In Final Days of Retreat Registration Metropolitan Tikhon Appeals to Whole Church: “Support Clergy Wives’ Renewal”

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon is encouraging dioceses, parishes, clergy, and faithful throughout the Orthodox Church in America to support clergy wives who wish to participate in the inaugural Office of Pastoral Life’s Clergy Wives Retreat, “Come Away and Rest,” July 27–30, 2026, at Antiochian Village in Ligonier, PA. At the launch of registration, His Beatitude said, “The Church has a responsibility to our pastors and their families and so does each parish community. This is why I’m so grateful for the Office of Pastoral Life for organizing … the Clergy Wives Retreat. [This is] not a luxury … not an extra. This is an act of stewardship. This is the Church stepping forward to say to her clergy wives ‘we value you and we care for you.’”

Registration for Clergy Wives Retreat closes June 29. The retreat will offer clergy wives from across the Orthodox Church in America an opportunity to step away from their daily responsibilities, renew their strength, and reconnect with what matters most in their life with Christ. Alongside structured sessions, the schedule will provide time for prayer, quiet, conversation, walks, reflection, and unhurried fellowship.

Sessions will be led…