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Archive of events for 2009.
Photos of the stages of construction of the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos on the grounds of the Monastery of St. John in the village of Egorovka in the Odessa oblast in Ukraine (updated 25.11.09).
An appeal for
donations towards
the purchase of land
for a convent in the
USA (updated 22.10.09).
The Nativity Epistle of the Most Reverend Andronik, Archbishop of Syracuse and St. Nicholas
The Nativity Epistle of the Most Reverend Sofroniy, Archbishop of St. Petersburg and Northern Russia
The Nativity
Epistle of the Most Reverend Afanasy, Bishop of Vologodsk and Velikoustyuzhsk
The
Nativity Epistle of the Most Reverend Georgiy, Bishop Bolgrad
and Belgorod-Dnestrovsk
The
Nativity Epistle of the Most Reverend Gregory, Bishop of Sao Paulo and South
America
The
Nativity Epistle of the Most Reverend Joseph, Bishop of Washington, D.C.
Congratulations
on the Nativity of Christ from the Church of the Holy Martyrs of Vilnius in Yarraville, Australia
The
parishioners of the Church of St. Aleksey in Odessa congratulate everyone with
the Nativity of Christ.
The
Video section includes a sermon by Bishop Joseph (in English and in Russian) given in the Church of St. Philaret in Boston, MA, USA, on the occasion of its patronal feast.
The
new website of the Ishimsk-Siberian diocese is
available at : http://www.sibeparchyrpcz.ru/
11\12\09 – ROCA First Hierarch Metropolitan Agafangel and Synod of Bishops Secretary Bishop Georgiy have extended an offer to the Primates of ROAC, RTOC, and ROCA(V) to discuss matters.
November 27-30, 2009, the ROCA First Hierarch
was on an archpastoral visit in Moscow.
Metropolitan Agafangel served the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the
New Martyrs and Confessors along with Fr. Yevgeniy Koryagin and Fr. Valeriy
Leonichev. Afterwards, they held a
diocesan meeting of the Moscow Diocese, at which a Diocesan Council was
formed. A meeting of the Diocesan
Council was held after the diocesan meeting.
26\11\09 - Metropolitan Agafangel blessed the
creation of a Ukrainian-speaking section in the ROCA Mission and named Fr.
Andrey Trachuk as Mission Co-Chairman.
21\11\09 – Pursuant to the decision of the ROCA
Synod of Bishops and with the agreement of all the bishops, Hieromonk Kirill
was ordained bishop during the Divine Liturgy by Metropolitan Agafangel and
Bishop Georgiy and was given the title “of Voronezh and Southern Russia. During the Liturgy, Metropolitan Agafangel also
ordained Deacon Georgiy as priest and Aleksey Rozhkov as deacon.
20\11\09 – After the Evening Vigil at the Church
of St. Michael in Odessa, Hieromonk Kirill was made Bishop of Voronezh.
20\11\09 – In the Church of St. Michael, ROCA
First Hierarch Metropolitan Agafangel tonsured Archpriest Valeriy Kravets with
the wearing of the mantiya and the name Kirill, in honor of Holy Martyr
Metropolitan Kirill of Kazan, whose memory was celebrated that day. That same day, in the convent in the town of
Egorovka in the Odessa oblast, Bishop Georgiy tonsured Archpriest Valeriy’s
matushka with the wearing of the mantiya and the name Michaela, in honor of the
Archangel Michael.
19\11\09 – A diocesan meeting of the clergy of
the Odessa diocese took place in the rectory of the Church of St. Michael, at
which a number of matters related to life in the diocese were discussed. The clergy also expressed their support to
dialogue with the other groups which separated from ROCA before May 17, 2007.
18\11\09 – A meeting of the Ecclesiastical
Commission and the Council of Russian Eminences of ROCA took place in the
rectory of the Church of St. Michael.
14\11\09 – The Most Reverend Archbishop Sofroniy
elevated Deacon Aleksandr Luzin to the rank of priest. Fr. Aleksandr will serve in the Church of
St. Elizabeth in St. Petersburg. The
parish was founded by Archpriest Vladimir Savitskiy (Fr. Georgiy Galetskiy is
the current rector).
