October 2012

October 18, 2012
 New York City: A Presentation of Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov’s) book "Everyday Saints" was held at the Russian Consulate
 On Monday, October 15, the General Consul of the Russian Federation in New York City, I.L. Golubovsky, held a reception in honor of Moscow’s Sretensky Monastery Choir and its superior, Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov).

October 18, 2012
New Brunswick, NJ: Bishop Jerome led the Patronal Feast Day of Holy Virgin Protection Church
On Sunday, October 14, on the feast of the Protection of the Mother of God, His Grace, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Jerome of Manhattan, visited New Brunswick, NJ, to lead the patronal feast day of Holy Virgin Protection Church.

October 15, 2012
 Photographs of the Joint Pastoral Conference of the Eastern American Diocese and the Moscow Patriarchate
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October 14, 2012
Garfield, NJ: The Joint Pastoral Conference Concluded with a Triumphal Liturgy in Three Saints Church
On Saturday, October 13, in Garfield, NJ’s magnificent Orthodox church, consecrated in 1984 to the Three Great Teachers and Hierarchs of the Church ‒ Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom, the joint pastoral conference drew to a close.

October 13, 2012
Nyack, NY: A Message to the God-Loving Flock from the Participants of the Pastoral Conference
 On Friday, October 12, upon completion of the work of the joint pastoral conference of clergy from the Eastern American Diocese and the Moscow Patriarchate, conference participants, led by the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad...

October 13, 2012
Nyack, NY: A Greeting to His Holiness Kyrill, Patriarch of Moscow & All Russia, from the Participants of the Pastoral Conference
 On Friday, October 12, upon completion of the work of the joint pastoral conference of clergy from the Eastern American Diocese and the Moscow Patriarchate, conference participants, sent a greeting to the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church...

October 13, 2012
Novo-Diveevo: On the Second Day of the Joint Pastoral Conference, Metropolitan Hilarion led the All-Night Vigil in Holy Dormition Convent
On Friday evening, October 12, participants of the first joint pastoral conference of clerics of the Eastern American Diocese and the Moscow Patriarchate gathered in the main St. Seraphim’s Church of Holy Virgin Protection Convent "Novo-Diveevo" in Nanuet, NY,

October 13, 2012
Nyack, NY: The Second Day of the Joint Pastoral Conference Concluded
On Friday, October 12, the second day of the joint pastoral conference of clergy of the Eastern American Diocese and the Moscow Patriarchate, dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the Reunification of the Russian Church, began with a moleben to St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco in Holy Virgin Protection Church in Nyack, NY.

October 12, 2012
Nyack, NY: On the First Day of the Joint Pastoral Conference, Visiting Hierarchs Greeted the Delegates, and the First Lectures were Delivered
 On Thursday, October 11, the joint pastoral conference of clergy of the Eastern American Diocese and the Moscow Patriarchate, dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the Reunification of the Russian Church, began at Holy Virgin Protection Church in Nyack, NY.

October 11, 2012
Nyack, NY: Metropolitan Hilarion began the Joint Pastoral Conference with an Opening Address
 On Thursday, October 11, the Joint Pastoral Conference of clergy of the  Eastern American Diocese and the Moscow Patriarchate commenced in the parish hall of Holy Virgin Protection Church in Nyack, NY.

October 11, 2012
Nyack, NY: Metropolitan Hilarion Certified the Election of New Members to the Diocesan Council, Spiritual Court, and Auditing Committee
 On Wednesday, Delegates of the Eastern American Diocesan Assembly voted on candidates for the Diocesan Council, Spiritual Court, and Auditing Committee.

October 11, 2012
Nyack, NY: The Eastern American Diocesan Assembly concluded
 In the second half of the day on Wednesday, October 10, the Eastern American Diocesan Assembly concluded its work. Having listened to an address by His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, delegates were presented a list of statistics relating to life in the Eastern American Diocese.

October 10, 2012
“The Eastern American Diocese - the Vineyard that the Lord has given us to cultivate.” Met. Hilarion delivered the State of the Diocese Address
 Your Graces, Reverend Fathers, distinguished delegates to the Diocesan Assembly, I greet you with the same words with which our Savior greeted His Apostles after His Resurrection:

October 10, 2012
 Nyack, NY: The Diocesan Assembly began at Holy Virgin Protection Church
On Wednesday, October 10, 130 clergy and delegates from across the Eastern American Diocese gathered at Holy Virgin Protection Church in Nyack, NY for the official start of the Eastern American Diocesan Assembly.

October 8, 2012
Washington, DC: Liturgy was Celebrated in Honor of the Fifth Anniversary of the Reunification of the Moscow Patriarchate & the Church Abroad
Following a triumphal greeting ceremony of the wonderworking Hawaiian Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, the Divine Liturgy began in St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Washington, DC...

October 6, 2012
 Little Falls, NJ: Archpriest Sergei Kosich has reposed in the Lord
On Friday, October 5, Archpriest Sergei Kosich, a cleric of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, passed away suddenly. He was 51 years old. Fr. Sergei was the rector of St. John the Baptist Church in Little Falls (Singac), NJ. Archpriest Sergei Kosich was born December 22, 1960...

October 5, 2012
 Howell, NJ: Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov will visit the Eastern American Diocese
 In connection with the upcoming joint clergy conference the Eastern American Diocese and the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, to be held in honor of the fifth anniversary of the Reunification of the Russian Orthodox Church, renowned homilist and author Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov will visit the Diocese.

October 5, 2012
 Wayne, WV: Holy Cross Monastery will be holding a Matching Fund Drive for Project Kellia
 From September 29 through November 30, Holy Cross Monastery will be holding a matching fund drive for Project Kellia, the goal of which is to construct a monastic dormitory, necessary for the monastery’s continued growth.