Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest
Toledo Chancery, 2656 Pemberton Dr., Toledo, OH, 43606-2903
419-535-1390 (phone); 419-535-7999 (fax)
Welcome to the Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest, part of the Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese in America. The Diocese of Toledo is led by His Grace Bishop MARK and includes more than 45 churches and missions in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
Click here for a directory of all the parishes in the Diocese of Toledo.
Click here to learn more about Bishop MARK.
To contact Bishop MARK electronically, email editor@antiochian.org with "Bishop MARK" in the subject line.
St. George of Indianapolis Parishioners Assemble 1000 IOCC Kits
In a project initiated by the Charity Ministry Team, the parishioners of St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, gathered materials together for the IOCC health kits for the suffering people of Haiti. Each health kit contains soap, towels, a comb and nail tool, and band aids, and parish members managed to assemble around 1000 kits that will be delivered directly via the IOCC, to Haitians in need. "We can never have too many of these," noted an IOCC representative.
St. George blogger Sarah Childs described the experience on her blog, Place of Verdure.
"I was really looking forward to doing a lot of knitting, watching the Colts on Saturday evening, and doing a little house cleaning. Then about 4 pm, James called me to say that we had been asked to help at church with an effort to put together health/hygiene kits for Haiti, and my plans immediately seemed pretty trivial. I felt really blessed to have this opportunity to do something with my own hands, beyond praying and writing a check, to help those affected by this terrible earthquake. And I have to add that with many hands working together, we got it done so quickly that it didn't encroach on my own selfish plans at all."
"It was really heartwarming for me to see all our parishioners getting into this," adds the Very Rev. Fr. Nabil Hanna, priest at St. George.
Jail and Prison Ministry 101 Training
April 10, 2010
Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry Presents
Jail & Prison Ministry 101 Training
Training for any Orthodox Christians who are Interested in Jail and Prison Ministry
When: Saturday, April 10, 2010
Time: 9:00 AM - 7:30 PM
Where: St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church
4020 N. Sherman Dr.
Indianapolis, IN 46226-4464
Special Guests include:
His Grace, the Right Reverend Bishop MARK of Toledo and the Mid-West, Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
Stephen Hall, D.MIN, Director of Religious Services, Indiana Department of Corrections.
More information will be forthcoming. Please check the OCPM web site for future updates.
Climacus Conference + February 5-6, 2010
The Climacus Conference of Thoughtful Ascent
A Contemplation of Noble Ideas
Friday and Saturday:
February 5-6, 2010
Saint Michael Orthodox Church, Louisville, Kentucky
Classical Education • Poetry • Orthodoxy and Postmodernism • Patristic Thought • Logic and Rhetoric • Motherhood • Health and Medicine • St. John Climacus • The Great Books • Theology and Spirituality
$15 per day/$20 for both days.
Discount available for students and families.
Includes coffee and bagels (AM) and lunch on Saturday.
Speakers include Antiochian author Molly Sabourin and Ancient Faith Radio operations manager and podcaster Bobby Maddex, as well as many others. For more information, detailed schedule, or to register, please visit www.climacusconference.org.
IOCC Responds to Haiti Earthquake
An appeal from Metropolitan PHILIP
January 14, 2010
IOCC URGENT ACTION APPEAL: Relief for the Beleaguered People of Haiti
For the people of Haiti, the hemisphere’s poorest country, life was difficult enough before the massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake that devastated the capital of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday.
Since news of the earthquake came to light, IOCC staff have been contacting partners active in Haiti and attempting to reach Orthodox parishes on the island to coordinate our response to the growing need. Like many Haitians who have been struggling to reach their loved ones, IOCC is finding direct communication difficult – symptomatic of the widespread destruction and ruined infrastructure that is now beginning to be revealed.
Given the magnitude of the quake and the poverty that already existed before the disaster, IOCC has mobilized its disaster response team and is preparing to respond to the tremendous needs in close coordination with our Orthodox and ecumenical partners. Listen to Ancient Faith Radio's interview with IOCC Executive Director Constantine Triantafilou here.
Please help the people of Haiti!
- Make an online gift to assist the victims of disasters around the world, like the Haiti Earthquake, by giving to the IOCC International Emergency Response Fund, at www.iocc.org.
- Assemble hygiene kits and emergency clean-up buckets to be shipped to places like Haiti – or wherever disasters strike. For information on hygiene kits, go to www.iocc.org/kits.
- Pray for the people of Haiti and those who have lost loved ones in this disaster and for the safety of those who are working to assist them. See: http://www.iocc.org/prayers
