Moscow:
Condolences of the Patriarch on the repose of Bishop Daniel of Erie
April
30, 2010
The
Communication Service of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia reports that
His Holiness Patriarch Kyrill, expressed his condolences on the repose
of Bishop Daniel of Erie, vicar bishop of the First Hierarch of ROCOR
for the care of Old Believers. To His Eminence Hilarion,
Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the
Russian Church Abroad, Your Eminence, beloved in the Lord Vladyka!
Christ is Risen!
Charlotte,
NC: The Myrrh-Streaming Icon of St. Anna visited North Carolina
April 30, 2010
On
April 14-20, 2010, the miraculous Myrrh-Streaming Icon of St. Anna
visited the parish of the Reigning Mother of God in Charlotte, NC,
accompanied by the icon’s guardian, Archimandrite Athanasy (Mastalski).
Many faithful from several states and Orthodox jurisdictions were able
to venerate the holy icon during this visit.
Jordanville,
NY: Holy Trinity Seminary Releases a Quarterly Journal
April 30, 2010
The first issue of
a new quarterly journal, Troitskoe
Nasledie (Legacy
of Holy Trinity), published by Holy Trinity Seminary in Jordanville, has
been published.
This
Russian-language periodical is put forth through the efforts of the
Seminary faculty and is a continuation of the Listok
Svyato-Troitskoy seminarii (Bulletin
of Holy Trinity Seminary), founded in 1997. The journal consists of 80
color pages.
Erie, PA: The Funeral of His Grace, Bishop Daniel of Erie
April 29, 2010
On
Wednesday, April 28, on the Midfeast of Pentecost, in the Nativity of
Christ Church, the faithful bid farewell to His Grace, Bishop Daniel of
Erie, vicar bishop of the First Hierarch of ROCOR for the care of Old
Believers. The church is located on the shores of Lake Erie in Erie, PA
(both the city and the lake were named after the local Erie Indian
Tribe), less than 100 miles from the Canadian border and the famous
Niagara Falls.
Erie, PA: His Grace, Bishop
Daniel of Erie, reposed in the Lord
April 26, 2010
On Monday morning, April 26, in his 79th
year, His Grace, Bishop Daniel of Erie (born Dimitri Borisovich
Alexandrow), vicar bishop of the First Hierarch for the care of Old
Believers, reposed in the Lord. His Grace Jerome, Bishop of Manhattan,
released a statement in response to Bishop Daniel’s passing, which
read in part: "I call upon all of the faithful of our diocese to
lift up their prayers for the repose of the soul of the newly departed
Bishop Daniel...
Mahopac,
NY: The Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women in the New Kursk Root
Hermitage
April 22, 2010
On Saturday
evening, April 17, under the direction of Eugenia Temidis, the Holy
Myrrhbearers Diocesan Women’s Choir sang a joyful Paschal All-Night
Vigil on the eve of their patronal feast day at the Synodal Cathedral of
Our Lady of the Sign. The Women’s Choir was joined by guest singers
from the Synodal Cathedral, as well as from other parishes of the
Diocese that had attended several choir rehearsals in preparation for
this annual celebration.
Wayne,
WV: A Bishop of the Antiochian Church visited Holy Cross Monastery
April 23, 2010
On
Sunday, April 18, the Sunday of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women, His Grace,
the Right Reverend Bishop Thomas of Charleston, Oakland, and the
Mid-Atlantic (Antiochian Orthodox Church), visited Holy Cross Monastery
in Wayne, WV. His Grace celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the local
Antiochian church, after which he then visited the monastery, where he
met with His Grace George, Bishop of Mayfield.
Mayfield, PA: St.
John the Baptist Cathedral announces live internet broadcast of Divine
services
April
23, 2010
With
the Blessing of is Grace Bishop George, Bishop of Mayfield, Archpriest
John Sorochka, dean of St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Mayfield, PA,
has begun the broadcasting of divine services via a live internet link. This
weekly initiative is reported to be the first such venture for the
Russian Orthodox Church in the United States. The
Cathedral of Saint John has already been broadcasting the Sunday Divine
Liturgy via radio for many years in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Thomas
Sunday in the Eastern American Diocese
April
15, 2010
On
Thomas Sunday, April 11, litanies for the departed were served in
cemeteries across the Eastern American Diocese. His Grace Jerome, Bishop
of Manhattan, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the main monastery church
of the Dormition Convent "Novo-Diveevo." His Grace was
co-served by the monastery clergy, in the presence of a great multitude
of pilgrims and worshipers.
Howell, NJ: A new Youth Association website has been launched
April
15, 2010
With the blessing of His Grace George, Bishop of Mayfield, the Eastern American Diocesan Youth Association has launched a new website at
www.eadyouth.tk. The new website will be the main source of information on Orthodox youth activities in the Eastern American Diocese. See the new site here.
