Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania

BATH, PA [DOEPA COMMUNICATIONS] - On Wednesday, November 11, 2026, the federal holiday of Veterans Day, the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania joins in honoring the men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces. We give thanks for their courage, sacrifice, and dedication to the people and communities they were called to serve.

WILLIAMSPORT, PA [DOEPA] - On Saturday, November 7, 2026, Agatha (Eleanor) and Thomas (Sullivan) Stover were baptized and chrismated at Elevation of the Holy Cross Church in Williamsport, PA, by Archpriest Seraphim Reynolds.

YONKERS, NY [DOEPA] - From November 1–5, 2026, His Eminence Archbishop Mark participated in the Regular Fall 2026 Session of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, held at St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary. His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon presided over the session.

BATH, PA [DOEPA COMMUNICATIONS] - On November 4, 2026, on behalf of the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, the Diocesan Media Office offers its prayers and condolences on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the repose of Catherine Elizabeth Maymon, the beloved mother of His Eminence Archbishop Mark.

YONKERS, NY [OCA] - On Monday, November 2, 2026, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, meeting at Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, NY, under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, canonically elected His Grace Bishop Gerasim (Eliel) as Bishop of Dallas and the South.