Fr. Rostislav Zadorozhnyy ordination address
July 14, 2021Your Eminence, fellow clergy, and beloved parishioners,
Archiepiscopal Address at the Ordination to the Priesthood of Protodeacon Rostislav Zadorozhnyy
July 13, 2021Saint John the Baptist Orthodox CathedralBrooklyn, New YorkJuly 10, 2021 Beloved Protodeacon Rostislav, Today, your service to the Lord advances, together with the community of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate in America. You, Protodeacon, advance to the rank of Presbyter, in... Read more...
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...
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...
Archbishop Elpidophoros Homily for the Sunday of the Man Born Blind
June 1, 2020May 24, 2020Saint John the Forerunner and Baptist Cathedral of the Slavic VicariateBrooklyn, New York
Patriarch Irenaeus of Serbia Blessed the Icon of St. Sava for the Monastery of St. Nicholas in Fort Myers
April 13, 2020In 2018, Archimandrite Alexander Belya together with his brother Sub Deacon Ivan went on a pilgrimage to Serbia.
Patriarch Ilya II of Georgia: “You Are Doing Much for Orthodoxy in America”
April 12, 2020In 2018, Archimandrite Alexander Belya, together with brother Ivan, went on a pilgrimage to Georgia.
Blessing of Elder Ephraim of Arizona
April 5, 2020In the Sonora desert, near the town of Florence, which is 130 kilometers away from the capital of Arizona, Phoenix, there is a Greek Orthodox Monastery dedicated to St. Anthony the Great. It is the state’s most popular site, second... Read more...