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OCTOBER 2015
 October
31, 2015
Metropolitan Hilarion delivers State of Diocese Address at Diocesan
Assembly
On Tuesday, October
27, the clergy of the Eastern American Diocese gathered at the
Diocesan Center in Howell, NJ for the triennial General Diocesan
Assembly, during which their Ruling Bishop, Metropolitan Hilarion of
Eastern America & New York, called the Assembly to order and
delivered his State of the Diocese address.
 October
31, 2015
Statement by Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York
regarding Letters Disseminated on Eve of General Diocesan Assembly
On October 26-28, the
clergy of the Eastern American Diocese gathered at the Diocesan
Center in Howell, NJ for the triennial General Diocesan Assembly,
during which its participants, led by their Ruling Bishop, would
examine the achievements of the past three years...
 October
31, 2015
South
Carolina: Metropolitan Hilarion leads 20th Annual Liturgy in Cheraw
State Park
On Sunday, October 25,
Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York led the joint
Divine Liturgy of the parishes of the Carolinas in Cheraw State
Park. In accordance with yearly tradition, the divine services were
sung by a mixed choir from the parishes, in Slavonic, English, and
Greek.
 October
29, 2015
New York
City: Bishop Nicholas leads Patronal Feast Day of Holy Fathers
Church
On
October 25, the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the VII Ecumenical
Council, His Grace, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Nicholas
of Manhattan, carried out his second archpastoral visit to Holy
Fathers Church in New York City, and celebrated the Divine
Liturgy...
 October
29, 2015
Wayne,
WV: Metropolitan Jonah performs First Archpastoral Visit to Holy
Cross Monastery
On Friday, October 23, the feast of the Synaxis of the Venerable
Optina Elders, His Eminence, Metropolitan Jonah, celebrated the
Divine Liturgy in Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV. Many pilgrims
and local faithful gathered to pray at the divine services and
venerate the relics of the Holy Elders.
 October
26, 2015
Mebane,
NC: Metropolitan Hilarion visits Holy Trinity Church & Performs
Diaconal Ordination
On Saturday, October 24, His Eminence
Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch
of the Russian Church Abroad, paid an archpastoral visit to Holy
Trinity Church in Mebane, NC.
 October
26, 2015
Nyack,
NY: Metropolitan Hilarion leads Patronal Feast in Holy Protection
Church
On Wednesday, October 14, the feast of the Protection of the Most
Holy Theotokos, Metropolitan Hilarion led the Divine Liturgy in Holy
Protection Church in Nyack, NY, on the occasion of the parish’s
patronal feast day.
 October
21, 2015
Ipswich, MA: Metropolitan Jonah visits St. John the Russian Church
On Saturday the 17th
and Sunday the 18th of October, with the blessing
of His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, Metropolitan Jonah paid an
archpastoral visit to St. John the Russian Church in Ipswich, MA.
On Saturday night, parish rector Archpriest Spyridon Schneider
served Great Vespers...
 October
21, 2015
Jordanville, NY: Holy Trinity Seminary hosts Academic Symposium on
Patriarch Tikhon’s Life & Times
On Friday, October 9, Holy Trinity
Seminary in Jordanville, NY commenced its second annual academic
symposium, entitled "Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow (1865-1925):
His Life & Times." The Symposium was dedicated to the Saint’s
"double" anniversary this year: 150 years since his birth, and 90
years since his blessed repose.
 October
16, 2015
Buena,
NJ: Patronal Feast Day marked in Holy Virgin Protection Skete
On Wednesday, October 14, the feast of the Protection of the Mother
of God, the festal Divine Liturgy was celebrated at Holy Virgin
Protection Skete in Buena (New Kuban), NJ. Holy Protection Church
was built by Kuban Cossacks in the middle of the 1950s.
 October
16, 2015
Spring Valley, NY: First Argentinian
"Asado" Luncheon held to Benefit Novo-Diveevo
On Sunday, October 4, friends
of Holy Dormition Convent Novo-Diveevo in Nanuet, NY gathered at the
"Otrada" Russian Society in neighboring Spring Valley, and held an
"Asado" luncheon, featuring meat barbequed over coals according to
Argentinian recipes. One of the main organizers and chefs of Asado
is convent cleric Archpriest Yaroslav Belikow.
