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Metropolitan Tikhon Makes Archpastoral Visits to St. Tikhon’s and St. Vladimi... 24 Apr 2024 at 5:37pm On Friday, April 19, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon traveled to St. Tikhon’s Monastery and St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in South Canaan, PA, for an archpastoral visit and to ordain third-year seminarian Deacon Seraphim Chang to th... His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Visits New Skete and Holy Myrrhbearers Mona... 16 Apr 2024 at 12:40am On Thursday, April 11, and Friday, April 12, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon traveled to upstate New York, where he made archpastoral visits to the Monasteries of New Skete in Cambridge, NY, and Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery in Otego, NY. On Thur... 17th Annual Diaconal Liturgical Practicum to be held July 15-19 14 Apr 2024 at 9:08am The 17th Annual Diaconal Liturgical Practicum of the Orthodox Church in America’s Diaconal Vocations Program (DVP) will be held at Saint Seraphim of Sarov Cathedral, Santa Rosa, CA July 15-19, 2024. This year’s program once again will offer inten... All Scripture Readings
Saint Basil, the Elder of Saint Paisius Velichkovsky (November 15), was born toward the end of the seventeenth century. He received monastic tonsure at Dalhautsi-Focshani Skete in 1705 or 1706, laboring in asceticism with great fervor. Saint Basil was ordained to the holy priesthood, and became… Read the Life Troparion & Kontakion  The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark, also known as John Mark (Acts 12:12), was one of the Seventy Apostles, and was also a nephew of Saint Barnabas (June 11). He was born at Jerusalem. The house of his mother Mary adjoined the Garden of Gethsemane. As Church Tradition relates, on the night that… Read the Life Troparion & Kontakion  Venerable Sylvester of Obnora lived in the XIV century and was the contemporary of Saint Alexei, Metropolitan of Moscow, and one of the disciples of Saint Sergius of Radonezh. The long Life of Saint Sylvester has not survived. From his youth he had a great love of solitude. After receiving the… Read the Life Troparion & Kontakion The Constantinople Icon of the Theotokos is locally venerated at Moscow’s Dormition church on Malaya Dimitrovka. This image is different from the Constantinople Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos celebrated on September 17, although it appears to be a copy of it. The wonderworking… Read the Life |
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