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APRIL 2015
 April
28, 2015
Nanuet, NY:
Bishop Nicholas leads Paschal Service on Thomas Sunday in Novo-Diveevo
Convent
On April 19, St. Thomas Sunday, Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan, celebrated
the Divine Liturgy in St. Seraphim Church of Holy Dormition Convent
"Novo-Diveevo" in Nanuet, NY.
The monastery houses the largest Russian cemetery in the U.S., and a
multitude of Russian Orthodox Christians traditionally flock here on
this day to pray for their friends...
 April
21, 2015
Jackson, NJ:
St. Vladimir Youth Association holds Concert and sings Divine Liturgy in
St. Vladimir Memorial Church
On Bright Friday, April 17, a youth choir organized by St. Vladimir
Youth Association held a concert at St. Vladimir Memorial Church in
Jackson, NJ. The concert was dedicated to the feast of the Glorious
Resurrection of Christ (Pascha), and organized as part of the millennial
celebrations of the repose of the Baptizer of Rus’ – the Holy
Equal-of-the-Apostles Great Prince Vladimir.
 April
18, 2015
Wayne, WV:
On Bright Monday, Bishop George leads Final Services as Abbot of Holy
Cross Monastery
On Bright Monday, April 13, the clergy of Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne,
WV, led by His Grace George, Bishop of Mayfield, celebrated the festal
Divine Liturgy. A multitude of Orthodox faithful and clergy from areas
surrounding the monastery came for this Liturgy and the festal meal
following in order to bid farewell to Bishop George...
 April
17, 2015
Sydney,
Australia: Bishop George arrives to begin his New Obedience
On Thursday, April 16, His Grace George, Bishop of Mayfield, arrived in
Sydney from the U.S., ready to begin his new obedience as vicar bishop
of the Diocese of Australia & New Zealand, with the title Bishop of
Canberra. His Grace arrived at Kingsford Smith International Airport
early in the morning, and was greeted by diocesan clerics...
 April
17, 2015
New York
City: Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan leads Divine Services for Passion
Week & Pascha
On the eve of Passion Week, Saturday, April 4, His Grace, Eastern
American Diocesan vicar Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan, celebrated the
Liturgy for Lazarus Saturday in Holy Dormition Convent Novo-Diveevo in
Nanuet, NY...
 April
15, 2015
Howell, NJ: Bishop Nicholas celebrates Liturgy in St. Alexander Nevsky
Diocesan Cathedral on Second Day of Pascha
On Bright Monday, April 13, Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan, vicar of the
Eastern American Diocese, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in St. Alexander
Nevsky Diocesan Cathedral in Howell, NJ.
Prior to
the start of the service, the clergy exited the church to the peal of
bells to greet the bishop, and returned in procession, chanting the
Troparion of Christ’s Resurrection.
 April
15, 2015
Arkhangelsk: Volunteers in Mission to visit St. Artemy of Verkola
Monastery this Summer
With the blessing of Their Eminences, Metropolitan Hilarion of
Eastern America & New York, and Metropolitan Daniel of Arkhangelsk &
Kholmogory, Volunteers in Mission (VIM) is organizing a trip for the
month of June 2015.
 April
12, 2015
Pascha Epistle
of His Eminence HILARION Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York,
First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad
Truly, these age-old holy words, which we exchange with one another at
the time of the Pascha of the Lord, resonate with great joy in the
hearts of Orthodox believers. Those radiant, astonishing sensations
which the Christian soul experiences on the night of Pascha are like a
reflection of heavenly joy sent to us by the Lord.
 April
8, 2014
Metropolitan Hilarion calls on Parishes to offer Special Prayer for
Peace in Holy Land
With the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch
of the Russian Church Abroad, on Great Saturday, April 11, all parish
rectors and monastery abbots of the Eastern American Diocese are
instructed to read the below prayer for peace in the Holy Land at the
end of the Augmented Litany.
 April
8, 2015
Wayne, WV:
Bishop George leads Palm Sunday Services at Holy Cross Monastery
On Saturday the 4th and Sunday the 5th of April, on the great feast of
the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, the clergy of
Holy Cross Monastery
in Wayne, WV, led by their abbot, His Grace George, Bishop of Mayfield,
performed the festal divine services. The monastic choir sang the
divine services, and the church was overflowing with the brethren Holy
Cross Monastery, local parishioners, and pilgrims, who came to celebrate
the joyous feast of the Lord’s Entry into Jerusalem before His Passion.
 April
4, 2015
Reminder to all rectors regarding a special collection for the needs of
the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem
We remind the Rectors of all parishes and communities and Superiors of
monasteries in the Eastern American Diocese that, according to Council
decree and established tradition, annually, on Palm Sunday, all churches
of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia undertake a plate
collection on behalf of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem.
 April
4, 2015
Washington, DC:
Several Days in the Life of St. John the Baptist Cathedral
From March 16 to 18, three of our priests — Frs. John Johnson, Alexander
Resnikoff, and Damian Dantinne – took part in the Eastern American
Diocesan annual Lenten Clergy Retreat, held at St. Alexander Nevsky
Diocesan Cathedral in Howell, NJ.
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