The memory of Holy Metropolitan Philaret of New
York is celebrated the first Sunday after November 21.
The Document section of the website has the
Minutes of the ROCA Bishops’ Council of 1950.
Please remember to send any such documents\information to agafangel@paco.net for publication and for
the archives.
The Video section includes an interview with
the Most Reverend Agafangel, Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York.
09\11\09 – During a pastoral visit to
Australia, Bishop
Ambrose of Methone (Old
Calendar Greek Church)
also visited our
parishes in Dandenong (Church
of St. King Stefan of Decani –Hegumen John
(Shmelts) rector) and Yaraville (Church
of the Holy Martyrs of Vilensk –Hieromonk Andrew
(Erastov) rector) and
concelebrated the Divine
Liturgy.
In the Church of the Holy Martyrs of Vilensk: Reader Simon, Archpriest Stilan, Bishop Ambrose, Protodeacon Vasiliy, Sister Seraphima (see below).
The diocesan conference of the Odessa diocese
will be held at the St.
Michael rectory on
November 19, 2009.
The Video section has a clip of Met. Agafangel’s sermon
at the Church of the
Holy Trinity in Astoria,
NY, USA, on November 1,
2009, on the day
honoring St. John of Kronstadt.
The Video section has a clip of a sermon by
the Most Reverend
Georgiy, Bishop of Bolgradand
Belgorod-Dnestrovsk, at
the Church of the Holy
Trinity in Astoria, NY,
USA, on October 25,
2009.
04\11\09 – As a result of a decision made at
the last meeting of the
Synod of Bishops, Bishop
Georgiy spoke on the
phone with the Primate
of the RTOC, Archbishop Tikhon,
and they agreed to an
official meeting at the
start of the new year. They
hope to identify the
issues keeping ROCA and
RTOC apart.
The Documents section
of the website now
includes minutes of
the ROCA Bishops'
Council of 1937. It
is extremely
important that all
documents resulting
from conciliar
decisions of the
Church be
preserved. If you
have materials
relating to Bishops'
Councils or Synods,
email them to agafangel@paco.net and
they will be posted
on the website.
28.10.09.
Meeting of the Synod
of Bishops. The
meeting was held at Synodal Chancery
in
Bronx, New York
City, USA.
26-27.10.09.
Minutes of the
Diocesan Conferenceof the
Eastern-American and
Canadian Diocesesof the ROCA
North American
Administrative
District.The meeting
was held on the
grounds of the
Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in
Valley Cottage, New
York.
October 14-16, 2009
- ROCA First
Hierarch
Metropolitan
Agafangel was in
Greece celebrating
the patronal feast
of the monastery
named in honor of
Holy Martyrs Cyprian
and Justina. Photos
from the feast day
can be viewed here
on the website of
the Greek Old
Calendar Church and
a video here.
From the Live Journal:
Message from ROCA First Hierarch and Chairman Metropolitan Agafangel –
I travelled to Greece to celebrate the patronal feast of the monastery named in honor of Sts. Cyprian and Justina. My trip, this time, gave me special pleasure, as I was able to speak in a relaxed setting with Bishops Cyprian and Photii. It can truly be said that we share identical views on church matters, and at this time, ROCA and the Old Calendar Churches of Greece, Bulgaria and Romania enjoy a peaceful and stable unity. It can be said that together we endured the difficult period of the breakup of our Church Abroad, and if God wills it, then based on this stability and unity, a firm future can develop.
Glory be to God!
12/10/09 – The Holy
Ascension Church in
Washington, D.C.
(USA) was able to
purchase a office
condo of about 1200
sq. ft. to conduct
services and enrich
its parish life.
A joint diocesan
conference of the
Canadian and
Eastern-American
dioceses is
scheduled for
October 26-27, 2009,
in New York under
the chairmanship of
Metropolitan
Agafangel.
Photos from
Archbishop
Sofroniy’s trip to
South Ossetia.
