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1 Church New Year The Year of Our Lord 2008 70th Anniversary of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary 35th Anniversary of St. Herman Theological Seminary The 2008 Desk Calendar Archpriest Andrew Jarmus, Editor Paul Bodnar, Contributor Alexis Liberovsky, Contributor The Desk Calendar is published annually by: The information included in this calendar is accurate as of the The Orthodox Church in America date of publication.While every attempt is made to provide totally PO Box 675 accurate information, we regret any inaccuracies and omissions Syosset, New York 11791-0675 contained herein. P.O. Box 675 Office: 516-922-0550 Syosset, New York 11791 Founded in 1794 Granted Autocephaly in 1970 Fax: 516-922-0954 The Primate The Most Blessed Herman P.O. Box 675 Archbishop of Washington and New York Syosset, NY 11791-0675 Metropolitan of All America and Canada Office: 516-922-0550 Fax: 516-922-0954 Diocesan Chanceries DIOCESE of ALASKA DIOCESE of EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ROMANIAN EPISCOPATE The Right Reverend Nikolai The Right Reverend Tikhon The Most Reverend Nathaniel Bishop of Sitka, Anchorage and Alaska Bishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Archbishop of Detroit and the Romanian Archimandrite Isidore (Brittain), Pennsylvania Episcopate Chancellor Archpriest John Kowalczyk, Chancellor The Right Reverend Irineu PO Box 210569 PO Box 130 Bishop of Dearborn Heights Anchorage, AK 99521-0569 South Canaan, PA 18459 PO Box 309 Office: 907-279-0025 Office: 570-937-9040 Grass Lake, MI 49240-0309 Fax: 907-279-9748 Fax: 570-937-3100 Office: 517-522-4800 Fax: 517-522-5907 ALBANIAN ARCHDIOCESE The Right Reverend Nikon EXARCHATE of MEXICO DIOCESE of the SOUTH Bishop of Boston, New England, and The Most Blessed Herman The Most Reverend Dmitri the Albanian Archdiocese The Most Reverend Dmitri Archbishop of Dallas and the South PO Box 149 Exarch of Mexico PO Box 191109 Southbridge, MA 01550 The Right Reverend Alejo Dallas, TX 75219-1109 Office: 508-764-3222 Bishop of Mexico City, Administrator Office: 214-522-4149 Fax: 508-764-9090 (call first) PO Box 191109 Fax: 214-526-7170 Email: [email protected] Dallas, TX 75219-1109 Office: 214-522-4149 DIOCESE of WASHINGTON Archpriest Arthur E. Liolin, Chancellor Fax: 214-526-7170 and NEW YORK 523 East Broadway Bp. Alejo Office: The Most Blessed Herman South Boston, MA 02127-4415 011-525-557-8459-89 Archbishop of Washington & New York Office: 617-268-1275 Archpriest Joseph Lickwar, Chancellor PO Box 675 BULGARIAN DIOCESE DIOCESE of the MIDWEST Syosset, NY 11791-0675 The Most Blessed Herman The Most Reverend Job Office: 516-922-0550 Locum tenens Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest Fax: 516-922-0954 Archpriest Don A Freude, Chancellor Archpriest John Zdinak, Chancellor P.O. Box 1769 927-933 N. LaSalle St. DIOCESE of the WEST Cranberry Township, PA 16066-1769 Chicago, IL 60610 The Right Reverend Benjamin Office: 724-776-5555 Office: 312-202-0420 Bishop of San Francisco and the West Fax: 724-776-5549 Fax: 312-202-0427 1520 Green Street San Francisco, CA 94123-5102 Home: 702-277-1857 ARCHDIOCESE of CANADA DIOCESE of NEW ENGLAND Archpriest Ian MacKinnon, Chancellor The Most Reverend Seraphim The Right Reverend Nikon 15047 Muller Rd. Archbishop of Ottawa and Canada Bishop of Boston, New England, and the Plymouth, CA 95669-9770 PO Box 179 Albanian Archdiocese Home: 209-245-6485 Spencerville, ON Archpriest