Bishop George visits parishes
in Kansas and Colorado
June
29, 2011
At the invitation of Abp. Kyrill of San Francisco, His Grace,
Bishop George of Mayfield, is currently making a pilgrimage across
the United States to celebrate the feast day of St. John in the
Cathedral of Our Lady, “Joy of All Who Sorrow” in San Francisco,
before the holy and incorrupt relics of the holy hierarch.
During his trip, on June 25-26, with the blessing of Bp. Peter of
Cleveland, Vladyka visited Holy Virgin Protection Mission in
Prairie Village, KS
New York, NY: The namesday of
Bishop Jerome of Manhattan was celebrated in the Synodal Cathedral
of the Sign
June
29, 2010
On Tuesday, June 28, on the feast day of St. Jonah, Metropolitan
of Moscow, and Blessed Jerome of Strideon, the namesday of His
Grace, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Jerome of Manhattan,
was celebrated in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York,
NY. Under the protection of the Most Holy Theotokos and in the
presence of Her wonderworking Kursk Root Icon, Bishop Jerome
celebrated the Divine Liturgy.
Howell, NJ: Metropolitan Hilarion
led a regular session of the Diocesan Council
June
28, 2011
On Wednesday, June 22, a regular session of the Diocesan Council
was held in Howell, NJ, under the chairmanship of His Eminence
Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York. The
meeting began with the singing of the prayer "O Heavenly King,"
after which Council members sang "Memory Eternal" to the newly
departed Archpriest Philip Petrovsky, and began their work.
Middlebrook, VA: Celebration of the 15th anniversary of the founding
of All Saints of North America Church
June 27, 2011
On
Saturday the 18th and Sunday the 19th of June, on the Sunday of All
Saints, parishioners of
All Saints of North America Church in Middlebrook, VA celebrated
their patronal feast day and the 15th anniversary of the parish’s
founding. The festal divine services were led by the dean of the
South and rector of St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Washington,
DC, Archpriest Victor Potapov.
Encyclical from Metropolitan Hilarion сonсerning canonical
communion with the Local Orthodox Churches
June
26, 2011
To
all clergy of the Eastern American Diocese: At the last meeting of
the ROCOR Sobor of Bishops, the Sobor resolved that one outcome of
our unification with the Moscow Patriarchate was the normalization
of relations with other Orthodox Churches.
Beltsville, MD: Archpastoral
visit of Metropolitan Hilarion to Holy Apostles Church and
historic St. Joseph’s Chapel
June
26, 2011
On Saturday the 21st and Sunday the 22nd of May, the 5th Sunday of
Pascha, His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the
Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, visited Holy Apostles Church in
Beltsville, MD. Upon completion of the Divine Liturgy, the rector,
Archpriest George Johnson, escorted the First Hierarch to the
historic brick church that has been donated to the parish.
"Orthodoxy, in its endurance and faithfulness to
its roots, will always manifest a certain spiritual novelty."
An Interview with Archpriest Artemy
Vladimirov
June
24, 2011
On Tuesday, April 12,
Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov made a short stop in the Eastern
American Diocese on his way home to Moscow after spending several
days in California as a guest of the Western American Diocese.
During his final hours in America, Fr. Artemy met with diocesan
media office correspondent Rdr. Peter Lukianov and gave a second
interview for the official website of the Eastern American
Diocese.
Palm
Coast, FL: Pentecost in St. Nicholas Church
June
23, 2011
On Sunday, June 12,
the festal Hierarch Liturgy in St. Nicholas Church in Palm Coast,
FL was celebrated by His Grace, Bishop Victor (formerly of
Podolsk), co-served by Priest Constantin Ruicu of Moldova. Every
year, the adornment of the church grows more elaborate, to the
great joy of parishioners. Photos of Pentecost in Palm Coast
are available below.
Buffalo, NY: Metropolitan
Hilarion led the divine services in Sts. Theodore Church
June
22, 2011
Sunday, June 19, was a fitting Father’s Day for Sts. Theodore
Church in Williamsville (Buffalo), New York, to welcome their
father in Christ, His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, to serve on
their patronal feast of the Translation of the Relics of St.
Theodore Stratelates (June 8/21). It was Metropolitan Hilarion’s
first archpastoral visit to Sts. Theodore Church since becoming
First Hierarch.
Vineland, NJ: Metropolitan
Hilarion celebrated the patronal feast day of Holy Trinity Church
June
21, 2011
On Saturday the 11th and Sunday the 12th of June, on the feast of
Holy Pentecost, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad,
His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York,
paid an archpastoral visit to the town of Vineland in South
Jersey, celebrating the patronal feast day of Holy Trinity Church.