30/09/09 – Archpriest
Vasiliy Zaburyanin and
Matushka Anna were
returning to Odessa by
automobile after
visiting Matsuhka’s
parents, when they were
hit by another car.
Matushka died
immediately, while Fr.
Vasiliy was taken to the
hospital. The other
driver, who violated
traffic laws, was not
hurt. Please pray for
the newly-departed
Matushka Anna and the
recovery of Archpriest
Vasiliy. Matushka
Anna’s funeral will take
place on October 2,
2009.
A regularly scheduled
meeting of the ROCA
Synod of Bishops is
scheduled for October
28-29, 2009, in the
Synod Chancery in New
York City.
20/09/09 - George
Illiodorovich
Schidlovsky reposed
in the Lord this
morning in New
York. Eternal
memory!
From Met. Agafangel’s Forum:
Russia fades away…
George Illiodorovich Schidlovsky reposed in the Lord on September 20, 2009, in New York. Holy Russia lost yet another of its inhabitants. Because of such unique people as George Illiodorovich, I was able to understand that a person who is Russian and Orthodox and a nation that is Russian and Orthodox actually exist. It is amazing, but only in the USA did I meet real Russian people. Here, in the USSR, they simply could not exist, as people who are Russian in spirit and in essence, were foreign to the Soviet regime. One after another, the real citizens of Holy Russia depart, and due to our sins, a worthy replacement does not take their place.
Eternal memory!
09\09\09 –
Photos from
the 2009
summer camp
“Vityazi in
Medyn” (a
city near
Moscow)
04/09/09 –
Photographs
from the
patronal
feast of the
Church of
Dormition in
Sofia (Old
Calendar
Church of
Bulgaria)
are
available
here and
here.
31/08/09 -
Cupolas and
crosses have
been
installed on
the
monastery
church under
construction
in Yegorovka,
Ukraine.
The Most
Reverend
Andronik,
Archbishop
of Ottawa
and North
America, was
in Australia
August 11 to
31, 2009.
Archbishop
Andronik
served in
the Church
of the Holy
Vilensky
Martyrs (Hieromonk
Andrew (Erastov)
is the
rector of
the parish).
30\08\09 –
During the
Divine
Liturgy in
the Church
of Archangel
Michael in
Odessa,
Metropolitan
Agafangel
ordained
Hierodeacon
Efrem (Maltsev)
a priest.
28\08\09 –
During the
Divine
Liturgy in
the Church
of Archangel
Michael in
Odessa on
the feast
day of the
Dormition of
the Mother
of God,
Metropolitan
Agafangel
ordained
monk Efrem
(Maltsev) a
reader, then
elevated him
to subdeacon
and ordained
him deacon.
23\08\09 –
The Video
section has
a clip of
the
ordination
of the Most
Reverend,
Gregory,
Bishop of
Sao Paulo
and South
America. (Part
1,
Part 2,
Part 3
and
Part 4).
The website
of the Most
Reverend,
Georgiy,
Bishop of
Bolgrad,
http://igym-n.livejournal.com
has video
clips of
Bishop
Georgiy’s
visit to the
monastery in
Slatiora,
Romania.
An account of
ROCA Hierarch
Metropolitan
Agafangel’s visit to
South America.
The summer
session of the Sts.
Cyril and Methodius
Seminary was held
July 20 -30, 2009,
in the chancery of
the Church of St.
Michael in Odessa.
A diocesan choral
conference was also
held during that
time.
Several participants
of the choral
conference are shown
here with
Metropolitan
Agafangel.
26\07\09 -
Metropolitan
Agafangel’s sermon
in the Church of St.
Michael in Odessa on
the feast day of the
Holy Fathers of the
VIth Ecumenical
Conference can be
viewed in the Video
section.
The rector
of our church in
Boston, MA, USA, Fr.
Dimitry Amelchenko,
has made copies of
Pravoslavnaya Rus
available on the
website
http://prav-rus.com/.
Anyone who has
issues that are not
listed on the
website can send a
copy or the original
to Fr. Dimitry.
