Release of the Official 2021 Calendar of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate
January 3, 2021In the first days of the new year, the official 2021 Calendar of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate of America was released.
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Welcoming Address to Archbishop Elpidophoros (November 22, 2020)
December 1, 2020Your Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, Today is a great day for all of us in this parish. It is the historical first visit of our beloved Archpastor to the St. Matrona of Moscow Cathedral in Miami. We whole-heartedly welcome you to... Read more...
Vicar the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate Participates in the Feast Day celebration of the Parish of St. Andrew in Miami
December 1, 2020The parish of the Apostle Andrew the First-Called in Kendall (south Miami) is under the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Founded in 1960, the community has been holding services at the current site since 1978. In 1992,... Read more...
Historic Event: Archbishop Elpidophoros Consecrates the Central Dome of the St. Matrona of Moscow Cathedral in Miami.
November 26, 2020On November 22/9 the Orthodox Church celebrates the feastday of Saint Matrona of Moscow. This first and the only parish dedicated the saint in America was opened nine years ago in Miami. In 2015, the Community of St. Matrona moved... Read more...
Archbishop Elpidophoros Visits the Oldest Orthodox Monastery in Florida
November 22, 2020On November 22, during his archpastoral visit to Florida, Archbishop Elpidophoros, the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, visited the Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Fort Myers.
Representatives of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate Congratulate Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on his Name Day
November 3, 2020On November 2, the Church commemorated the following saints of the 4th century: the martyrs Elpidophoros, Akindinus, Pigasius, Anempodistus and Affonius of Persia. It is also the name day of the Primate of the Greek Archdiocese, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America,... Read more...
Great Martyr St. Elpidophoros of Persia
November 2, 2020Saint Elpidophoros lived in Persia in the 4th century and suffered for Christ in the period of the years 330-335, together with the other saints Akindinus, Pigasius, Anempodistus and Affonius. Presumably, the basis for his life story was an ancient... Read more...
The Vicar of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate Meets to Discuss Current Developments with the Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
October 12, 2020On October 2, 2020 the Vicar of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate, Archimandrite Alexander Belya, visited the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in Manhattan where he met with His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros.
The Vicar of the Slavic Vicariate’s Pilgrimage to the Holy Places of Czechia
September 12, 2020With the blessing of the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America Elpidophoros Archimandrite Alexander Belya, the Vicar of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate, made a pilgrimage to the Orthodox Christian holy sites of Czechia and Slovakia.
A Historic Event: His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew Meets with the Clergy of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate for the First Time
September 3, 2020September 1 marks the beginning of the Indiction or the Ecclesiastical (Church) New Year. On this day His All-Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, met the clergy of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese... Read more...
Slavic Vicariate Clergy from America Visit and Pray in the Holy Places of Constantinople
September 2, 2020From August 31 – September 2 the clergy from the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate traveled to the Holy places of Constantinople (Istanbul).
The Vicar of the Slavic Vicariate baptized seven children at the Russian monastery in Florida
July 4, 2020On July 2, the feast day of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, seven children were baptized in the St. Nicholas Monastery of Fort Myers. It is the only Russian monastery in Florida.