St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco
July 2nd Archbishop John (Michael Borisovich Maximovitch) was born on June 4/17, 1896 in the village of Adamovka, Kharkiv Governorate, in an aristocratic Orthodox family…
Feasts
Pentecost: The Descent of the Holy Spirit
June 7th In the Old Testament, Pentecost was the feast that occurred fifty days after Passover. As the Passover feast celebrated the exodus of the…
THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD
May 29th When the day of the Jewish Pentecost drew near, the disciples of Christ returned from Galilee to Jerusalem. On the fortieth day after…
Nativity Epistle of His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad
January 6th NEW YORK: 3 January 2025 Nativity Epistle of His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian…
Advent epistle from Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York
December 4th Beloved in the Lord fathers, brothers, and sisters! I greet you with the first days of the Nativity Fast, which prepares us to…
The Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple
December 4th According to Holy Tradition, the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple took place in the following manner. The parents of…
Protection of the Mother of God
October 14th The Protection (Pokrov) of the MostHoly Mother of God: “The Virgin today doth stand forth within the Church, and with the choirs of…
The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
September 21st Sorrow and Joy: A Homily on the Day of the Nativity of the Most-Holy Mother of God Thy Nativity, O Theotokos Virgin, Has…
The Beheading of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John
September 11th The Beheading of the Prophet, Forerunner of the Lord, John the Baptist: The Evangelists Matthew (Mt.14:1-12) and Mark (Mark 6:14-29) provide accounts about…
The Dormition of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
August 28th The “Falling-Asleep” or “Repose” (“Dormition”, “Uspenie”, “Koimesis”) of our MostHoly Lady Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary: After the Ascension of the Lord,…