5/22 - 7/10/2025: 7 PM - 8:15 PM @ St. Elia the Prophet & Zoom
Book Study: Living as an Orthodox Christian in American Society - Flyer
8/4-8/2025: 9 AM - 12 Noon @ Annunciation
Fall 2026
Opening of St. Gregory Classical Academy - Website
3/29/25: 9:30 AM - 3 PM @ Annunciation
OCW Lenten Retreat - "Sorrow Into Joy: Encountering Christ in our Paschal Lives" Cost $20 (covers lunch)
Speaker: Sarah Byrne-Martelli, author of Memory Eternal: Living with Grief as Orthodox Christians
Lenten Sunday Vespers, 5 PM
March 9 - Sunday of Orthodoxy @ Presentation
March 16 - Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas @ St. Thomas
March 23 - Sunday of the Cross @ St. Elia
March 30 - Sunday of St. John Climacus @ St. George
April 6 - Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt - Sacrament of Holy Unction - @ St. Nicholas
2/27/2025: 6:30 - 8:30 PM @ Presentation
9/20-22/2024 @ St. Matthew the Evangelist Orthodox Church in North Royalton
Weekend Retreat with Fr. Josiah Trenham - Flyer
5/19/24 - 3 PM @ Annunciation
Presentation on the possibility of a Classical Orthodox Christian School in Akron
Jesse Cone, headmaster of The Saint Constantine School in Pittsburgh
The Saint Constantine School in Houston (the original school that started in 2016)
4/21/24 - 9:30 AM - 3 PM @ St. Nicholas
Orthodox Christian Women of Akron (OCW) Lenten Retreat
Fr. Barnabas Powell: "Be Watchful - Be Sober"
YouTube videos of his presentations: AM Presentation - PM Presentation - Questions & Answers
Lenten Sunday Vespers, 5 PM
March 31 @ Presentation
April 7 @ St. Elia
April 14 @ St. Thomas
Sacrament of Holy Unction - April 21 - 6 PM @ St. Nicholas
Video presentation - "Healing Fear" - St. Luke the Surgeon, Archbishop of Simferopol (Crimea)
March 28 @ Presentation - Flyer - Link to YouTube video
Sunday of Orthodoxy Great Vespers + Vespers for the Annunciation
March 24, 2024, 5 PM @ Annunciation. Presided by Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh
Akathist to the Mother of God Tikhvin Icon. Reception to follow.
2/22/24, 6:30 PM @ St. Nicholas - Flyer
BINGO Salad Supper
Saturday, 2/10/24 - 5:30 - 8 PM @ St. Elia
Our small parish in Akron is hosting a fun, family friendly evening of BINGO in February as a fundraiser for our church. - Flyer
"The Cultures of Orthodoxy" - Pan Orthodox Banquet and Dance
OCF (Akron U & Kent State)
2/3/2024 - 6:30 PM @ Annunciation - Flyer
VasilOPApita 2024 - New Year's Dance
Saturday, January 20, 6 PM - 11 PM @ Annunciation
Ticket includes: Heavy Appetizers & Desserts & Live Music by Karizma
Cash Bar
Orthodox Christian Women of Akron (OCW) Winter Mini-Retreat
1/20/2024 - 9:30 AM - 12 Noon @ St. Elia
"Question the Clergy" - Flyer
Participating Clergy: Fr. Nick Manuel, Fr. Don Freude, Fr. James Waltenberger, Fr. Nicholas Wyslutsky, Fr. Dn. Mark Studebaker
24 lay people attended. YouTube video of the event
WINTER CULTURAL FESTIVAL 2024
Thursday, January 18, 2024, 7-9 PM @ Presentation of Our Lord Orthodox Church
"UNDIVIDE US" Film Screening - Q&A - Flyer - Watch the trailer
UNDIVIDE US is a groundbreaking new documentary that illuminates the toxic polarization engulfing
America.
"Great Reindeer Hoax" - Performance & Dinner
12/29/23 @ 5:30 PM @ St. Nicholas - Flyer
Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops - Orthodox Youth Ministries
3ETREAT - December 9 - Program Materials
Attended by 41 adults from parishes of various jurisdictions and 10 youth - Group Photograph
Leaders from OYM: Christian Gonzalez, Michael Sider-Rose, Sandra Glisic, Dr. Christopher Krampe