• A Life Changing Conversation

    Center for Family Care

    April 15, 2022

    Our days are filled with tasks that require our attention. Unexpectedly, Christ comes alongside us. Christ invites us to turn our attention towards Him. Right in the middle of our mundane tasks, Christ invites us to participate in a potentially life transforming encounter. At Jacob’s well, St. Photini talked with Christ. In the place where we are at the present moment, Christ comes to us. Christ reaches out to us. Again and again, Christ invites us to respond to His abundant loving kindness. Read More

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    The Theology of Illness with Jean Claude Larchet

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    April 14, 2022

    As one of the foremost contemporary Patristics scholars, Professor Jean-Claude Larchet especially studies the relevance of the Fathers to questions of health, sickness, and healing today. Hank explains that The Theology of Illness played a profound role in shaping his perspective as he was going through treatment for mantle cell lymphoma. Read More

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    Eastern Orthodox Christianity with Frederica Mathewes-Green

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    April 6, 2022

    In addition to discussing his transition into Orthodoxy, being diagnosed with cancer, and the way that those two situations have impacted one another, Hank and Frederica also talk about the history of the Church as well as community memory as a source of Church authority and the perpetuation of Holy tradition. Read More

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    When We Believe God Is Love

    Center for Family Care

    February 8, 2022

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    How Weekday Liturgies Transformed Her Family

    Center for Family Care

    February 8, 2022

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    The Gift of Embracing Human Vulnerability

    Center for Family Care

    February 8, 2022

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    Fully Human Family Feature, Episode 1: The Haghnazari Family

    Center for Family Care

    January 11, 2022

    Prematurely born, weighing 1 pound with a 6-month NICU stay, Cyrus has become a thriving, happy teen who plays in his high school marching band. Want to learn how to face challenges with faith and embrace the joy of living? Meet the Haghnazari family. Read More

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    Thank Full

    Center for Family Care

    November 1, 2021

    There was a time when Michael’s odd behaviors would send shivers of shame throughout my body, and to be honest there are still times – though fewer and farther between. I have come to a place in our walk with our child’s Autism and Down Syndrome and Sensory Processing Disorder that is one not only of acceptance, but even amusement over the little quirks that are a part of who Michael is and what his body experiences. Read More

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    Freedom from Fear of the Future for Your Child with Disabilities Webinar

    Center for Family Care

    October 8, 2021

    Parents of children with disabilities often have compounded fears about their future. Panelists share their insights surrounding these fears, with a particular emphasis on how to cultivate freedom from fear of the future in order to enjoy life with our families now. Read More

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    Growing the Virtue of Philoxenia in Our Families and Communities

    Center for Family Care

    September 8, 2021

    Presvytera Melanie speaks with Charlotte Riggle about her familial experience of invisible disabilities; how she came to see God's commandment to not bear false witness against one's neighbor as the virtue of philoxenia—the love of strangers—the Giant Cookie Test; and the value of online support for families with special needs. Read More

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    Out of the Mouths of Babes You Have Perfected Praise

    Center for Family Care

    August 18, 2021

    Presvytera Melanie speaks with Sarah Riccardi-Swartz about her involvement with disability rights, how her Autistic daughter further developed her advocacy role, the need for the Church to listen to and incorporate the stories of those with disabilities and their guardians to develop a theology of disability, and the pure-hearted offerings to God in triumphant "Amens!" and Daniel Tiger songs. Read More

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    The Heusel Family: All Children Can Learn, and All Children Can Teach

    Center for Family Care

    August 10, 2021

    Presvytera Melanie speaks with Matt and Louise Heusel on medical practitioners' adverse reactions to prenatal discoveries of disabilities and the pressure put on parents to abort their children, how their daughter with Down Syndrome has enriched their family life, and the special gifts she contributes to their parish family. Read More

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    UOC St. Nicholas Summer Camp for Families with Disabilities

    Center for Family Care

    July 14, 2021

    Pres. Melanie speaks with Natalie Kapeluck Nixon, the Director of Youth & Young Adult Ministry for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA and founder of the St. Nicholas Program, a church camp experience for persons with special needs of all ages, and their families. Read More

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    Fostering Independence in Families with Disabilities Webinar

    Center for Family Care

    July 6, 2021

    Panelists offer their personal and professional lessons learned in a discussion of what healthy independence looks like in families with disabilities. Read More

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    Memory Eternal Rev. George Livanos

    Orthodox Observer

    July 1, 2021

    This morning, Rev. George Livanos, Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Throne, peacefully passed away surrounded by his family. Read More

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    Metropolitan Savas’ Concentric Rings of Love

    Center for Family Care

    June 29, 2021

    Presvytera Melanie speaks with His Eminence Metropolitan Savas of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Pittsburgh on theological "whys" of disability, the need for all of us to learn an etiquette regarding disability, and his exhilarating experience on an OCF Real Break mission trip when visiting "The Four Homes of Mercy," a group home for persons with disabilities. Read More

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    The Christy Family - Life in Christ, Life with Cerebral Palsy

    Center for Family Care

    June 10, 2021

    Presvytera Melanie continues her conversation with William Christy, this time including his father and mother, Father Paul and Presvytera Mary, and his twin sister, Gabriella. Each family member shares their personal perspective related to William's diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy - the joys, challenges, and the way their love for God and His love for them was made manifest through their experiences. Read More

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    Light in Times of Darkness Webinar

    Center for Family Care

    June 7, 2021

    How can we find light in times of darkness? How can we be a light? How can we help our families become lights in darkness? Join us as we discuss these questions and more in this GOA Center for Family Care webinar. Read More

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    Eulogy for George Korkos

    News Release

    June 4, 2021

    Like so many of you in this Cathedral today, I have traveled here to pay tribute to one of the great Hellenes of America, and one of the great human beings of our time, Dr. George Korkos. Read More

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    The Gift of Life

    Center for Family Care

    June 1, 2021

    The gift is Life – not merely abstract or even of visible cycles and experiences – but one born from the love of a Person, “He Who Is… Life.” (Exodus 3:14, John 14:1) The precious Gift is the Antidote to all of the tragedies and wounds of our fallen existence, and as He once offered Himself for the life of the world, so now and so always He continues to poor Himself out to all willing to receive Him. Life is Jesus Christ our Lord. And this Life is worth living. Read More

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