OCA to Elect New Metropolitan in November

The American Orthodox Church (OCA) has announced that a special All-American Council will be held this November in the Cleveland area. The council will be convened with the sole purpose of nominating a candidate for election by the Holy Synod as Metropolitan of All America and Canada. More here.

OCA Prepares for 17th All-American Council

Preparations are fully underway for the seventeenth All-American Council of the American Orthodox Church (OCA), which will be convened to nominate a candidate for election as first hierarch of the OCA. A special session of the Holy Synod of the OCA will be held later this month in metro Detroit to set the location and dates of the upcoming council. More here.

Metropolitan Jonah Opens All-American Council in Bellevue

In getting the All-American Council of the American Orthodox Church (OCA) underway yesterday in Bellevue, Washington, Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen) referred to the first three years of his tenure as first hierarch of the OCA as "an administrative disaster," asking the assembled hierarchs, clergy, and faithful for their forgiveness and announcing that he would be undergoing "a complete evaluation" through "a program [specializing] in assisting clergy." His full opening remarks can be found here.

Sitka Icon to be Present at All-American Council

The plans for the upcoming All-American Council have been finalized and it has been announced that the wonderworking Sitka Icon of the Mother of God will be present in Bellevue throughout the Council. More here.

New Bishop of Sitka to be Consecrated in 2011?

Forgive me for overlooking this until now, but it appears that the close of the 16th All-American Council this coming summer will be shortly followed by the consecration in Sitka of a new bishop for the American Orthodox Church's Diocese of Alaska. More here. That's all that's been said for the time being, but presumably Archimandrite Gerasim (Eliel), currently a student at St. Vladimir's Seminary in Crestwood, New York, and previously abbot of St. Herman of Alaska's Monastery in Platina, California, will be the one being consecrated in Sitka. Provided, of course, that the consecration is still on the calendar when the current confusion is resolved.