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A Quarterly Publication of the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania • LATE FALL/EARLY WINTER 2012 A QuArterly PublicAtion of the Diocese of Eastern PennsylvAniA • lATE fALL/eARLY WINTER 2012 AXIOS! In This Issue 2 THE ELECTION OF METROPOLITAN TIKHON The 17th All-American Council Alive in Christ is produced by OCA the Department of Communications of the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania, 4 DioceSan RECOGNITION DINNER a diocese of the Honoring Metropolitan Tikhon Orthodox Church in America. Aric Gingo EDITOR His Grace, Bishop MELCHISEDEK 6 CARETAKERS OF THE DIOCESE His Grace, Bishop MARK Meet His Grace, Bishop Melchisedek and His Grace, Bishop Mark MANAGING EDITOR Aric Gingo 8 DIOCESAN NEWS EDITORIAL STAFF Diocesan Happenings V. Rev. John Kowalczyk Matushka Sandra Kopestonsky 12 AROUND THE DIOCESE Parish Events around the Diocese PHOTOGRAPHY Aric Gingo 18 Youth and Education COVER PHOTOGRAPH Teen Winter Retreat 2013 Fr. Gregory Safchuk Kimberly Metz Alive in Christ is distributed 20 Book REViewS free of charge within the Church, World and Kingdom: The Eucharistic Foundation Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania, of Alexander Schmemann’s Pastoral Theology 144 St. Tikhon’s Road, Waymart, PA 18472 21 Oddly orthodoX 570-937-9331 A new feature of Alive in Christ Submission Deadlines August Issue: July 1 November Issue: October 1 February Issue: January 1 May Issue: April 1 Communications Brief In the interest of keeping current, events Glory be to Jesus Christ! that have occurred prior to the most recent issue date will not be included. This quarter finds another expanded issue of Alive in Christ, due to the big news that our own Archbishop, TIKHON, was elected as Primate of the Orthodox Please submit articles and photographs Church in America. You will also find an introduction to the caretakers of the (with captions) to Aric Gingo at [email protected]. Diocese until such time as a permanent Bishop is elected. We are also trying something new - a small story about a unique aspect of a Parish in the Diocese. Subscriptions outside the Diocese: $12.00 per year. Please make checks Please consider submitting an interesting fact about your own Parish for placement payable to Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania in future issues of Alive in Christ. 2 metropolitanThe Election Of tikhon Photos: Fr. Gregory Safchuk | Story: OCA S AN NEW AN S DIOCE Archbishop NATHANIEL gives an exhortation to Metropolitan TIKHON 3 THE ELECTION OF METROPOLITAN TIKHON | Story Courtesy of OCA His Eminence, Archbishop Tikhon, Archbishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, was elected Primate of the Orthodox Church in America during the 17th All-American Council of the Orthodox Church in America at Holy Trinity Church in Parma, Ohio on Tuesday, November 13, 2012. Six hundred and sixty three hierarchs, clergy and lay delegates and observers representing OCA parishes across the US, Canada, and Mexico participated in the Council. Five hundred and ninety were eligible to vote. “...we gather today for one purpose: to glorify Father, Son and Holy Spirit... and to elect the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America.” The Council opened with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy and, at noon, the plenary session. After the celebration of a Service of Thanksgiving and the singing of the troparion invoking the Holy Spirit, Archpriest Eric G. Tosi, OCA Secretary, opened the plenary session. “Christ grows brighter as we grow dimmer, as we approach the eternal light,” said His Eminence, Archbishop Nathaniel of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate, Locum Tenens of the Metropolitan See, in his opening address. “And it is within this context that we gather today for one purpose: to glorify Father, Son and Holy Spirit... and to elect the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America.” S No single candidate received the required two-thirds margin on the first ballot. On the second ballot, His Eminence, Archbishop Tikhon of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania and His Grace, Bishop Michael of New York and New Jersey, received 317 and 355 votes respectively. The members of the Holy Synod retired into the altar where they elected AN NEW AN Archbishop Tikhon. S For an expanded photo gallery of the entire All American Council including registration, Vespers, and Divine Liturgy visit oca.org DIOCE 4 Metropolitan TIKHON Honored At DIOCESAN RECOGNITION DINNER Story and Photos: Aric Gingo S AN NEW AN S DIOCE 5 DIOCESAN RECOGNITION DINNER For an expanded photo Clergy, administration and invited guests from each deanery in the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania gallery, visit www.doepa.org/ news met on December 4, 2012 at St. Michael’s Orthodox Church in Jermyn, PA to honor his Beatitude, Metropolitan TIKHON, upon his elevation to Primate of the Orthodox Church in America. The evening was His Beatitude was greeted with bread and salt by Father Nicholas Solak representing the Wilkes-Barre Deanery. He was then presented with flowers by children representing the Frackville, Philadelphia bittersweet - all in and Wilkes-Barre Deaneries. His Grace, Bishop Mark who accompanied His Beatitude, was also attendance