23\07\09 –
Ivan Budarin was
tonsured a reader by
the Most Reverend
Georgiy, Bishop of
Bolgrad and
Belgorod-Dnestrovsk,
in the Church of St.
Michael in Odessa.
12\07\09 – On this day, Divine
Liturgy in the
Church of the
Vilensky Martyrs in
Melbourne, Australia,
was served by
Hieromonk Andrew (Erastov),
Fr. Stilyan, and
Protodeacon Basil
Yakimov
11\07\09 – Bishop Georgiy’s website
http://igym-n.livejournal.com includes a series of photos from the Feast Day
of St. Glycheria in Slatiora, Romania.
04\07\09 – Hieromonk Andrew (Erastov) has joined our jurisdiction and will be
serving at the parish in Melbourne, Australia.
Hieromonk Andrew is a noted iconographer and lived previously at the Holy
Trinity Monastery in Jordanville.
The website of the Church of St. Philaret in Boston, MA, USA, can be accessed at:http://www.philaret.org.
Archpriest valeriy Alekseyev’s website can now be accessed at:
http://vglagolv.livejournal.
On the second week of Pentecost, on the eve of
the Feast Day of All Russian Saints at the Church of St. Ignatius Brianchaninov
in Chadyr-Lunga, Moldova, the Most Reverend Georgiy, Bishop of Bolgrad and
Belgorod-Dnestrovsk, tonsured novice Fusik (Lozhenko) with the name of Agapit,
in honor of St. Agapit of the Kiev-Pecherskaya Lavra (celebrated on June 1\14).
He was later elevated to reader and sub-deacon before the Divine Liturgy on June
8\21. During the Divine Liturgy, he was ordained a hierodeacon. He was
ordained a hieromonk during the Divine Liturgy on June 9\22. Fr. Agapit will
serve at the Church of Blessed Ksenia of St. Petersburg in Bolgrad.
09\06\09 – The ROCA Parish Directory
http://ruschurchabroad.com/directory.htm
now includes parishes in Paraguay and Uruguay. All
corrections\additions\changes for the parish directory should be sent to the
email address:
Agafangel@paco.net.
07\06\09 – During the Divine Liturgy at the
Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov in the city of Vologda, the Most Reverend
Afanasiy, Bishop of Vologda and Velikoustyuzhsk, awarded the rector, Fr.
Aleksandr Lipin, with the right to wear a kamilavka.
04\06\09 – Local authorities in the village of
Ruzhan in the Brest oblast of Belarus denied the registration request of our
Church of Sts. Vera, Nadezhda, and Lyubov and their Mother Sophia. The chairman
of the local city council, L.M. Moskalevich, declared, “No such church exists in
Belarus and no will accept your registration request.”
02\06\09 – The ROCA Assistance Fund has received $37,600. from the sale at an
auction at Sotheby’s of a necklace of Paschal eggs (some made by the Faberge
studio), belonging previously to Princess Vera Konstantinovna Romanov. These
eggs were given as gifts to Vera Konstantinovna by various members of the Royal
Family in the beginning of the 20th century. Irina Sergeevna,
Princess Bagration-Mukhranskaya, inherited them and decided to donate them for
the good of our Church. ROCA First Hierarch Metropolitan Agafangel has used
this donation to establish a Fund for the purchase of property in the USA for
the ROCA Synod of Bishops. Please pray for the well-being and salvation of
Princess Irina Sergeevna.
29\05\09 –The
Video section now has Metropolitan Agafangel’s sermon on the week of the Good
Samaritan.
22\05\09 – Fr. Sergey Televanov joined our church along with the 3 parishes he
serves in the Voronezh, Rostov and Volgograd oblasts. Fr. Sergey was a member
previously of the RTOC.
15\05\09 – With the blessing of ROCA First Hierarch
Metropolitan Agafangel, Archpriest Valeriy Alekseyev performed the service of
the founding of a new church in honor of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos
at the Monastery of St. John in the town of Yegorovka in the Odessa oblast of
Ukraine.
Met.
Agafangel was in the US on May 1 – 10, 2009, on an archpastoral visit. An account of the visit.
