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WHO WE ARE...
NEWS & EVENTS
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Founding
​At the 2009 Assembly of the Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, delegates proposed the founding of a fellowship of stewards in order to strengthen our common life and ministry as a diocese. The initiative was blessed by Bishop (now Archbishop) Peter and given the heavenly patronage of St. John Kochurov.
Our Patron
​St. John Kochurov was a missionary priest in the American Mid-West and served the Russian Church in Chicago for several years before returning to his homeland and becoming the first priest-martyr under the Bolsheviks. Read more about him here.
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Focus
Society members are committed to building up and supporting our Diocesan...
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Youth
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Missions
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and Monasteries
...through the prayers of our
Father Among the Saints,
New Hieromartyr John Kochurov!