His Eminence was co-served by rector Archpriest Liubo
Milosevich...
Jackson, NJ: Metropolitan
Hilarion led the funeral of Archpriest Philip Petrovsky
June
17, 2011
On Friday, June 17, the faithful of the Eastern American Diocese
gathered in the lower Holy Virgin Protection Church at St.
Vladimir Memorial Church in Jackson, NJ for the funeral of
Archpriest Philip Petrovsky. The Liturgy for the Departed was
served by Archpriest Alexander Golubov (cleric of St. Nicholas
Patriarchal Cathedral in New York, NY), co-served by Eastern
American Diocesan secretary Archpriest Serge Lukianov...
Wayne, WV: The Great Feast
of Pentecost at Holy Cross Monastery
June
16, 2011
On Sunday, June 12, on the great feast
of Pentecost, Abbot Seraphim (Voepel) led the divine services at
Holy Cross Monastery, co-served by the monastery's clergy. We are
pleased to offer our readers photographs of the feast of Pentecost
at Holy Cross Monastery below.
Jackson, NJ: The New Jersey
dean led the rite of vesting of Archpriest Philip Petrovsky and
the first litiya
June
15, 2011
On Wednesday evening, June 15, local parish clerics from central
New Jersey, led by New Jersey dean Protopresbyter Valery Lukianov,
gathered in Jackson for the rite of vesting of the newly departed
Archpriest Philip Petrovsky. Diocesan secretary Archpriest Serge
Lukianov, St. Vladimir Memorial Church deputy rector Priest Serge
Ledkovsky, Priest Jonah Campbell (cleric of St. George’s Church in
Howell)...
Jackson,
NJ:
Archpriest
Philip
Petrovsky
has
reposed
in
the
Lord
June
15, 2011
On Wednesday mornig, June 15, Archpriest Philip Petrovsky, a cleric
of the Eastern American Diocese, peacefully passed away. He was 64
years old. Fr. Philip was the rector of the Holy Virgin Protection
English Mission at
St. Vladimir Memorial Church
in Jackson, NJ. Archpriest Philip Petrovsky was born on
November 12, 1946, in Brooklyn, NY. In 1974 he married Tatiana
Kozosko.
Stratford, CT: Bishop Jerome
celebrated the Divine Liturgy in St. Nicholas Church
June
15, 2011
On June 5, the Sunday of
the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council, His Grace Jerome,
Bishop of Manhattan, paid his first hierarchical visit to St.
Nicholas Church in Stratford, CT. In the glorious, warm, sunny
weather, the children of the parish greeted His Grace with flower
petals, which they scattered in his path. His Grace was greeted
with bread and salt by the parish warden, Dexter L. Peavy III, and
by the parish rector...
Framingham, MA: The Feast of
Pentecost in St. John the Wonderworker Church
June
15, 2011
On Sunday, June 12, on the great feast of Pentecost, Divine
Liturgy and Vespers with kneeling prayers were served in St. John
the Wonderworker Church in Framingham, MA, by the rector, Priest
Vadim Pismenny. Beautiful flowers adorned the windows, icons,
panikadilo and iconostasis, and the church was filled to capacity
with the faithful.
Mebane, NC: The
Patronal Feast Day of Holy Trinity Church
June
15, 2011
On Sunday, June 12, on the great feast of
Pentecost, Holy Trinity Church in Mebane, NC celebrated its
patronal feast day. The Divine Liturgy and Vespers with kneeling
prayers were celebrated by parish rector Archpriest Alexander
Davydov. This spiritually uplifting feast was made all the more
joyous by a visit of friends of the parish from Holy Trinity
Seminary in Jordanville, NY.
Jordanville: On the feast of
the Holy Spirit, the First Hierarch of ROCOR celebrated the Divine
Liturgy in Holy Trinity Monastery
June
13, 2011
From Saturday the 11th to Monday the 13th of May,
Holy Trinity Monastery
marked its patronal feast day of Pentecost.
The celebrations began on Saturday evening with the festal Vigil.
Two Divine Liturgies were served on Sunday morning – the first in
the lower church of St. Job of Pochaev, the second in the upper
church of Holy Trinity Cathedral. Many of the faithful communed of
Christ’s Holy Mysteries during the divine services.
Washington DC: Pentecost Soul
Saturday in Washington
June
11, 2011
On Pentecost Soul Saturday, June 11, an outdoor Divine Liturgy was
served in Washington, DC, in the parish Chapel of the Iveron
Montreal Icon of the Mother of God at Rock Creek Cemetery.