were welcomed with flowers. joyous for the His Beatitude was welcomed with singing, followed by a prayer led by the Very Reverend Daniel elevation of TIKHON Kovalak of the Elevation of the Holy Cross Orthodox Church,Williamsport. Fr. John Kowalczyk, to Primate; at the Chancellor of the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania, then led the gathering in a toast to His Beatitude, referencing the video address made by his Beatitude, when he said: “We your spiritual same time, they children assembled this evening on December 4th want to express our love to you by telling you we were saddened to want to continue to be part of this Agenda, Mission, and Vision you have set forth for the Orthodox say so long to their Church in America.” Fr. Martin Browne, Diocesan Treasurer, presented a gift of a red Mitre to His Archbishop. Beatitude. Following dinner and dessert, Bishop Mark, Bishop of Baltimore, Administrator of the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania‚ Synodal Liaison for Departments and Commissions of the Orthodox Church in America, greeted those gathered. Following his greetings, each deanery in turn gave their greetings - Fr. Victor Gorodenchuk of the Philadelphia Deanery, Fr. Timothy Hojnicki of the Frackville Deanery, and Fr. Nicholas Solak from the Wilkes-Barre Deanery. His Beatitude, Metropolitan TIKHON wrapped up the evening with remarks to the Diocese. His Beatitude mentioned the many positive programs put into place, including revitalization, crisis management, and the Clergy Continuing Education Program, and his hope that they will continue Above: His Beatitude, Metropolitan and flourish. He thanked those assembled for their thoughts and prayers and acknowledged the TIKHON listens to Diocesan Diocesan Administration for their work over the years. Chancellor Fr. John Kowalczyk’s toast. The evening was bittersweet - all in attendance were joyous for the elevation of TIKHON to Below: His Beatitude, Metropolitan Primate; at the same time, they were saddened to say so long to their Archbishop. May God Grant TIKHON addresses members of the Metropolitan TIKHON Many Years! Diocese at his Recognition DInner. S AN NEW AN S YOUTH &YOUTH DIOCE EDUCATION 6 Caretakers OF the Diocese His Grace, Bishop MELCHISEDEK His Grace, Bishop MARK On November 20th, His Grace, the Right Reverend Melchisedek, Bishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, Locum Tenens of the Diocese of Philadelphia and S Eastern Pennsylvania and His Grace, The Right Reverend Mark, Bishop of Baltimore, Administrator of the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, Synodal Liaison for Departments and Commissions of the Orthodox Church in America, met with the Diocesan Council. They assured the Council that the programs in place and AN NEW AN the work that was begun would continue until such time as a new Bishop of Eastern S Pennsylvania was elected. They also stated that the Diocesan Council will serve in the capacity of a search committee to select appropriate candidates to present to the Diocesan Assembly for nomination to the office of Diocesan Bishop. DIOCE 7 Biography of The Right Reverend Melchisedek On April 2, 2009, Archimandrite Melchisedek was elected Bishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania by the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church Bishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania in America. He returned to the US Locum Tenens of the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania On Saturday, June 27, 2009, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah and the members His Grace, Bishop Melchisedek was born of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America consecrated Thomas Alexander Pleska, in Dayton OH, Archimandrite Melchisedek Bishop of Pittsburgh and the Diocese of Western August 20, 1942. His father, Alexander Peter Pennsylvania at St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Allison Park, PA. Pleska, was born in Byelo-Russia near Brest- Litovsk, and immigrated with his parents to Biography of The Right Reverend Mark the US in 1925. His mother Johanna (Eugenia Bishop of Baltimore Stachuk) Pleska was born in Cleveland, Ohio, of Administrator of the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania Ukrainian immigrant parents, and baptized in St. Theodosius Cathedral. Synodal Liaison for Departments and Commissions of the Orthodox At the time he was growing up in Dayton there was no Orthodox parish present, Church in America and he and his sister received their Christian formation in local Protestant parishes His Grace Bishop MARK was consecrated and taken to the “Russian” Church in Cleveland for important Holy Days, and to the Holy Episcopacy on December 5, other visits. It was as an adult that Fr. Melchisedek describes himself as becoming 2004. His consecrating bishops included His a member in the Orthodox Church at Christ the Saviour Church in Cincinnati, Beatitude IGNATIUS IV at the Patriarchal OH, under the pastorship of Fr. Daniel Rentel. Cathedral in Damascus, Syria as well as After High School, Thomas Pleska first attended the University of Michigan numerous Metropolitans of the Greek Orthodox School of Music and then Miami University in Oxford, OH, where he completed Patriarchate of Antioch.
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