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
Subdeacon Noah Reeves is ordained to the diaconate, to serve at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.
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.

February 23, 2025
Deacon Dumitru Lişan (cleric of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Howell, NJ) is awarded the right to wear the double orarion.

March 1, 2025
The suspension of Hieromonk Alexei (Dixon; cleric of St. Demetrios of Thessaloniki Monastery in Spotsylvania, VA) is lifted.

March 13, 2025
Archpriest Serge Prisacaru (former cleric of St. Vladimir Church in Miami, FL) is released to the Moldovan Orthodox Church.
Abbot Arseny (Manko) is released to the Canadian Diocese.

March 15, 2025
Subdeacon Sergius Jenkins is ordained to the diaconate, to serve at St. Martin of Tours Mission in Montgomery, AL.

March 19, 2025
Priest Michael Dunstan is elevated to the rank of archpriest.
Priest Elias Crowder (rector of St. Martin of Tours Mission in Montgomery, AL) is awarded the right to wear the kamilavka.
Priest Joseph Gagliano (cleric of St. Martin of Tours Mission in Montgomery, AL) is awarded the right to wear the kamilavka.

March 26, 2025
Priest George Sharonoff (rector of St. Stephen Church in Old Forge, PA) is awarded the right to wear the nabedrennik.

March 30, 2025
Deacon Joseph Galluccio (former cleric of St. Andrew Stratelates Cathedral in St. Petersburg, FL) is suspended.

April 5, 2025
Subdeacon David Burrows is ordained to the diaconate, to serve at St. Clement of Rome Mission in Rome, GA.

April 6, 2025
Deacon David Burrows is ordained to the priesthood, to continue his service at St. Clement of Rome Mission in Rome, GA.
Subdeacon Cyril Donohoe is ordained to the diaconate, to serve at St. John the Wonderworker Mission in Diamondhead, MS.

April 7, 2025
Subdeacon Mark King is ordained to the diaconate, to serve at St. Mary of Egypt Church in Roswell, GA.

April 21, 2025
Priest Anthony Williams (cleric of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Howell, NJ) is awarded the right to wear the gold pectoral cross.
Deacon Alexandre Sarandinaki (cleric of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Howell, NJ) is elevated to the rank of protodeacon.

April 24, 2025
Schema-Archimandrite Panteleimon (Voepel; abbot emeritus of Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV) reposed in the Lord.
Priest Vincent Dranginis (cleric of Christ the Savior Church in Wayne, WV) is suspended.

May 4, 2025
Subdeacon Leonid Volchok is ordained to the diaconate, to serve at Holy Myrrhbearers Church in Brooklyn, NY.

May 11, 2025
Subdeacon Nicholas Wildman is ordained to the diaconate, to serve at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.

May 16, 2025
Priest Photius Zelinski is deposed from all sacred functions of the holy priesthood and his name is removed from the ranks of clergy by the ROCOR Synod of Bishops.
Priest Benedict Simpson (cleric of Glorious Ascension Monastery in Resaca, GA) is suspended.

May 17, 2025
The suspension of Priest Vincent Dranginis (cleric of Christ the Savior Church in Wayne, WV) is lifted.
Priest Gabriel Souza is suspended.

May 19, 2025
Priest Benedict Simpson is deposed from all sacred functions of the holy priesthood and his name is removed from the ranks of clergy by the ROCOR Synod of Bishops.
Protodeacon Igor Tarasov (cleric of St. Andrew Stratelates Cathedral in St. Petersburg, FL) is suspended.
Deacon Andrew Peralta is suspended.

May 22, 2025
Archpriest Alexander Stepanenko is deposed from all sacred functions of the holy priesthood and his name is removed from the ranks of clergy by the ROCOR Synod of Bishops.

May 26, 2025
Priest Alexei Klar (cleric of St. Xenia Church in Methuen, MA) is awarded the right to wear the kamilavka.

June 7, 2025
The suspension of Priest Gabriel Souza (cleric of St. Vladimir Memorial Church in Jackson, NJ) is lifted.
Priest Romanos Regado is deposed from all sacred functions of the holy priesthood and his name is removed from the ranks of clergy by the ROCOR Synod of Bishops.

June 9, 2025
Subdeacon Consantine (Myers) is ordained to the diaconate for service in the Jamaican Mission.

June 15, 2025
Hierodeacon Consantine (Myers) is ordained to the priesthood, to continue his service in the Jamaican Mission.

June 26, 2025
Priest Michael Fiocca is deposed from all sacred functions of the holy priesthood and his name is removed from the ranks of clergy by the ROCOR Synod of Bishops.

July 3, 2025
Hieromonk Alexei (Dixon; cleric of St. Demetrios of Thessaloniki Monastery in Spotsylvania, VA) is suspended.

