Mar 29, 2020
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! This week of Great Lent is dedicated to the remembrance of St. John of the Ladder, the remarkable abbot of Mount Sinai, where the monastery that St. John headed still exists, with very strict...
Mar 17, 2020
The document was approved by decision of the Holy Synod of March 17, 2020 (Minutes No. 30). Out of pastoral care for people, and also in response to a request from the sanitary authorities, while preserving firm faith in the action of God’s good Providence and in Divine omnipotence, the following are adopted...
Mar 17, 2020
The document was approved by decision of the Holy Synod of March 17, 2020 (Minutes No. 30). Out of pastoral care for people, and also in response to a request from the sanitary authorities, while preserving firm faith in the action of God’s good Providence and in Divine omnipotence, the following are adopted...
Mar 15, 2020
On Sunday, March 15, the 2nd Sunday of Great Lent and the feast of St. Gregory Palamas, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York. During the service, special petitions and a prayer from the...
Mar 14, 2020
On March 13, 2020, the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, after the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the Moscow Church of the Icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” on Bolshaya Ordynka, addressed...
Mar 13, 2020
On Thursday, March 12, a reception was held at UN Headquarters in New York in honor of the 90th birthday of Rabbi Arthur Schneier, president of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation. The Russian Orthodox Church was represented by the Chancellor of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Archpriest...
Mar 11, 2020
Dear fathers, brothers and sisters! The chancery of the Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA asks you to take into account the recommendations and blessing of Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, with which he addressed his flock. Beloved in Christ fathers, brothers and sisters! In...
Mar 11, 2020
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church views with concern the spread of coronavirus infection in the world and its consequences for millions of people, many of whom have not only faced the threat of infection but have also experienced...
Mar 2, 2020
On the evening of Forgiveness Sunday, March 1, Vespers with the Rite of Forgiveness was celebrated at St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York. After the singing of the Great Prokeimenon and the closing of the Royal Doors, the clergy changed into the black vestments of Great Lent. At the end of Vespers, Hegumen Nikodim...
