Appeal: Kitchen Renovations at South Canaan Monastery

St. Tikhon's Monastery in South Canaan, Pennsylvania, is beginning the renovation of the kitchen used for the children's summer camp held annually at the Monastery and would appreciate any assistance that can be provided. The full appeal with a link for donations can be found here.

Icon of St. Anna Moves to South Canaan

The myrrh-streaming icon of St. Anna and its caretaker, Archimandrite Athanasy (Mastalski), have taken up residence at St. Tikhon's Monastery in South Canaan, Pennsylvania, which will be holding weekly supplications for the sick before the icon on Sundays. More here.

OCA, ROCOR Bishops Concelebrate at Historic South Canaan Monastery

As part of the recent new style feast day celebrations at St. Tikhon of Zadonsk's Monastery in South Canaan, Pennsylvania, Bishops Tikhon (Mollard) of Philadelphia of the American Orthodox Church (OCA) and George (Schaefer) of Mayfield of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR) concelebrated the Divine Liturgy in the presence of the Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God. The concelebration was the first between hierarchs of the ROCOR and what now is the OCA at the historic South Canaan Monastery in nearly 70 years. More here.

Kursk-Root Icon to Visit Oldest Monastery in North America

With the blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral) of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad the wonderworking Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God will be at the feast day celebrations of the Monastery of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk in South Canaan, Pennsylvania, this coming August. More here.

New Candidate Considered for Diocese of Sitka

It appears that the Diocese of Sitka and Alaska of the American Orthodox Church will nominate Archimandrite Juvenaly (Repass), a monk of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk's Monastery in South Canaan, Pennsylvania, currently serving at St. Herman's Theological Seminary in Kodiak, Alaska, for election as Bishop of Sitka. The candidate formerly under consideration for the vacant Sitka cathedra, Archimandrite Gerasim (Eliel), appears to be out of the running due to his desire to finish his studies at St. Vladimir's Theological Seminary in Crestwood, New York. Fr. Juvenaly was previously a candidate for nomination for election to the cathedra of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. More here.

Construction Plans for St. Tikhon's Monastery

This is nothing particularly new, but the beautiful plans for the building of a permanent complex for St. Tikhon of Zadonsk's Monastery, North America's oldest monastic community, can be found here.