December 29, 2012
"Matushkas:" An Article by Marina Dobrovolskaya
Dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the reunification of the Russian Orthodox Church, the joint Pastoral conference of the Russian Church Abroad and the Patriarchal parishes, for the first time in its history hosted along with the delegates from the clergy – their spouses.

December 28, 2012
Hartford, CT: St. Herman’s Youth Conference was held at St. Panteleimon’s Church
On December 23-27, the annual St. Herman’s Youth Conference was held in St. Panteleimon’s Church in Hartford, CT. Young people from the Eastern American Diocese and Canada gathered for several days of lectures...

December 26, 2012
Jordanville, NY: Holy Trinity Monastery has Published a New Book about St. Herman of Alaska
December 12/25 marks the feast day of the Venerable St. Herman, Wonderworker of Alaska. Holy Trinity Monastery has published a new book about the saint: Herman, a Wilderness Saint.

December 22, 2012
Red Bank, NJ: The Patronal Feast Day of St. Nicholas Church
On Tuesday the 18th and Wednesday the 19th of December, on the feast day of St. Nicholas, Wonderworker of Myra in Lycia, the parish of St. Nicholas Church in Red Bank, NJ, celebrated its patronal feast day. On the eve of the feast...

December 19, 2012
Columbia, SC: Bishop George led the Divine Services in St. Elizabeth Church
On Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th of December, His Grace, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop George of Mayfield, paid an archpastoral visit to St. Elizabeth the New-Martyr Church in Columbia, SC, and led the divine services.

December 18, 2012
Metropolitan Hilarion: "Every Person who is part of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia needs to help Holy Trinity Monastery"
The First Hierarch of ROCOR, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, expressed his deep concern over the critical condition in which Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY – the oldest monastery in the Russian Church Abroad – finds itself.

December 18, 2012
Jordanville, NY: Metropolitan Hilarion led a Panihida at the Grave of Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky)
On Friday, December 14, on the feast day of the Righteous St. Philaret the Merciful, the ever-memorable Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky) was prayerfully commemorated in Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.

December 18, 2012
Wayne, WV: Bp. George led the 10th Anniversary of Christ the Savior Church
On Saturday the 1st and Sunday the 2nd of December, the parishioners of Christ the Savior Church in Wayne, WV, celebrated the 10th anniversary of the founding of their parish. Located not far from Holy Cross Monastery...

December 15, 2012 
Statement from the Office of the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, in connection with the Attack on the Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut
Dear brethren, sisters and children! With horror I followed the tragedy that unfolded yesterday in a school in the state of Connecticut, during which a murderer spared neither children nor even his own mother...

December 11, 2012
New York City: ROCOR’s First Hierarch led the Patronal Feast Day of the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign
On Monday, December 10, the patronal feast day of the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God of the Sign was celebrated in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City. Divine services were led by the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad...

December 10, 2012
Metropolitan Hilarion congratulated Bishop George of the Fourth Anniversary of His Hierarchal Consecration
On Friday, December 7, the feast of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, congratulated his vicar, His Grace, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop George...

December 10, 2012
The Protectress of the Russian Diaspora in the Capital of the United States of America
The wonder-working Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God, Indicator of the Path for the Russian Diaspora, spiritually warmed the hearts of Orthodox Washingtonians by being with them from December 1 to 8. O