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SOUTH CANAAN, PA [STOTS/MW Diocese Communications] — Saint Tikhon's Seminary will host its annual Vocations Retreat on November 10-11, 2017.  The theme will be "Humility and Obedience in Saint John Chrysostom."

CICERO, IL [MW Diocese Communications/Synergy] — Dr. Jeannie Constantinou will be the keynote speaker at Synergy's 2017 annual Symposium at Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Church, Cicero, IL from 9:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 21, 2017.

DETROIT, MI [COCC-Detroit Communications] — The Orthodox Choir of Metropolitan Detroit will perform its seventh annual benefit concert at Saint Lazarus Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, 4575 East Outer Drive, Detroit at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, October 6, 2017.  With the theme "Come Let Us Worship," the concert program will consist of hymns and liturgical pieces representing a variety of Orthodox Christian traditions.

YONKERS, NY [SVOTS Communications] — Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary [SVOTS] will host a three-day Open House for prospective students October 5-8, 2017.  The event will offer participants an opportunity to immerse themselves in seminary life by attending classroom sessions and chapel services, meeting the Seminary President and select faculty members, sharing community meals and spending time with seminarians and their families, and exploring SVOTS' Master of Divinity, Master of Arts, Master of Theology, and Doctor of Ministry degree programs.

CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — His Grace, Bishop Irinej [Dobrijevic] of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Eastern America will deliver the homily at the Hierarchical Pan-Orthodox Divine Liturgy on September 30, 2017 marking the 125th Anniversary of Orthodox Christianity in Chicago.  The historic Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. at the Lane Tech Auditorium, 2501 West Addision at Western, Chicago.

PALOS HEIGHTS, IL [MW Diocese Communications/Synergy] — With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas, Locum Tenens of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago, the holy relic of the right hand of Saint Spyridon of Trimythous will be available for veneration at Saint Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church, Palos Heights, IL October 11-15, 2017 in honor of the parish's 100th anniversary.

PRINCETON, NJ [MW Diocese Communications] — The Brotherhood of Saint Moses the Black will hold its 24th annual conference at the Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow Church, Princeton, NJ October 6-8, 2017.  The conference theme — "Closer to Christ, Closer to Each Other" — will be introduced in the keynote address by His Eminence, Archbishop Michael of New York and New Jersey.

CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Once again, September has been designated "Support Our Seminarians" Month in the Diocese of the Midwest as His Grace, Bishop Paul, calls upon the faithful to support the growing number of diocesan seminarians — many of whom are married with children.

CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Youth] — On the evening of Friday, October 27, 2017, His Grace, Bishop Paul will lead a discussion with pre-teens and teens during the first-ever diocesan on-line youth retreat.  Youth in grades six through 12 are invited to participate in this event being hosted at four parishes in Ohio, Illinois, Kansas and Minnesota.