On August 28, the feast of the Dormition of the Holy Theotokos, Archimandrite Alexander Belya, the Vicar of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate of America, led the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Matrona in Miami.
On August 26, after the Divine Liturgy at the Skete of the Protection of the Holy Theotokos in Buena Vista, NJ, Archimandrite Alexander, the Vicar of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate of America, visited the parish of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker... Read more...
On August 26, Archimandrite Alexander, the Vicar of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate of America, congratulated Hegumen Tikhon, Abbot of the Skete of the Protection of the Holy Theotokos, on his name day. On that day, the leave-taking of the feast... Read more...
On March 26, the fourth Sunday of Great Lent dedicated St. John of the Ladder, the Brooklyn Cathedral of St John the Forerunner & Baptist was visited by Archbishop Elpidophoros of America who led the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil... Read more...
On March 24, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America met with Bishop Isaiah of Sumperk, Vicar of the Olomouc-Brno Diocese of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in Manhattan.
The meeting was also attended by the Vicar of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate of America, Archimandrite Alexander, at whose invitation Bishop Isaiah was on pilgrimage to the United States with his mother, Eva.
During the meeting the hierarchs discussed the present situations of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in America and the Orthodox Church in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
At the conclusion, they exchanged gifts of panagias (hierarchical medallions). Bishop Isaiah also presented Archbishop Elpidophoros with a crystal apple, as a symbol of New York City, made by Bohemian craftsmen.
After the meeting, Bishop Isaiah was taken on a tour by Archimandrite Alexander of the Orthodox churches and the sights of New York city.