"The
Russian Orthodox Church will never remain silent in Her care for or
advocacy on behalf of the Russian people." An
Interview with Archbishop Justinian of Naro-Fominsk
April
12, 2010
On April 9, 2010, on Bright Friday, His Eminence, Archbishop Justinian
of Naro-Fominsk, celebrated his first Divine Liturgy in New York in
ROCOR’s Synodal Cathedral of the Sign, co-served by His Grace, Eastern
American Diocesan vicar Bishop Jerome of Manhattan. On March 5, 2010, at
a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archbishop
Justinian was appointed Administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the
USA.
New
York: Archbishop Justinian of Naro-Fominsk and Bishop Jerome of
Manhattan concelebrated on Bright Saturday
April
12, 2010
On
Bright Saturday, April 10, 2010, the Administrator of the Patriarchal
parishes in the USA, His Eminence, Justinian, Archbishop of Naro-Fominsk,
celebrated the Divine Liturgy in St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in
New York. His Eminence was co-served by His Grace Jerome, Bishop of
Manhattan, a multitude of clergy from the Moscow Patriarchate, as well
as clerics from ROCOR's Synodal Cathedral.
Utica,
New
York: An Appeal from the St. John of Kronstadt Memorial Fund
April
12, 2010
Beloved Reverend Fathers, Brothers and Sisters,
CHRIST IS RISEN!
Standing before the Precious Cross of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus
Christ, especially during the 3rd Sunday of Great Lent and Passion Week,
we are reminded of the great pouring out of love for us on the part of
Our Lord in that He accomplished our redemption from sin and the power
of the devil.
"We
need to present a vision of what can happen when we all work together
and strive together." An Interview with Archpriest John Moses
April
10,
2010
On Wednesday, March 3, the final day of the Pastoral Conference,
Diocesan Media Office correspondent Reader Peter Lukianov interviewed
Diocesan Southern Liaison Archpriest John Moses, member of the Diocesan
Council, rector of All Saints of North America Church in Middlebrook,
VA, and founder of the Volunteers in Mission (VIM) program, on questions
involving life in the south of the Diocese, VIM’s work, and programs
for men hoping to serve the Church through ordination.
New
York: Archbishop Justinian of Naro-Fominsk celebrated the Divine Liturgy
in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign
April
9, 2010
On
Bright Friday, April 9, 2010, with the blessing of His Holiness Kyrill,
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, and of His Eminence Metropolitan
Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, the Administrator
of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA, His Eminence, Archbishop
Justinian of Naro-Fominsk, celebrated his first Divine Liturgy in
ROCOR's Synodal
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign in New York.
Paschal
Epistle of
His Holiness Kyrill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
April
4,
2010
To the archpastors,
pastors, monastics, and all the faithful children of the Russian
Orthodox Church: My dear co-brothers the archpastors, reverend
father-presbyters, God-loving deacons, pious monks and nuns, brothers
and sisters!
On the radiant and
world-saving feast of the Lord’s Resurrection I am glad in my heart to
greet you with the inspired and unchanging great words of the Paschal
good news:
“Christ is
Risen!” On this
light-bearing night we abide in a life-affirming common exultation,
for the event, which took place many centuries ago near ancient
Jerusalem...
Paschal
Epistle of the First Hierarch of ROCOR, His Eminence Metropolitan
Hilarion
April
4, 2010
Christ
is Risen! By the mercy of God we have reached the end of the period of
the Great Fast, when we strove to purify our souls and thoughts by
fasting and prayer, preparing ourselves for the great and triumphant
feast of the Pascha of the Lord, the radiant Resurrection of Christ, the
feast which the Holy Church calls the "Feast of feasts and Triumph
of triumphs." For Pascha is not only the commemoration of the most
noteworthy event in the history of the world.
Paschal
Epistle of His Grace Jerome, Bishop of Manhattan
April
6, 2010
All
the world around us is shrouded in darkness, and those not of our faith
are asleep; but in our church, there is brightness and rejoicing. From
church, we take light with us (lighted candles representing that inner,
spiritual glow of joy of the Resurrection), as well as a blessing, in
the form of blest foods for the Easter table at home.
All
this is Christian symbolism. What is important for us is to possess the
light of the spirit, to light our lamp that shall not go out, and to be
nourished by the eternal food of the feast of Christ the King.
A
Paschal Greeting of the Diocesan Council to all of the visitors to the
Diocesan Website
April
4, 2010
Beloved in the Lord
reverend fathers, brothers and sisters!
Christ is Risen! On this day, the
day of the triumph of our faith, the confirmation of our hope, and the
fulfillment of God’s all-encompassing love, we sincerely and
prayerfully wish you radiant spiritual joy, prosperity, good health,
spiritual fortitude, and gracious help in all of your labors.
A
Statement from His Grace, Bishop George, in response to the terrorist
attacks in Moscow
April
1, 2010
Reverend
fathers, dear brothers and sisters,
As you are all aware, on Monday morning, March 29, terrible terrorist
attacks were carried out in the Moscow Metro, and many of our brothers
and sisters perished. In these most holy days for every Orthodox
Christian, we grieve together with our compatriots in the Patriarchal
See of Moscow, and express our sincerest condolences to His Holiness,
Patriarch Kyrill, and to all those who lost their loved ones and
relatives in these terrible attacks.
