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2025
2025

January 6, 2025
Abbot Cyprian (Alexandrou; cleric of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY) is awarded the right to wear the jeweled cross.
Hieromonk Anatoly (Zilin; cleric of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY) is awarded the right to wear the palitsa.
Hieromonk Gabriel (Astrahankine; cleric of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY) is awarded the right to wear the palitsa.

January 15, 2025
Deacon Alexey Pnev (cleric of Holy Dormition Convent "Novo-Diveevo" in Nanuet, NY) is elevated to the rank of protodeacon.

January 24, 2025
Hieromonk Alexei (Dixon; cleric of St. Demetrios of Thessaloniki Monastery in Spotsylvania, VA) is suspended.

January 26, 2025
Priest Peter James (cleric of St. John the Russian Church in Ipswich, MA) is awarded the right to wear the nabedrennik.

January 27, 2025
Priest Jan Veselak (former cleric of Christ the Savior Church in Wayne, WV) is released to the Orthodox Church in America.

February 6, 2025
Hieromonk Theodore (Stanway; cleric of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY) is released to Diocese of London & Western Europe.
Priest Romanos Regado is suspended.

February 9, 2025
Deacon Nicholas Kotar (cleric of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY) is awarded the right to wear the double orarion.

February 11, 2025
In accordance with his request, Archpriest John Sorochka (former rector of St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Mayield, PA) is retired, while remaining in his position as Dean of Pennsylvania. He assumes the title of "pastor emeritus." Priest Nathaniel Sorochka is appointed cathedral rector.
Deacon Daniel Semenov (former cleric of St. Luke the Blessed Surgeon Church in Pompano Beach, FL) is released to the Mid-American Diocese.

February 15, 2025
Deacon Eugene Utnyukhin (cleric of the Church of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple in Stratford, CT) is awarded the right to wear the double orarion.

2024

April 3, 2024
Priest Gabriel Weller (rector of Holy Myrrhbearers Church in Harrisonburg, VA) is elevated to the rank of archpriest.

April 10, 2024
Protodeacon Seraphim Komleski (cleric of St. Elizabeth the New Martyr Church in Rocky Hill, NJ) is awarded the right to wear the kamilavka.

April 19, 2024
Archpriest Christopher Stanton is received from the Orthodox Church in America and assigned to St. Peter of Krutitsy Mission in Lebanon, TN.

April 20, 2024
Deacon Joseph Sefchick is ordained to the priesthood, to continue his service at St. Tikhon Church in Blountville, TN.
Subdeacon Isaac Weaver is ordained to the diaconate, to serve at St. Mary of Egypt Church in Roswell (Atlanta), GA.
Deacon Jude Rountree (cleric of St. Mary of Egypt Church in Roswell (Atlanta), GA) is awarded the right to wear the double orarion.

April 21, 2024
Deacon Isaac Weaver is ordained to the priesthood, to continue his service at St. Mary of Egypt Church in Roswell (Atlanta), GA.
Priest Daniel Iliev (cleric of St. Mary of Egypt Church in Roswell (Atlanta), GA) is awarded the right to wear the kamilavka.
Priest Mikhail Beliakov (cleric of St. Mary of Egypt Church in Roswell (Atlanta), GA) is awarded the right to wear the kamilavka.
Hieromonk Gabriel (Davis; cleric of St. Mary of Egypt Church in Roswell (Atlanta), GA) is awarded the right to wear the nabedrennik.

April 22, 2024
Priest Isaac Atalla is released to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

April 24, 2024
Deacon Andrew Allen is received from the Mid-American Diocese and assigned to St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Washington, DC.

May 10, 2024
Protodeacon Andrei Garine is received from the Western American Diocese and assigned to Holy Virgin Dormition Church in McKeesport, PA.

May 19, 2024
Priest John Malcom (cleric of the Church of the Entrance into the Temple of the Holy Virgin in Jamesville (Syracuse), NY) is awarded the right to wear the kamilavka.

June 21, 2024
Deacon Daniel Semenov is received from the Patriarchate of Moscow and assigned to St. Luke the Blessed Surgeon Church in Pompano Beach, FL.

June 22, 2024
Priest Gheorghe Tiu is received from the Patriarchate of Romania and assigned to St. Sergius English Mission at the Synod of Bishops in New York City.

July 7, 2024
Deacon Dimitri Krenitsky (cleric of St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Mayfield, PA) is elevated to the rank of protodeacon.

August 9, 2024
Hieromonk Paisios (Laiblin; cleric of Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV) is awarded the right to wear the gold cross.

September 8, 2024
Priest Alexander Resnikoff (cleric of St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Washington, DC) is elevated to the rank of archpriest.
Deacon Gregory Trubetskoy (cleric of St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Washington, DC) is elevated to the rank of protodeacon.

September 12, 2024
Subdeacon James Parsons is ordained to the diaconate, to serve at St. Alexander Nevsky Memorial Church in Richmond, ME.

September 24, 2024
Priest Alexei Klar (cleric of St. Xenia Church in Methuen, MA) is awarded the right to wear the nabedrennik.
Deacon Alexander Doohovskoy (cleric of St. Xenia Church in Methuen, MA) is elevated to the rank of protodeacon.
Deacon Dimitry Doohovskoy (cleric of St. Xenia Church in Methuen, MA) is awarded the right to wear the double orarion.
Deacon John Sarantakis (cleric of St. Xenia Church in Methuen, MA) is awarded the right to wear the double orarion.

October 16, 2024
Abbot Silouan (Justiniano; deputy abbot of the Monastery of St. Dionysios the Areopagite in St. James, NY) is awarded the right to wear the palitsa.
Hieromonk Gabriel (Hooten; cleric of Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV) is elevated to the rank of abbot.
Hieromonk Vasileios (Willard; abbot of the Monastery of St. Dionysios the Areopagite in St. James, NY) is awarded the right to wear the gold cross.

October 20, 2024
Deacon David Dutkanicz (cleric of St. Nicholas Church in Stratford, CT) is awarded the right to wear the double orarion.

November 2, 2024
Priest Ephraim Willmarth (cleric of St. John of Kronstadt Memorial Church in Utica, NY) is awarded the right to wear the gold cross.

November 6, 2024
Deacon Stephanos Bibas (cleric of Our Lady "Joy of All Who Sorrow" Church in Philadelphia, PA) is awarded the right to wear the double orarion.

November 21, 2024
Deacon Andrei Logvinenko (cleric of St. Michael the Archangel Church in Wayne, NJ) is elevated to the rank of protodeacon and awarded the right to wear the kamilavka.

December 10, 2024
Archpriest Matthew Williams is relieved of his duties as rector of St. Tikhon Church in Blountville, TN and St. Peter the Aleut Mission in White Pine, TN.

December 14, 2024
Archpriest Alexander Stepanenko (cleric of Reigning Mother of God Church in Charlotte, NC) is suspended.

December 18, 2024
Archpriest Matthew Williams is suspended.

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