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New York City: Divine Services in the Synodal Cathedral on Great & Holy Friday

On Great & Holy Friday, April 18, when the Holy Church commemorates the holy, salvific, and terrible suffering and death of our Lord Jesus Christ, Metropolitan Nicholas officiated the divine […]

Howell, NJ: Subdeacon Anthony Kofonow reposed in the Lord

On Great & Holy Friday, April 18, Subdeacon Anthony Kofonow (longtime sacristan of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Howell, NJ) reposed in the Lord after a lengthy illness. He was […]

Paschal Epistle of His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

With God’s help, we safely crossed the sea of Great Lent and reached the radiant days of the Lord’s Pascha. May the present celebration, for which we have been preparing […]

New York City: Divine Services of Great Thursday in Synodal Cathedral

On Great Thursday, April 17, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York celebrated the Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign […]

New York City: Metropolitan Nicholas officiates Divine Services on Great & Holy Wednesday

On Great and Holy Wednesday, April 16, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York celebrated the final Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts for this year in the Synodal Cathedral of […]

Wayne, WV: Holy Cross Monastery Abbot takes Great Schema, Brotherhood elects New Abbot

In light of his medical condition and his profound lifelong desire to end his days in the Great and Angelic Schema (the fullness of the monastic life), Archimandrite Seraphim (Voepel) recently asked the […]

Mahopac, NY: On Palm Sunday, Bishop Jerome celebrates Liturgy in New Kursk Root Hermitage

On April 13, the great feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday), Bishop Jerome (Shaw) celebrated Divine Liturgy in Nativity of the Mother of God Church at […]

The condition of the Primate of the Russian Church is satisfactory. The post His Holiness Patriarch Kirill Contracted the Coronavirus appeared first on A Russian Orthodox Church Website. […]

The 4th Plenary Session of the Commission for Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Coptic Church took place from September 19 to 24, in Moscow. The Moscow Patriarchate membership […]

To the clergy, monastics, and faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, As Hurricane Ian approaches Florida and as we see the extensive damage to the Atlantic Provinces from Hurricane […]

The Patriarch noted that fraternal peoples should not be separated by an "impenetrable wall of hatred." The post Patriarch Kirill: The Church Prays for the Fraternal Strife to End as […]

At the beginning of the new academic year, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel sent a message to all students, urging them to combine study with prayer. The patriarchal message focuses on […]

On Tuesday, 13 September, 2022, the members of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, led by His Eminence Metropolitan Mark of Berlin and Germany, […]

His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije once again donated blood for the needs of hospitals. The post Voluntary Blood Donation Takes Place in Churches in Serbia appeared first on A Russian Orthodox […]

Paschal Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry

Today, we joyfully celebrate and prayerfully glorify the Bright Resurrection of Christ, the Great Victory of good over evil, which has been bestowed upon us by our Savior and Lord […]

The Risen Savior Has Given Us All We Need

A Paschal HomilySt. Innocent of KhersonLook! The Royal Doors are open and the throne of grace is visible to all. This is an invitation home, a call to the supper! […]

Paschal Message by Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia

Christ’s Resurrection is the solid foundation of our faith and hope […]

The Descent of Christ into Hades

Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko) of Zaporozhye and MelitopolThe Lord has broken the bonds of Hades. Yet still, the darkness clings to human hearts. […]

Holy Fire has descended in Church of Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

It appeared in the edicule (the small chapel built over the burial place of Christ) about five mintues after the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, entered there to patiently […]

Authorities prevent Moldovan bishop from going to Jerusalem for Holy Fire

The hierarch was pulled aside for an “inspection” at the Chișinău Airport on Holy Thursday and was held without his passport until after his flight had already departed. He was […]

The Three Main Components of the Feast

Sermon on Holy and Great SaturdayHieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)It is very important for us Christians in these hours and days to preserve all that we have gained during Lent, despite our […]

Icon Fundraiser to Grow Future Building Fund

Members of Saint Timothy are mounting and selling icons as a fundraiser for the mission.  All proceeds go directly to

Father German Ciuba to Serve in May and June

Visiting Priest, Abbot German Ciuba, will be offering Divine Services for Saint Timothy Mission during his visit to North Carolina

Baptism of Spyridon and Katherine

Spyridon (Ethan) Two new faithful were welcomed into Saint Timothy Mission Saturday afternoon upon their baptism – Ethan (now Spyridon)

Father Jonah Campbell to Visit Saint Timothy Mission

The visiting priest will provide services for October 9th and 10th Saint Timothy Mission looks forward to a visit this

Saint Timothy Mission Celebrates One Year Anniversary

Attendees of Saint Timothy’s Founder’s Day Celebration On Thursday, September 16th, 2021, many of the faithful of Saint Timothy Mission

Saint Timothy Mission Approaches First Anniversary

Looking Over the Past Year Almost one year ago, in September 2020, a small but determined group of faithful Orthodox