 October
15, 2015
Mahopac, NY: Chapel Re-Consecrated at New Kursk Root Hermitage
On Sunday, October 11, a significant event took place in the life of
the New Kursk Root Hermitage in Mahopac, NY: after recent
reconstruction and renovation, the chapel on the monastery lake was
consecrated anew. On the backdrop of a clear blue sky, the yellow
leaves shone like gold in the rays of the autumn sun...
 October
15, 2015
New
York City: St. Vladimir Youth Association begins "Food Bank 2015"
Project
In keeping
with the experience and traditions of the Synodal Youth Department,
the St. Vladimir Youth Association has organized the "Food Bank
2015" Project. The Youth Association has reached an agreement with
the Food Bank for New York City to organize a food drive for
Thanksgiving Day for needy and homeless residents of New York.
 October
9, 2015
Wayne, WV:
Metropolitan Hilarion leads Annual Pilgrimage at Holy Cross
Monastery
Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV
began the celebration of its patronal feast day on Saturday the 26th
and Sunday the 27th of September – the great feast of the Exaltation
of the Precious & Life-giving Cross of the Lord.
 October
9, 2015
Yekaterinburg:
Metropolitan Kyrill, Metropolitan German & Bishop Nicholas speak at
Press Conference at Koltsovo Airport on Veneration of the Kursk Root
Icon of the Mother of God
At a news conference upon completion of a short moleben before the
wonderworking Icon in the VIP terminal of Koltsovo Airport, Metropolitan
Kyrill, Metropolitan Herman, and Bishop Nicholas spoke about the history
and signification of the wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of
God...
 October
7, 2015
Washington,
DC: Archpriest Victor Potapov receives Senior Clerical Award
At the Liturgy, in honor of his longtime dedicated service to Christ’s
Church and with the blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of
the Russian Church Abroad, Metropolitan Jonah awarded cathedral rector
Archpriest Victor Potapov the right to wear the second cross.
 October
7, 2015
Howell, NJ: New
School Year begins at St. Alexander Nevsky Diocesan Cathedral’s Russian
School
On Saturday, September 26, the new school year began for students and
teachers at the Russian Parish School at St. Alexander Nevsky Diocesan
Cathedral in Howell, NJ. The Parish School in Howell (then Lakewood) was
founded in 1941...
 October
5, 2015
Methuen, MA: Metropolitan Hilarion leads Patronal Feast Day of St.
Xenia Church
On
Wednesday the 23rd and Thursday the 24th of September, the feast of
the glorification of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg, His Eminence,
Metropolitan Hilarion, performed an archpastoral visit to Methuen,
MA, and led the divine services for the patronal feast day of St.
Xenia Church.
 October
5, 2015
Lewisburg, PA: Holy Protection Mission opens as First Orthodox Church in
Union County
The start of a new mission parish of the Eastern American Diocese in an
area previously without an Orthodox church is a real blessing to
faithful families and those interested in Orthodoxy in Central
Pennsylvania. The new Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God Mission
Parish in Lewisburg, PA began services with a Divine Liturgy...
 October
5, 2015
Washington, DC:
Metropolitan Hilarion leads Patronal Feast Day of St. John the Baptist
Cathedral
On Thursday the 10th and Friday the 11th of September, the All-Night
Vigil and Divine Liturgy were served in St. John the Baptist Cathedral
in Washington, DC in honor of the parish’s patronal feast day – the
Beheading of the Holy Prophet and Forerunner of the Lord John.
 October
1, 2015
New York
City: Synod to host Evening in Memory of Priest Daniel Sysoev
On Sunday, November 8, after the Divine Liturgy and luncheon at the
Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City, a memorial evening will
be held to honor the memory of Priest Daniel Sysoev, on the occasion of
the sixth anniversary of his martyric death.
 October
1, 2015
Nanuet, NY:
Novo-Diveevo Restoration Committee to host Fundraising Argentinean BBQ
The Novo-Diveevo Restoration Committee is hosting a fundraising BBQ at
Otrada Russian Cultural Center on Sunday, October 4 at 12:00 PM. The
Committee has been working on renovating the Novo-Diveevo Reception Hall
that had its official re-opening this past June.
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