
Visit by Deacon George to St. Sophia in Jeffersonville, PA
June 30, 2021On Sunday, June 27 Deacon George Hero of the Brooklyn Cathedral visited the Greek Orthodox Community of St. Sophia in Jeffersonville, Pennsylvania.
On Sunday, June 27 Deacon George Hero of the Brooklyn Cathedral visited the Greek Orthodox Community of St. Sophia in Jeffersonville, Pennsylvania.
There is a tradition in Eastern Orthodoxy for the clergy to visit and greet the ruling bishop on major feast days. This is particularly important during the forty-day celebration of Pascha. On May 17th Archimandrite Alexander visited the Greek Orthodox... Read more...
Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen! I greet the clergy and laity of our Slavic Orthodox Vicariate, beloved in the Lord, on the joyful feast of the Resurrection of Our Lord and Savior.
On the night of May 2, the parishes of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate of America held the Paschal service followed by the Divine Liturgy to celebrate the Resurrection of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the greatest feast day of... Read more...
The Third Sunday of Great Lent, which is dedicated to the Holy Cross, is a traditional day for performing the sacrament of Holy Unction. This was done at the Cathedral of St. Matrona of Moscow in Miami on April 4.
On March 23-24, a delegation from the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate of America consisting of Vicar Archimandrite Alexander, Archpriest Alexander Belya, Archpriest John Spasiuk and Protodeacon Rostislav Zadorozhny, visited the city of Cleveland, Ohio.
The sacrament of Holy Unction is the complete healing of the individual both physically and spiritually through anointing with blessed oil. In the prayers read during the service, the clergy ask God for the forgiveness of the sins of those... Read more...
On March 9, the Vicar of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate of America, Archimandrite Alexander Belya, visited the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in Manhattan where he met with Archbishop Elpidophoros of America.
Monasteries have long been spiritual havens, places of special continuous prayer and monastic development. Believers often go to the holy monasteries in order to spiritually experience and feel the special grace of their prayerful atmospheres.
On February 12/ January 30 Old Style, the Orthodox Church celebrates the memory of the Three Holy Hierarchs.