{"id":514,"date":"2025-07-16T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/?p=514"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T10:01:19","slug":"metropolitan-tikhon-all-american-council-phoenix-az","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/16\/metropolitan-tikhon-all-american-council-phoenix-az\/","title":{"rendered":"Metropolitan Tikhon of OCA Opens 21st All-American Council, Phoenix, AZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council.jpg\" alt=\"Metropolitan Tikhon All-American Council\" class=\"wp-image-518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On July 14, 2025, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, opened the 21st All-American Council of the Orthodox Church in America in Phoenix, Arizona. This is the first time the Council has been held in the American Southwest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first Plenary Session began with a formal greeting of His Beatitude by his Chancery staff. Following the Molieben for the Opening of a Sacred Council, Call to Order, and welcoming remarks, His Beatitude delivered his opening address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on the theme of the Council, \u201cGathered Together by Christ,\u201d His Beatitude began his address reflecting on the idea of exploration within the Orthodox tradition by recounting the story of a 1979 expedition to the Antarctic island of South Georgia, a journey undertaken by His Beatitude\u2019s uncle and a group of French adventurers. He then turned to the life of St. Herman of Alaska, whose own journey was not fueled by a longing for adventure but by a longing for the Kingdom of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the address, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oca.org\/holy-synod\/bishops\/the-most-blessed-tikhon\">His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon <\/a>emphasized that the Church\u2019s life is not merely a passage through time, but an upward calling in Christ. He noted, \u201cJust as Moses and Elijah encountered the Lord in high places, so he gathers us in an upper room in order to leave behind worldly things and encounter the Most High God.\u201d Whether considering the Church\u2019s liturgical legacy, its use of English, or the varied challenges facing her, he urged the Church to see each issue in light of the gospel.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-1jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-1jpg.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-1jpg-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-1jpg-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-1jpg-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-1jpg-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>His Beatitude spoke on the 2025 Call to Reflection and the growing interest in Orthodoxy across North America, especially in the wake of the pandemic. While acknowledging the strain on resources and challenges regarding formation, he urged the Church to view these challenges as part of shared pursuit of the kingdom of heaven. Said His Beatitude, \u201cWe must avoid the temptation to get bogged down in the journey from one point to another; we must always bear in mind the call to ascend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his conclusion, His Beatitude exhorted the clergy and faithful to resist looking at the challenges of our present circumstances through a worldly lens but instead to look inside of ourselves. \u201cIf we want to encounter true joy and excitement, the journey is not outside, but within. It takes place in silence and struggle\u2026 The resolution to our finitude is indeed the ascent of a mountain, a mountain which is both Golgotha and Tabor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Over 578 clergy and lay delegates attend the 21st American Council<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1599\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-3.jpg\" alt=\"Metropolitan Tikhon All-American Council\" class=\"wp-image-515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-3.jpg 1599w, https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-3-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-3-1024x380.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-3-768x285.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-3-1536x570.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1599px) 100vw, 1599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s Council gathers nearly 578 clergy and lay delegates, along with 14 hierarchs of the Orthodox Church in America, to reflect together on the life, mission, and future of the Church on the North American continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event opened solemnly with a Molieben (Service of Supplication) and the first Plenary Session, uniting participants from all dioceses and jurisdictions under the <a href=\"https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/12\/holy-resurrection-orthodox-cathedral-wilkes-barre-pennsylvania\/\">OCA <\/a>from the United States, Canada, and Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 21st All-American Council continues through July 18, offering daily liturgical services, plenary discussions, and workshops focused on addressing the evolving spiritual, pastoral, and administrative needs of the Orthodox Church in America.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-2.jpg\" alt=\"Metropolitan Tikhon All-American Council\" class=\"wp-image-516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-2.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orthodoxiapost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/all-american-council-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 14, 2025, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, opened the 21st All-American Council of the Orthodox Church in America in Phoenix, Arizona. 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