30\04\09
– The Odessa diocese of the ROCA filed a claim in court against the television
company ATV, which had broadcast a program on March 10, 2009, slandering our
Church. The company’s management refused to apologize for the broadcast.
29\04\09
– After representatives of the Vologodsky diocese of our Church filed a claim in
court against individuals of the MP, the members of this religious organization
began working in earnest. For example, a priest of the Vologodsky diocese of
the MP, Fr. Aleksey Mokievskiy, author of the article “Catacombs or schism?”,
threatened one of our parishioners that if she participates in this case, she
and her husband will lose their parental privileges and their children will be
taken away. The next day, after receiving threatening phone calls in the night,
a commission from the social division appeared to investigate their family. It
is well known that representatives of the MP are capable of the most underhanded
tactics in the pursuit of their goals.
During
bright Week, the Most Reverend Georgiy, Bishop of Bolgrad and
Belgorod-Dnestrovsk, visited parishes of the Bolgrad diocese: the Church of St.
Ignatius Brianchaninov in Chadyr-Lunga and the Church of the Protection of the
Mother of God in Kongaz. In Kongaz, B. Georgiy served Divine Liturgy along with
Archpriest Vasiliy Ikizli, Hieromonk Alesiy (Kaloev), and Hieromonk Duly (Patoska).
There was a great number of people in attendance. On the second day of Pascha
in Kongaz, there were 123 communicants during the Divine Liturgy and more than
200 celebrants. The Liturgy was followed by a meeting of the bishop and the
parishioners, at which B. Georgiy answered various questions on life in the
church and religious issues.
20\04\09
- On the second day of Pascha, Metropolitan Agafangel served Divine
Liturgy at the Church of St. Michael in Odessa, and then blessed the
chapel dedicated to St. Seraphim of Sarov on St. Michael's square.
Later, a recital of church music was held on the square and the
guests were treated to kulich and eggs.
19\04\09
- The Video section has
footage of the blessing of people's Pascha baskets at the Church of
St. Michael in Odessa at the end of the Divine Liturgy and in
the morning of the next day.
Paschal Epistle of His Eminence Agafangel,
Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the
Russian Church Outside of Russia. Paschal Epistle of the Most Reverend Sofroniy,
Archbishop of St. Petersburg and Northern Russia Abp Andronik's Paschal Epistle12\04\09 -Metropolitan
Agafangel's Palm Sunday sermon at the Church of St. Michael is available in
the Video section.
Metropolitan Agafangel will be visiting the US on May 2-10, 2009.
10\04\09 - Metropolitan Agafangel gave his
blessing to the community in Boston, MA, USA, to register their parish in
the name of Holy Hierarch Philaret, Metropolitan of Eastern America and New
York. Fr. Dimitriy Amelchenko is the rector of the parish. 04\04\09 - On April 3, 2009, after the Liturgy
of Pre-sanctified Gifts at the Convent of St. John, the servants of God
Marina, Irene, and Elena were blessed to become novices.
04\04\09 - A photo-report of the divine services at the Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Valley Cottage, NY (USA), of the clergy of the North American Administrative District during their Lenten Retreat. 03\04\09 - By ukase of Bishop Georgiy of Bolgrad and Belgorod-Dnestrovsk, Hieromonk Andrian (Zamlinsky) and Deacon Victor Ardilyan are forbidden to serve. A scheduled meeting of the ROCA Synod of Bishops is planned for May 20-22, 2009, in Voronezh (RF). It will be followed by a meeting of the Council of Eminences in Russia.
26\03\09 - The ROCA Assistance Fund asks everyone to consider its appeal and address form and invites all church members to play an active role in its efforts.
24-25\03\09
-
The
Lenten
retreat
of
the
clergy
of
the
St.
Petersburg
diocese
took
place
on
these
days
at
the
Theophany
monastery
at
Pskovshchina
(RF).
22\03\09 -
Church
members
representing
the
Vologodsk
diocese have
filed a
legal suit
in answer to
false
accusations
made by
representatives
of the MP
and the
local
newspaper, "New
Life."18\03\09 -
An excerpt from
Metropolitan
Agafangel's sermon
at the Church of St.
