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2019 WR Bi-Annual Conference Announced!!!
The 2019 WR Bi-Annual Conference will be held in Sarasota, Florida.
The date(s) are Monday, Set. 30th (Check-in) thru Friday, Oct. 4th (Check-out)
The conference begins Tuesday morning and concludes Thursday evening.
The Venue will be the Hilton Garden Inn near Sarasota-Bradenton Airport.
More detailed info will be forthcoming after Nativity
In Christ,
Archpriest Mark
New Clergy Ordinations & the Western Rite of ROCOR Expands Into Sweden!

We would like to welcome these newly ordained clergy into the Holy Church! May God grant them MANY YEARS!!!
Fr Seraphim Byrd was elevated to Priest (St Thomas- Mtn Home, AR)
Hieromonk Serafim (Furemalm) (Holy Protection-Stockholm, Sweden)**
Priest John Longero (St Andrew Orthodox Church, Reno NV) *
Hieromonk Lazarus (Wilhelmsson) (SS Halvard and Nikolaus, Gothenburg, Sweden) **
Fr Deacon Michael Petrus Catenacci (Holy Protection- Stockholm)**
Fr Deacon Andreas Eraybar (SS Halvard and Nikolaus- Gothenurg)**
* - New parish
**- New Parish and part of newly-formed Scandinavian Deanery
The three new parishes are:
St Andrew Orthodox Church - Reno, Nevada
Holy Protection of the Mother of God Orthodox Church - Stockholm, Sweden
SS Halvard and Nikolaus Orthodox Church- Gothenburg, Sweden

The ROCOR Western Rite Communties Gets a New Vicar-General
With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, the current-serving Dean of the ROCOR Western Rite Communities; the Archpriest Mark Rowe, has been installed as the Vicar-General for the ROCOR Western Rite Communities. The announcement was just made on October 10th, 2017 at the 2017 Annual ROCOR Western Rite Conference and Retreat in Mt. Alvernia, New York. This change covers all territories in the United States and abroad where ROCOR Western Rite missions and parishes have been established.
More news will be forthcoming soon!

Archpriest Mark Rowe