Orthodox Women in the Healing Ministries was founded in 1992 with the mission of providing support to Orthodox Christian women who work in the medical and healing professions. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, social workers and the like.

From the inception of OWHM, the founders have defined all women as persons who "minister to others," including priest's wives, teachers, students, mothers and the like, in the group of women who would benefit from our conferences.

Our primary means of providing support is by sponsoring an annual three day conference, which includes time for prayer, rest and reflection, opportunities for networking, and lectures given by outstanding speakers. We are grateful to have Mother Gabriella, Abbess of Holy Dormition Monastery as our spiritual director.

Some of our past speakers have included Archimadrite Roman Braga, Abbot Jonah Pafthausen (OCA Metropolitan Jonah-2008), Drs. Dan & Jane Hinshaw, Fr. Dusan Koprivica, Abbot Meletios Webber, Archbishop Lazar Puhalo, Corinna Delkeskamp-Hayes, Fr. Thomas Hopko, and Fr. Hans Jacobse.

We have had many requests from men, from various walks of life to attend our yearly conferences. In response, we will continue to welcome all women to the "Women only", Friday evening lecture, and will focus on the medical and healing professions. The two Saturday lectures have been open to men since 2005.

 Note: the 2008 & 2009 conferences can be heard on our new web page with Ancient Faith Radio.  www.ancientfaith.com.  click on "Specials" and then on OWHM.