On November 2, the Church commemorates the 4th century Persian martyrs SS. Acindynos, Pegasios, Aphthonios, Elpidophoros, and Anempodistus. The Greek translations of their Persian names are instructive. Acindynus means “unimperilled”; Pegasius is derived from pegazo or “to gush forth”; Aphthonius... Read more...
On November 1, 2022, Archimandrite Alexander, Vicar of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate of America, visited the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in Manhattan, where he met with Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, Archimandrite Nectarios Papazafiropoulos, Chief of Staff to the Archbishop,... Read more...
Red Bank is a small town in New Jersey located 50 miles from Manhattan. In 1950, an Orthodox Christian parish named for St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was founded there by Cossacks. The new parish was blessed by Archbishop Vitaliy Maximenko... Read more...
Category 4 Hurricane Ian raged through the American southeast and the Caribbean from September 23 to October 2. It caused catastrophic damage in parts of southwestern Florida, bringing strong storm winds and rain to those regions. Millions of people were... Read more...
On June 15, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Church of Constantinople chaired by His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew elected Archimandrite Alexander (Belya), the Vicar of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate, to be an auxiliary bishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of... Read more...
On June 14, Archimandrite Alexander, the Vicar of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate of America, met with Archbishop Elpidophoros at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in Manhattan.
On June 12, the feast day of the Holy Trinity and second day of Holy Pentecost, the Divine Liturgy was served at St. John the Baptist and Forerunner Cathedral in Brooklyn, NY. It was led by its Rector, Archpriest Alexander... Read more...
May 2 is the feast day of St. Matrona of Moscow, the patron of the Miami Cathedral. This year Mayor Dana Goldman of the city of Sunny Isles Beach attended the celebration. Sunny Isles Beach, also known as the “City... Read more...
On the night of April 23 to 24, the festive Paschal services were held in the churches and cathedrals of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate of America.
The Week of the Holy Cross is the third in Great Lent. In the Orthodox Christian tradition it is literally called “the Adoration of the Holy Cross.” On this Sunday in the middle of the Lenten period, in order to... Read more...
On March 9, on the 14th day of the military invasion of Ukraine, a prayer service in support of Ukraine and its people was held at the Cathedral of St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Manhattan.
Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Archdiocese ofAmerica recently signed a decree accepting Archpriest Andrei Pastukh, a former clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, into the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate of America.
