MECHANICSBURG, PA — Holy Apostles Orthodox Church in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, will host “Wrestling with Angels,” an exhibition of icons created within the Prosopon School of Iconology and Iconography, from November 6–8, 2026. Admission is free, and the exhibition is open to everyone.

BRICK, NJ — Hundreds of Orthodox Christians gathered at Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church in Brick, New Jersey, on October 21, 2026, to venerate the Hawaiian Myrrh-Streaming Wonderworking Icon of the Mother of God. Parishioners and visitors from surrounding communities attended the evening service.

By Subdeacon Gregory Levitsky: In 2001, the newly ordained Fr. Justin Frederick wasn’t sure what to expect when Archbishop Dmitri of Dallas assigned him to the new Mission of St. Maximus the Confessor in Denton, Texas. “I thought there would be a flood of people once we opened the doors,” he admits. But for the first few years – and even a little longer – growth was gradual. Fr. Justin is a convert to Orthodoxy. Raised in the Evangelical tradition, he was acquainted with Orthodoxy in college, where one of the several degrees he obtained was in Russian. He began his studies intending to travel to Russian for missionary work. He worked as an intern at an Evangelical church. But what happened instead is a story many have experienced: the more he studied, the more he realized the shallowness of Evangelical Christianity.