April 2013

April 30, 2013
Wayne, WV: On Palm Sunday, Bishop George led the Divine Services in Holy Cross Monastery
On Saturday the 27th and Sunday the 28th of April, on the Great Feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday), His Grace, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop George of Mayfield, led the festal divine services in Holy Cross Monastery...

April 29, 2013
"The Ancient Church of the 21st Century:" A New Film Documentary produced by the Diocesan Media Office about the Russian Church in Orthodox America
 On Friday, April 26, the Eastern American Diocesan Media Office published "The Ancient Church of the 21st Century" – a documentary film discussing the unique role of the Russian Church in the future of Orthodox America.

April 25, 2013
Howell, NJ: The Rite of Holy Unction was served in St. George’s Church
On Sunday evening, April 21, the Sacrament of Holy Unction was served in St. George’s Church in Howell, NJ. The Rite of Unction was led by parish rector Archpriest Serge Lukianov, co-served by parish and visiting clergy...

April 24, 2013
Boston, MA: Bishop Jerome led the divine services in Holy Epiphany Church
On Saturday the 13th and Sunday the 14th of April, His Grace, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Jerome of Manhattan paid an archpastoral visit to Holy Epiphany Church in Boston, MA, and led the divine services.

April 24, 2013
 Jerusalem: Hieromonk Roman (Krassovsky) Confirmed as Chief of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission of the Russian Church Abroad and Elevated to the Rank of Archimandrite
On Saturday, April 20, the feast of the Laudation of the Most Holy Theotokos, His Eminence Archbishop Mark, elevated Hieromonk Roman (Krassovsky) to the rank of abbot during the Divine Liturgy in Holy Ascension Convent...

April 23, 2013
Jordanville, NY: The Presanctified Liturgy of St. James was served for the first time in Holy Trinity Monastery
On Friday, April 12, the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, authored by the Holy Apostle James, was served for the first time in the lower St. Job of Pochaev Church at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.

April 20, 2013
Wayne, WV: Holy Cross Monatery’s Kairos Quarterly: Lent & Pascha 2013 Issue is available online
Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV is happy to announce that the second issue (Lent & Pascha 2013) of their new journal, Kairos Quarterly, is now available on their website for download in .PDF format here.

April 20, 2013
 Flushing, NY: Metropolitan Hilarion led the Patronal Feast of Holy Annunciation Church
On Sunday, April 7, on the great feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in Holy Annunciation Church...

April 20, 2013
 Wayne, WV: Bishop George led the divine services on the Annunciation in Holy Cross Monastery
On Saturday the 6th and Sunday the 7th of April, divine services were held in Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV for the great feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, as well as for the Lenten Sunday of the Cross.

April 16, 2013
"In the Footsteps of St. Innocent:" A Podcast Interview with Priest Peter Jackson
 Priest Peter Jackson is the rector of Sts. Theodore Church in Williamsville, near Buffalo, NY. Once a Protestant missionary to South America, there he read the Holy Fathers, who led him to the True Church. This zeal for spreading the Light of Christ, alongside his knowledge of linguistics...

April 12, 2013
"One who came to love suffering:" An Article by Archpriest Victor Potapov on the life of St. Luke of Simferopol
Anyone who has read A.I Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago or the works of Shalamov, Solonevitch, and other authors who have written about horrible pages from the history of Lenin’s and Stalin’s enslaved Russia can probably call to mind names of gloomy "islands,"...

April 10, 2013
 Wayne, WV: The Southern Clergy Retreat concluded with the Hierarchal Presanctified Liturgy
Wednesday, April 10, marked the final day of the Southern Lenten Retreat for clergy of the Eastern American Diocese and the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA at Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV. The retreat concluded with the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts...

April 10, 2013
Nanuet, NY: Fire burns down family home outside Novo-Diveevo Convent
At around 3:00 AM on Wednesday, April 10, a devastating fire tore through a bungalow in the Village (Поселокъ) section of the grounds at Holy Dormition Convent "Novo-Diveevo" in Nanuet, NY. The Orthodox family from the Ukraine...

April 9, 2013
Wayne, WV: The First Day of the Southern Lenten Retreat at Holy Cross Monastery
On Tuesday, April 9, the Southern Lenten Retreat of the Eastern American Diocese and Patriarchal Parishes in the USA officially began at Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV. Because of the increasing popularity of Lenten clergy retreats and the large size of the Diocese, it was decided to organize two retreats this year...

April 6, 2013
 Schedule of the Southern Lenten Clergy Retreat in Holy Cross Monastery
The schedule of the Southern Lenten Retreat for clergy and matushkas of the Eastern American Diocese and Patriarch Parishes in the USA, is now available online. he retreat will be led by the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad...

April 3, 2013
 Jordanville, NY: The Northern Clergy Retreat concluded with the Hierarchal Presanctified Liturgy
Wednesday, April 3, marked the final day of the Northern Lenten Retreat for clergy of the Eastern American Diocese and the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.

April 3, 2013
 Jordanville, NY: The First Day of the Northern Lenten Retreat at Holy Trinity Monastery
On Tuesday, April 2, marked the first full day of the Northern Lenten Retreat for clergy of the Eastern American Diocese and the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY. The day included a full schedule of lectures on the lives of the saints, the history of the Diocese...

 

April 2, 2013
 Jordanville, NY: The Northern Lenten Retreat commenced at Holy Trinity Monastery
On Tuesday, April 2, the Northern Lenten Retreat for clergy of the Eastern American Diocese and the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA officially commenced at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY. On the eve of the retreat, many clerics began to arrive in Jordanville...