John Kreta, Chancellor K0E 1X0 Canada PO Box 149 Office: 613-925-5226 Southbridge, MA 01550 DIOCESE of WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA Fax: 613-925-1521 Office: 508-764-3222 The Most Blessed Herman Fax: 508-764-9090 (call first) Locum tenens Archpriest Dennis Pihach, Chancellor Email: [email protected] Archpriest Paul Ziatyk, Chancellor 15922-107A Ave. NW PO Box 1769 Edmonton, AB Cranberry Township, PA 16066-1769 T5P 0Z2 Canada Office/Fax: 724-776-5555 Office/Fax: 780-481-6534 OCA Chancery Mailing Address: (USPS & Parcel Post) Delivery Address: (UPS & FedEx, et al) Phone: 516-922-0550 P.O. Box 675 6850 North Hempstead Turnpike Fax: 516-922-0954 Syosset, New York 11791 Syosset, New York 11791 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.oca.org Archpriest Alexander Garklavs Priest Michael Tassos Archpriest Andrew Jarmus Chancellor, Acting Secretary Treasurer Director of Ministries and Communications Office: 516-922-0550, ext 130 Office: 516-922-0550, ext 135 Office: 516-922-0550, ext 134 Home: 631-424-0408 Fax:: 516-922-0954 Home: 516-558-7758 Fax: 516-922-0954 Email: [email protected] Fax: 516-922-0954 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] OCA Departments and Organizations Department of Christian Education Department of Liturgical Music and Translations Alexandra Safchuk, Chairperson David Drillock, Chairperson 7126 River Rd 6313 Dickinson Way Bethesda, MD 20817 Virginia Beach, VA 23464 Home: 301-320-0739 Home: 757-424-0005 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.dce.oca.org Department of Military Chaplaincies Department of Christian Service and Humanitarian Aid Archpriest Theodore Boback, Executive Director Donna Karabin, Chairperson 2028 E Lombard St. 7611 Midday Ln. Baltimore, MD 21231 Alexandria, VA 22306 Office: 443-831-6870 Home: 703-768-1184 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Department of Pastoral Life and Ministry Department of Evangelization Archpriest Andrew Morbey, Chairperson Priest Eric George Tosi, Chairperson 1630 5th St. NE 3623 Rawhide St. Minneapolis, MN 55413 Las Vegas, NV 89120-2013 Office: 612-788-1947 Office: 702-898-4800 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Department of Youth, Young Adult and Campus Ministry Department of History and Archives Deacon Joseph Matusiak, Chairperson Archpriest John Erickson, Chairperson 173 Grove St. Apt. J2 575 Scarsdale Rd. Oak Park, IL 60301 Crestwood, NY 10707 Mobile: 914-318-7505 Home: 914-961-8313 Email: [email protected] Web: yya.oca.org Alexis Liberovsky, Archivist / Director PO Box 675, Syosset, NY 11791 Office of External Affairs and Interchurch Relations Office: 516-922-0550, ext. 121 His Eminence, Archbishop Seraphim, Chairperson Fax: 516-922-0954 PO Box 179 Email: [email protected] Spencerville, ON Canada K0E 1X0 Department of Institutional Chaplaincies Office: 613-925-5226 Priest Steven Voytovich, Director Fax: 613-925-1521 170 Bunker Hill Rd. Guilford, CT 06437 Archpriest Leonid Kishkovsky, Director of External Affairs Office: 203-789-3248 Office: 516-922-0550 Home: 203-453-4405 Home: 516-671-6616 Email: [email protected] Fax: 516-922-0954 Email: [email protected] Departments and Organizations (continued) Office of Benefits Programs Medical / Ethics Commission PO Box 675 Archpriest John Breck, Chairperson Syosset, NY 11791 6102 Rockefeller Rd. Office: 516-922-0550 Wadmalaw Island, SC 29487 Fax: 516-922-0954 Home: 843-559-1404 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Investment