSPORT, PA [DOEPA] - On Sunday, March 22, 2026, the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent, the Sunday of Saint John Climacus of the Ladder, Elevation of the Holy Cross Church in Williamsport, PA, honored Archpriest Seraphim and Matushka Mary Reynolds on the occasion of their 44th wedding anniversary.

TBILISI, GEORGIA [OCA] - On Sunday, March 22, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon attended the funeral of the newly departed His Holiness Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, who fell asleep in the Lord on Tuesday, March 17, at the age of 93, after nearly fifty years of primatial service to the Georgian Orthodox Church.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - The January and February 2026 “Pastoral Changes” — the official announcements of ordinations, assignments, releases, and related matters affecting the clergy of the Orthodox Church in America, as issued by the Office of the Chancellor, Archpriest Alessandro Margheritino — are now available.

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, and Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, has sent a letter of condolence to the Georgian Orthodox Church on the loss of His Holiness Patriarch Ilia II.

TBILISI, GEORGIA [DOEPA] – On Tuesday, March 17, 2026, His Holiness Patriarch Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta–Tbilisi, and Metropolitan of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia, has reposed in the Lord. May his memory be eternal!

SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] - The Regular Spring 2026 Session of the Metropolitan Council of the Orthodox Church in America was held via teleconference on Tuesday, March 10, and Thursday, March 12, under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon.

WILMINGTON, DE [DOEPA] - From March 14-15, 2026, the Third Sunday of Great Lent, the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross, His Eminence Archbishop Mark of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania made an archpastoral visit to St. Michael the Archangel Church in Wilmington, DE.