The Liturgy was served by clerics of St. John the Baptist
Cathedral Priest Alexander Resnikoff and Protodeacon Leonid
Mickle. We offer our readers photographs of the Liturgy in
Washington.
Jordanville: Holy Trinity
Seminary celebrates its 2011 commencement
June
10, 2011
On Sunday, May 29, 2011, Holy
Trinity Monastery and Seminary celebrated the end of the school
year with its annual commencement ceremony. His Eminence,
Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Church
Abroad, led the ceremonies; His Eminence was co-served by His
Grace Peter, Bishop of Cleveland, at the All-Night Vigil and
Divine Liturgy.
Jacksonville, FL: Metropolitan
Hilarion led the divine services in St. John of Shanghai Mission
June
10, 2011
On Saturday the 4th and Sunday the 5th of
June, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, His
Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, led
the divine services in St. John of Shanghai Mission in
Jacksonville, FL. During the All Night Vigil, His Eminence was
co-served by diocesan secretary and temporary rector Archpriest
Serge Lukianov...
Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A cry for
help from the suffering Orthodox faithful in Haiti
June
8, 2011
After the January
12, 2010, earthquake, life in Haiti has become much more difficult
at every level. There are now all sorts of new problems, but
especially housing problems for some of our churches and believers
in Jacmel, Port-au-Prince and Léogâne. In light of these new
problems, the work of our priests in Haiti has become much more
complicated.
St. Petersburg, FL: Archbishop
Gabriel of Montreal led the divine services in St. Andrew’s Church
June
7, 2011
On Sunday, May 29, the parish of St. Andrew Stratelates
celebrated the 20th anniversary of rector Archpriest Igor
Chitikov’s ordination. Fr. Igor was ordained to the diaconate by
His Grace Arseny (Epifanov), Bishop of Istra, Vicar of His
Holiness, Patriarch Alexey, on April 14, 1991 on the Sunday of
Antipascha and the feast of St. Mary of Egypt in the Church of Our
Lady, "Joy of All Who Sorrow," in Holy Ascension Convent in
Tambov, Russia.
Tampa, FL: The First Hierarch of
ROCOR and the Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA
concelebrated the Divine Liturgy in St. Gregory’s Church
June
6, 2011
On Monday, June 6, at the invitation of the
Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, His Eminence
Justinian, Archbishop of Naro-Fominsk, the First Hierarch of the
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, His Eminence Hilarion,
Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, celebrated the Divine
Liturgy in St. Gregory Theologian Church in Tampa, FL, while
paying an archpastoral visit to parishes of the Eastern American
Diocese in Florida.
Novo-Diveevo, NY: The
Eastern American Diocesan Youth Choir visited Holy Dormition
Convent to sing at the divine services
June
6, 2011
On May 29th, the Sunday of the Blind Man, members of the Eastern
American Diocesan Youth Choir travelled to Novo-Diveevo, to the
Holy Dormition Convent in Nanuet, NY, in order to sing at the
divine services. The choir is comprised of young people from all
over the diocese, and has sung at several parishes since its
inception just a few years ago. This event marked the choir’s
first gathering at Novo-Diveevo.
Belfast, Northern Ireland:
Instructor from Holy Trinity Seminary at Queen’s University
June
6, 2011
On the evening of
Wednesday, June 1, Deacon Andrei Psarev, an instructor Holy
Trinity Seminary in Jordanville, NY, gave a forty-minute
presentation on his doctoral research in the School of History and
Anthropology at Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The talk took place under the auspices of the ‘Byzantium in
Belfast’ seminar series of the Institute of Byzantine Studies at
the University.
Summerville, SC: The
Patronal Feast Day of Sts. Cyril & Methodius Church
June
1, 2011
On Monday the 23rd and Tuesday the 24th of May, on the feast day
of the Holy Equals-of-the-Apostles Sts. Cyril and Methodius,
parishioners at Sts. Cyril & Methodius Church in Summerville, SC,
marked their patronal feast day. On Monday evening, Great Vespers
were served on the eve of the feast, led by rector Archpriest
Anastasy Yatrelis.
Jackson, NJ: Remembrance of Lienz
Tragedy
June
1, 2011
On June 1, 1945, at the conclusion of the most terrible war in the
history of mankind, in the mountain town of Lienz, over 20,000
Cossacks were rounded up and handed over to death in the Soviet
Union. By tradition, the Kuban Cossack Voisko Abroad commemorates
the victims of this tragedy every year on the nearest Sunday to
June 1. On Sunday, May 29, on the Sunday of the Blind Man,
worshippers gathered at St. Vladimir’s Cemetery in Jackson, NJ for
a panihida at St. John’s Chapel.