July 12, 2025
Deacon Noah Reeves is ordained to the priesthood, to continue his service at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordaville.

July 18, 2025
Deacon Patrick Hinds is ordained to the priesthood, to continue his service at St. Elizabeth Church in Rocky Hill, NJ.

July 25, 2025
Deacon Leo Opie (cleric of St. Nicholas Church in Palm Coast (Bunnell), FL) reposed in the Lord.

July 26, 2025
Hierodeacon Razhden (Ashjazadeh) is ordained to the priesthood, to continue his service at St. Mary of Egypt Church in Roswell, GA.
Subdeacon Aaron Blanco is ordained to the diaconate, to serve at St. Innocent of Alaska Mission in Canton, GA.

July 27, 2025
Deacon Aaron Blanco is ordained to the priesthood, to continue his service at St. Innocent of Alaska Mission in Canton, GA.
Subdeacon Matthew Campbell is ordained to the diaconate, to serve at St. Innocent of Alaska Mission in Canton, GA.

August 5, 2025
Priest Mikhail Mikhailenko (cleric of St. Vladimir Church in Miami, FL) is awarded the right to wear the gold pectoral cross.
Hieromonk Arkadii (Polishchuk; cleric of Our Lady of Pochaev Church in North Port, FL) is awarded the right to wear the gold pectoral cross.

August 9, 2025
Archpriest Dimitri Oselinsky (cleric of St. Mary of Egypt Church in Roswell (Atlanta), GA) reposed in the Lord.

August 13, 2025
Priest Gabriel Souza is released to the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America.

August 17, 2025
Deacon Nicholas Wildman is ordained to the priesthood, to continue his service at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.

August 29, 2025
Deacon John Kern (former cleric of St. Nicholas Church in Palm Coast, FL) is tonsured to the Lesser Schema with the name Joseph, and joins the brotherhood of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.

September 1, 2025
Archpriest Sergei Sveshnikov is received from the Mid-American Diocese and attached to Nativity of the Mother of God Church in Albany, NY.

September 14, 2025
Deacon Andrew Allen is ordained to the priesthood, to continue his service at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Washington, DC.
Subdeacon John Daily is ordained to the diaconate, to serve at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Washington, DC.

October 16, 2025
Deacon Laurence Powell is ordained to the priesthood, to continue his service at Glorious Ascension Monastery in Resaca, GA.

October 22, 2025
Subdeacon Jonah Evans is ordained to the diaconate, to serve at St. Katherine Mission in Dallas, GA.

October 23, 2025
Deacon Jonah Evans is ordained to the priesthood, to continue his service at St. Katherine Mission in Dallas, GA.

November 2, 2025
Protodeacon Andrei Garine (cleric of Holy Dormition Church in McKeesport, PA) is awarded the right to wear the kamilavka.
Deacon Andrew Temple (cleric of Holy Dormition Church in McKeesport, PA) is elevated to the rank of protodeacon.

November 11, 2025
Deacon Konstantin Aleshin (cleric of Nativity of the Mother of God Church at the New Kursk Root Hermitage in Mahopac, NY) is awarded the right to wear the double orarion.

December 1, 2025
In accordance with his request, Archpriest Gregory Naumenko (former rector of Protection of the Mother of God Church in Rochester, NY) is retired, while remaining in his position as Dean of Upstate New York. Priest Peter James is appointed parish rector.

January 9, 2024
Priest Emmanuel Hatzidakis reposed in the Lord.

March 5, 2024
Abbot Tikhon (Gayfudinov), Archpriest Andrei Pastukh, Archpriest Edward Chervinsky, and Protodeacon Vladimir Oliynyk are deposed from all sacred functions of the holy priesthood and diaconate, and their names are removed from the ranks of clergy by the ROCOR Synod of Bishops.

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

April 6, 2024
Archpriest Ion Arama (rector of Holy Annunciation Church in Flushing, NY) is awarded the right to wear the palitsa and jeweled cross.

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 11, 2024
Protodeacon Joseph Jarostchuk (cleric of Holy Epiphany Church in Roslindale (Boston), MA) reposed in the Lord.

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.

May 26, 2024
Archpriest James Dougherty reposed in the Lord.

June 21, 2024
Deacon Daniel Semenov is received from the Moscow Patriarchate 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 5, 2024
Archpriest George Larin (pastor emeritus of Holy Virgin Protection Church in Nyack, NY) reposed in the Lord.

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

July 30, 2024
Hieromonk Silouan (Brown) is released to the Moscow Patriarchate.

August 9, 2024
Archpriest Seraphim Stephens (former rector of St. Joseph of Optina Church in Virginia Beach, VA) reposed in the Lord.
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.

October 23, 2024
Subdeacon-Monk Razhden (Ashjazadeh) is ordained to the diaconate, to serve at St. Mary of Egypt Church in Roswell, GA.

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.