Orthodox Church Capital Improvement Fund

07/31/2025

07/18/2025

Remarks by Fr. John Dresko on the Retirement of Archbishop Benjamin, Former Archbishop of San Francisco and the Diocese of the West.

https://dowoca.org/2025/07/18/remarks-on-the-retirement-of-archbishop-benjamin/

03/01/2025

Click to read the 2025 Lenten Message of His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin of the Diocese of the West, OCA.

01/16/2025

https://occif.com/new-director-same-mission/

01/16/2025

https://vimeo.com/1045854113

This is "OCCIF: A New Director, Same Vision" by Media Alchemy on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

11/04/2024

10/08/2024

OCCIF presentation at Diocese of the Midwest Assembly, October 8, 2024.

10/01/2024

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon has issued the following call for prayer: “On this day, in many of our churches, we celebrate the protecting veil of the most holy Mother of God. In light…

09/26/2024

A recent Beliefnet.com article is circulating claiming that His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon and the Orthodox Church in America has reached an agreement with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and produced a joint statement regarding the Nicene Creed. This report is false. The OCA has not participated in any such discussions, agreements, or joint statements and any claims suggesting otherwise are inaccurate. For verified news and information, please visit oca.org.

07/23/2024

"A ‘Real Spiritual Father’: Fr Chad Hatfield at St Vladimir’s Seminary" https://buff.ly/3Wk2sUj

Fr Chad, your students, your spiritual children, your colleagues, and all who love you here at St Vladimir’s as well as those who are far off working in the vineyard of the Lord will miss you dearly. We knew this day had to come eventually, but it still feels far, far too soon.

May Almighty God grant to His archpriest, The Very Rev. Dr Chad Hatfield, Mka Thekla, their sons Jason and Sean, their daughters-in-law Kasey and Maggie, and their grandchildren Ryan, Morgan, and Braedon many years in Fr Chad’s well-earned retirement!

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“He has been a real spiritual father,” said a graduating seminarian as he introduced his family to Fr Chad Hatfield following St Vladimir’s Seminary’s 2024 Commencement in May.

Recalling the moment, tears welled up in Fr Chad’s eyes.

“That really meant so much. How much more could a priest and leader of a seminary be honored?”

With retirement nearing after seventeen years leading the seminary, first as chancellor and then president and CEO, you wouldn’t know it by glancing at Fr Chad’s travel and work schedule—even leading up to his final day at the office, just a mere few weeks away.

On a sweltering day in June, the Very Rev. Dr Chad Hatfield keeps himself as busy as ever, as passionate about the mission of St Vladimir’s Seminary as ever, as concerned as ever with the seminarians still entrusted to his care. But that should come as no surprise to anyone who has studied or worked at St Vladimir’s with Fr Chad. His internal compass has always pointed unwaveringly toward each and every seminarian; driving him each year was his relentless dedication to make each seminarian’s experience as complete and transformational as possible. And if something wasn’t as good as it could be, he wanted to find a solution...

(Read on at SVOTS.edu)