August 2015

August 31, 2015
Howell, NJ: Metropolitan Hilarion leads Divine Services for Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos in St. Alexander Nevsky Diocesan Cathedral
Dormition – the estival Pascha, a feast of quiet joy. And the joy of the Dormition is a special one: now it is not God, but a simple human being, following in Christ’s steps and vouchsafed to defeat death. She departed, but did not abandon us.

August 31, 2015
Jordanville, NY: 10th Anniversary of Repose of Bishop Alexander (Mileant) to be held on September 12
Saturday, September 12 will mark the 10th anniversary of the blessed repose of Bishop Alexander (Mileant), former Bishop of Buenos Aires & South America. A panihida will be served at his grave at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY at 11:00 AM.

August 31, 2015
New York City: Hierarchs of Moscow Patriarchate, Bulgarian Church & Russian Church Abroad celebrate Liturgy in Synodal Cathedral of the Sign
On Friday, August 28,the great feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, with the blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City.

August 31, 2015
Wayne, WV: Brethren of Holy Cross Monastery celebrate Dormition of Most Holy Theotokos
On Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th of August, the brethren of Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV celebrated the great feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos. Divine services in the monastery’s main church were led by the abbot, Archimandrite Seraphim (Voepel), who was co-served by monastery clergy.

August 31, 2015
Mahopac, NY: Bishop Jerome leads Dormition services in New Kursk Root Hermitage
On Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th of August, the great feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, His Grace, Bishop Jerome, led the festal divine services in the Nativity of the Mother of God Church at the New Kursk Root Hermitage in Mahopac, NY.

August 24, 2015
Beltsville, MD: Fire claims Home of Priest Christopher Johnson
Last Thursday, August 20th, the apartment of Priest Christopher (cleric of Holy Apostles Church in Beltsville, MD) and Matushka Dorothy Johnson was claimed by a fire. They have been displaced from their home, and the damage to their personal belongings was extensive.

August 24, 2015
Boston, MA: Bishop Nicholas leads Transfiguration Services in Holy Epiphany Church
On Friday, August 21, His Grace Nicholas, Bishop of Manhattan, completed a three-day hierarchical visit to Holy Epiphany Church in Boston, MA. His Grace led the All-Night Vigil and Divine Liturgy for Transfiguration...

August 24, 2015
New York: Statement by Synodal Liturgical Music Commission
The Synodal Liturgical Music Commission is pleased to announce that the XXIV Church Music Conference will convene this October 7-11 at St. Andrew Stratelates Church in St. Petersburg, FL. This year’s theme will be "From Generation to Generation: The Development & Strengthening of Musical Tradition in Your Church Choir"...

August 21, 2015
New York City: On Feast of Lord’s Transfiguration, Metropolitan Hilarion leads Services in Synodal Cathedral
On Tuesday the 18th and Wednesday the 19th of August, the great feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York led the divine services in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City. Upon completion of the Liturgy, Metropolitan Hilarion congratulated those present with the feast...

August 20, 2015
Jordanville, NY: New Cemetery consecrated at Holy Trinity Monastery
On Friday, July 31, a new cemetery area was consecrated at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY. Due to the fact that almost all of the available plots in the older monastery cemeteries have been purchased, a new section has been prepared alongside the oldest cemetery.

August 17, 2015
Hartford, CT: Metropolitan Hilarion leads Patronal Feast Day Services in St. Panteleimon Church
On Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th of August, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, paid an archpastoral visit to St. Panteleimon Church in Hartford, CT and led the church’s patronal feast day. His Eminence served the All-Night Vigil on Saturday evening, and on Sunday morning, the very day of the feast, celebrated the Divine Liturgy...

August 14, 2015
Wayne, VW: Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan leads Feast day at Holy Cross Monastery
On Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th of August, the brethren of Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV, led by His Grace Nicholas, Bishop of Manhattan, and a multitude of pilgrims, celebrated the feast day of their monastery’s Heavenly patron, the Holy Great-Martyr and Healer Panteleimon.

August 13, 2015
Sea Cliff, NY: Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan leads Patronal Feast of St. Seraphim Memorial Church
August 1, marked the feast day of one of the fruits of the Christian faith, hope, love, and piety brought to the Fatherland thanks to the feats of St. Vladimir – Venerable Seraphim, Wonderworker of Sarov, Heavenly patron of St. Seraphim Memorial Church to the Re-Establishment of Unity in the Russian Church  in Sea Cliff, NY.

August 10, 2015
Wayne, WV: Schemamonk John (Dezorzi) reposed in the Lord
At 11:50 PM on Sunday, August 9, on the feast of the Holy Great-Martyr & Healer Panteleimon, patron of Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV, Schemamonk John (Dezorzi) peacefully reposed in the Lord. The Canon for the Departure of the Soul was read when he reposed. Fr. John was a member of the brotherhood of Holy Cross Monastery from 1998 until 2006...

August 6, 2015
Wayne, WV: Brethren of Holy Cross Monastery celebrate Feast St. Seraphim of Sarov
On Friday the 31st of July and Saturday the 1st of August, the brethren of Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV joyously celebrated the feast day of Venerable Seraphim of Sarov. This feast is dear to the hearts to the brethren not simply as it is the namesday of their abbot, Archimandrite Seraphim (Voepel)...

August 5, 2015
Nanuet, NY: Two Metropolitans celebrate Patronal Feast of St. Seraphim Church at Holy Dormition Convent "Novo-Diveevo"
On Friday, July 31, and Saturday, August 1, the feast day of Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York, paid an archpastoral visit to Holy Dormition Convent "Novo-Diveevo"...

August 5, 2015
Nyack, NY: Bishop Jerome leads Feast of Prophet Elijah in Holy Protection Church
On Sunday, August 2, the feast of the Holy Prophet Elijah, His Grace, Bishop Jerome, paid an archpastoral visit to Holy Protection Church in Nyack, NY, and celebrated the Divine Liturgy. Upon completion of the Liturgy, His Grace congratulated Fr. Ilya on the occasion of his namesday.

August 4, 2015
Northville, NY: St. George Pathfinders of America honor St. Olga in Commemoration of Centennial of Russian Girl Scouts
2015 marks the centennial of the first girl scout brigades, and the largest Russian Scouting organization abroad, organized locally as St. George Pathfinders of America (SGPA/ORUR), celebrated the anniversary by holding a jubilee gathering at its "Tsarskoe Selo" Chapter in Northville, NY, from Sunday the 19th to Saturday the 25th of July.