Epistle of Archbishop Peter on the 800th Anniversary of the Birth of St. Alexander Nevsky
September 12th Epistle on the 800th Anniversary of the Birth of St. Alexander Nevsky I seek not mine own will, but the will of the…
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Martyrs Adrian and Natalia
September 8th The Martyrs Adrian and Natalia were married in their youth for one year prior to their martyrdom. They lived in Bithynian Nicomedia during…
Transfiguration of Our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ
August 19th St. John of Shanghai: Sermon on the Feast of the Transfiguration When He created the world, God said, Let us make man in our…
Our Patron’s Feast: Holy Great-martyr and Healer Panteleimon (PHOTOS)
August 9th Troparion — Tone 3 O holy prizewinner and Healer Panteleimon, , / intercede with the merciful God, / that He grant unto our…
The Sobor of the Archangel Gabriel
July 26th The Sobor of the ArchAngel Gabriel is celebrated on the day following after the Annunciation/Blagoveschenie, ie. 26 March. This feast is celebrated a…
The Appearance of the Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God in the City of Kazan
July 21st The Appearance of the Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God in the City of Kazan (1579): On 1 October 1552, on…
The Holy Emperor Constantine
June 3rd The Holy Emperor Constantine (306-337), has received from the Church the title “Equal-to-the-Apostles”, and in world history, he received the name “the Great”….
Instruction on the Sunday of the Paralytic
May 23rd Metropolitan Vladimir (Sabodan) Christ is Risen! The holy Evangelist John the Theologian tells us that in Jerusalem, by the Sheep’s gate is a…
CHRIST IS RISEN! Paschal Address of His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad
May 2nd PASCHAL ADDRESS OF HIS EMINENCE HILARION, METROPOLITAN OF EASTERN AMERICA & NEW YORK, FIRST HIERARCH OF THE RUSSIAN CHURCH ABROAD CHRIST IS RISEN!…
On the Commemoration of the Dead
March 3rd According to Orthodox teaching, through the prayers of the Church the dead can receive relief or freedom from their punishments beyond the grave. “Anyone who…