Timothy Timothy

2025 Nativity Fast: Red Candle Light for Palestine

WHAT IS RED CANDLE?

A global Christian movement launching November 29, starting with the first light in Bethlehem, Palestine. We’re uniting Christians across traditions to light red candles throughout Advent in solidarity with Palestinians—particularly Christian communities in the birthplace of Jesus.

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Timothy Timothy

24-27 December 2025: St. Herman Youth Retreat

Please join us for the 16th Annual St. Nicholas Convent’s:
St. Herman Youth Retreat

DATES: December 24–27, 2025
LOCATION: St. Nicholas Convent, 14 Courtly Circle, Owego, NY 13827
And St. Maximus Orthodox Church, 4447 Gaskill Rd, Owego, NY 13827
Accommodations: Best Western Hotel, 20 Hickories Park Rd, Owego, NY 13827

COST: $100.00 per person* Ages 14 and up
If not staying at the hotel: $40 or a food donation + ice skating fee

Registration DEADLINE: Dec 10, 2025
Contact christa.monforte@gmail.com or (607)-759-4816 for more info

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Kerilyn Derkasch Kerilyn Derkasch

29-31 March 2024: Lenten Retreat for Women

March 29-31, 2024

Owego, New York

Theme: A Sacred Purpose: Preserving Our Traditions Through Structure And Grace

Talk 1: A Conversation on the Sacred Role of Women in the Church by Matushka Irene Meschter

Talk 2: Learning to Make Prosphora: A Sacred Obedience by Maria Monforte

Talk 3: Defining the Sacred Space: The Iconostasis in Orthodox Worship by Elizabeth Priebe

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Kerilyn Derkasch Kerilyn Derkasch

10-12 March 2023: Lenten Retreat for Women

March 10-12, 2023

Cleveland, New York

Theme: Angels in the monastery, in the world, and in the church

Talk 1: Living the Angelic Life in Western Canada by Abbess Amvrosia

Talk 2: Raising Angels in an unangelic world by Presbytera Mary Psaromatis

Talk 3: Angels in Orthodox Iconography by Elizabeth Priebe

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