Board Committee on Diaconal Vocations Archpriest Philip Reese, Chairperson His Eminence, Archbishop Dmitri, Chairperson 7461 NW 167th Terr. Archpriest Alexander Garklavs, Coordinator Hialeah, FL, 33015 PO Box 675 Home: 305-825-9541 Syosset, NY 11791 Email: [email protected] Office: 516-922-0550, ext. 130 Fax:: 516-922-0954 Email: [email protected] Pension Board Metropolitan Council Audit Committee His Grace, Bishop Nikon, Episcopal Moderator and Trustee Chair vacant Archpriest Michael Westerberg, Group Leader and Trustee PO Box 675 PO Box 675 Syosset, NY 11791 Syosset, NY 11791 Office: 516-922-0550, ext. 130 Office: 516-922-0550 Fax:: 516-922-0954 Fax: 516-922-0954 Email: [email protected] Board of Theological Education Metropolitan Council Charity Committee His Eminence, Archbishop Seraphim, Chairperson Archpriest John Reeves, Chairperson PO Box 675 562 Lanceshire Lane Syosset, NY 11791 State College, PA, 16803 Office: 516-922-0550 Home: 814-861-8020 Fax: 516-922-0954 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Canonization Commission Metropolitan Council Ethics Committee His Eminence, Archbishop Nathaniel, Chairperson Archpriest Mark Sherman, Chairperson PO Box 675 64 Forrester St Syosset, NY 11791 Salem, MA, 01970 -4038 Office: 516-922-0550 Home: 978-744-5869 Fax: 516-922-0954 Email: [email protected] Commission on Canons and Statutes Special Investigative Committee His Eminence, Archbishop Nathaniel, Chairperson His Grace, Bishop Benjamin, Chairperson PO Box 675 1520 Green Street Syosset, NY 11791 San Francisco, CA 94123-5102 Office: 516-922-0550 Home: 702-277-1857 Fax:: 516-922-0954 Email: [email protected] OCA Seminaries St Herman’s Seminary St Tikhon’s Seminary St Vladimir’s Seminary 414 Mission Road St Tikhon’s Road 575 Scarsdale Road Kodiak, AK 99615 South Canaan, PA 18459 Crestwood, NY 10707 Office: 907-486-3524 Office: 570-937-4411 Office: 914-961-8313 Fax: 907-486-5935 Fax: 570-937-3100 Fax: 914-961-4507 20082008 LITURGUCALLITURGUCAL CYCLESCYCLES Fasting Discipline - 2008 Fasting Seasons Great Lent & Holy Week March 10 - April 26 Apostles’ Fast June 23 - June 28 Dormition Fast August 1 - 14 Nativity Fast November 15 - December 24 Fast Days All Wednesdays and Fridays during the year except during fast-free weeks Eve of Theophany January 5 Beheading of St John the Baptist August 29 Elevation of the Holy Cross September 14 Eve of the Nativity of Christ December 24 Fast-Free Weeks Post-feast of the Nativity of Christ to the Eve of Theophany December 26 - January 4 Week following the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee February 18 - 23 Bright Week April 28 - May 3 Week following Pentecost June 16 - 21 Memorial Saturdays - 2008 Saturday in the week of Meat Fare March 1 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Saturdays of Great Lent March 22, March 29, April 5 Saturday before Pentecost June 14 Saturday before St Demetrius October 25 Paschal Cycle: 2008 - 2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Great Fast begins March 10 March 2 February 15 March 7 February 27 Pascha April 27 April 19 April 4 April 24 April 15 Ascension June 5 May 28 May 13 June 2 May 24 Pentecost June 15 June 7 May 23 June 12 June 3 Western Easter March 23 April 12 April 4 April 24 April 8 Publishers and Sales Orthodox Christian Publication Center St Tikhon’s Seminary Press and St Vladimir’s Seminary Press and (OCPC) Bookstore Bookstore 4653 Memphis Villas S.
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