Michael in Odessa at
the conculsion of
the Liturgy of
Presanctified Gifts.17-18\03\09 -
A Lenten retreat and
diocesan meeting of
the clergy of the
Odessa diocese
occurred at the
rectory of the
Church of St.
Michael in Odessa.15\03\09
- Metropolitan
Agafangel's sermon
given at the Church
of St. Michael in
Odessa.
13\03\09 -The
revised homepage of
the ROCA North
American District
can be accessed athttp://www.rocor.us/main.htm
08\03\09 - A
fragment of
Metropolitan
Agafangel's
sermon on the
day of Triumph
of Orthodoxy.
04\03\09 -
Archpriest
Valeriy
Alekseev's
website is
available at
http://glagol.blox.ua/html.01\03\09 -
Deacon Dimitry
Amelchenko was
ordained a
priest by
Archbishop
Andronik at the
Church of the
Holy Trinity in
Astoria (New
York, USA). Fr.
Dimitry will be
the rector of
the Church of
the Holy Trinity
in the city of
Boston.01\03\09 -
Metropolitan
Agafangel
accepted Fr.
Georgiy Oleynik
into our
jurisdiction. Fr.
Georgiy came
over from the MP
and will be
serving in the
city of Kotovsk
in the Odessa
diocese of the
ROCA.22\02\09 -A free concert of
church music was
held on the veranda
of the rectory in
Odessa during
Meatfare week and
blini were offered
to the guests free
of charge.
2\02\09 -
The second issue of
the periodical "The
Russian Zoar" has
been released.21\02\09 -
The Most Reverend
Georgiy, Bishop of
Bolgrad and
Belgorod-Dnestrovsk,
tonsured Gennadiy
Lozhenko as a novice
and gave him the
name Fusicus, in
honor of the ancient
martyr Fusicus
Selevkiyskiy.The redesigned
website of the
Diocese of St.
Petersburg and
Northern Russia is
available at
http://www.vishegorod.ru/
The Diocese
archbishop, the Most
Reverend Archbishop
Sofroniy, has also
started a Live
Journal page at
http://www.vishegorod.livejournal.com/
A
Meeting of the
Administrative
Council of the ROCA
North American
Administrative
District took place
on February
1\January 19, 2009,
at the Church of St.
Sergius of Radonezh
in the village of
Valley Cottage, New
York, USA.
08\02\09
- The Most Reverend
Andronik, Archbishop of
Ottawa and North America,
served Vigil and Holy
Liturgy in the Church of
the Protection of the
Most Holy Theotokos in
Boston, USA.
The website of the Holy
Trinity Church in Astoria,
New York, has been
redesigned and can be
accessed at
http://www.astoriaholytrinity.org/
Fr.
Victor Dobroff - Of
the Undeniable
Canonicity of the
Corrective
Ordination of the
Catacomb Bishops of
the TOC through
Chirotesiya by ROCA
(Available
soon.)His Eminence Metropolitan
Agafangel was in Belarus
from January 30 to February
1, 2009, on a pastoral visit.
18\01\09 - Evgeniy Lvovich
Magerovsky passed away at 7 AM
on this day in New York. We ask
for your prayers for the dearly
departed.04\01\09 - Deacon Aleksiy
Merzlinin was ordained a priest
by Metropolitan Agafangel during
the Divine Liturgy in the Church
of Archangel Michael in Odessa.
Fr. Aleksiy will serve in the
Church of Archangel Michael in
Voronezh.Nativity
Epistle of His Eminence, the Most
Reverend Agafangel, Metropolitan of
Eastern America and New YorkNativity Epistle
of the Most Reverend Andronik,ROCA Archbishop of
Ottawa and North America
Nativity Epistle to all the ROCA
faithful in the Washington, D.C.
Diocese.
28\12\08
- The Most Reverend Andronik, Archbishop
of Ottawa and North America, served
Vigil and Holy Liturgy along with Deacon
Dimitry Amelchenko in the Church of the
Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos in
Boston, USA.
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