Candidates for the bishopric cathedras
15-16/04/08 - The pastoral retreat of the clergy of the Central Russia Administrative District took place in Voronezh. 15/04/08 - The ROCA Fund for Assistance has been established and information on its mission and goals will be forthcoming soon. In the meanwhile, Bishop Agafangel has issued the following Ukase:
In accordance with the tradition of the Church Abroad to conduct a collection on Palm Sunday for the needs of the greater church, this Ukase directs all parishes under the control of the ROCA PSEA to continue this deed which benefits us all.
Checks should be made out to the ROCA Assistance Fund and should indicate if they are for a special cause or for the general distribution by the Fund directors. They should be sent to: ROCA Assistance Fund. PO Box 7119, Falls Church, VA 22040 USA. 03/04/08 - While riding a moped, Hieromonk Methodius crashed into a KAMAZ truck. He has a shattered kneecap, various gashes, severe bruising, and was operated on. We ask for your prayers. 27/03/08 - A Letter of Condolence from His Eminence Bishop Andronik on the passing of Metropolitan Lavr (ROCOR (MP)). 25-26/03/08 - The Odessa diocese clergy gathered in Odessa for fasting and communion and conducted a diocesan meeting.
25/03/08
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An account of a visit of Bishop Andronik and
Protodeacon Job to the monastery of the Greek Old Calendar Church in
the city of Etna (California, USA)
[North American Administrative District]
07/03/08
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The Church
of Holy Prince Vladimir in Canada has joined the North American
Adminsitrative Ditrict, along with the pastor Fr. Andrew Kencis.
04/03/08
- Fr. Victor Dobroff
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On the Orthodox Nature of the Teachings of
Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili on the Church and the
Wrongfulness of the Anathema by the ROAC Sobor
20/02/08
- The following is the contact information for the Most Reverend
Andronik, Bishop of Richmond Hill and New York:The Right Rev. Bishop Andronik - 119-02 94th Avenue, Richmond Hill, NY, USA, 11418.
Tel.: (347) 960 - 7110 Email: northamericandiocese@nyc.rr.com
[North American Administrative District] 17/02/08 - An appeal for donations for the renovation of the Administrative Center in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York, USA. [North American Administrative District] 15/02/08 - Fr. Victor Dobroff - On the Upcoming Elections of the Hierarch and the Supreme Adminsitration of the ROCA 15/02/08 - Minutes of the Meeting of the ROCA North American Administrative District. The Winter session of the St. Cyrill & Methodius correspondence theological seminary took place in the rectory of the St. Michael Cathedral in Odessa from January 28 to February 13, 2008. [Odessa Diocese] 11/02/08 - Fr. Victor Dobroff - The Canonical Status of the PSEA and the Completed Bishop Ordinations. 08/02/08 - Open Letter to Kn. Bagration [North American Administrative District] 07/02/08 - A new website, "Beam of Light," can be accessed at http://lightsbeam.narod.ru. It has sections for: News, History, Laws, and Articles, along with a forum and a guestbook. [Odessa Diocese]
03/02/08 - The editing of the Typikon for 2008 has been completed. Please send any corrections, requests, or suggestions to the contact listed on the St. Petersburg diocese website. The Typikon can be accessed in the Downloads section of the website. [St. Petersburg Diocese] 03/02/08 - In the Church of St. Michael in Odessa, Bishop Agafangel made Georgiy Vladimirovich Storozhetskiy a Reader during Holy Liturgy, then elevated him to Subdeacon and ordained him Deacon. Fr. Georgiy will serve in the Church of St. John of Shanghai in Dneprodzerzhinsk (the rector is Fr. Aleksandr Martinenko). [Odessa Diocese]
A letter from Princess Irina Sergeyevna Bagration Moukhranskaya to Bishop Gabriel of Manhattan.
02/02/08 - An Epistle from the Most Reverend Andronik, Bishop of Richmond Hill and New York to the God-loving flock of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad. January 26-27, 2008: the Most Reverend Sofroniy, Bishop of St. Petersburg and Northern Russia, visited the Derzhavnaya (Reigning) Mother of God Icon parish in the village of Zhabor in the Porkhovskiy region, Pskov oblast. At the Sunday liturgy, Reader Aleksey Badanov was made a sub-deacon, then ordained a deacon. [St. Petersburg Diocese] By the grace of God, on January 21, 2008, the Bogoyavlensky monastery in Vyshegorod received legal right to the main building (650 square meters in total) of the monastery. Through the efforts of the brothers, and with donations from others, the main building now contains a chapel, where regular services are held. They greatly need your help financially. See the Russian page for bank account and contact information.
The Church of St. John of Shanghai in Brooklyn, NY, USA, now has an Internet website: http://rusvera.com. The website includes many photographs showing various events at the parish. 05/01/08-23/12/07 - The Church of the Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles, Enlighteners of the Slavs, Sts. Cyril and Methodius, in St. Petersburg, joined our Church on the eve of the feast day of the Nativity of Christ. On January 5, 2008, the Most Reverend Sofroniy, Bishop of St. Petersburg and Northern Russia, elevated sub-deacon Aleksandr Smirnov to deacon. On the eve of the feast day of the Nativity of Christ, January 6, 2008, deacon Aleksandr Smirnov was ordained a priest during the Holy Liturgy. At that same Liturgy, sub-deacon John Danilov was elevated to deacon. Both clerics are assigned to the Church of the Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles, Enlighteners of the Slavs, Sts. Cyril and Methodius, in St. Petersburg. [St. Petersburg Diocese]
The official website of the North American Administrative District can now be accessed at http://russianorthodoxchurchoutsiderussia.org/ Articles - Orthodox Congregations in North America Nativity Epistle of the Most Reverend Sofroniy, Bishop of St. Petersburg and Northern Russia Nativity Epistle of the Most Reverend Andronik, Bishop of Richmond Hill and New York. The Nativity Epistle of The Most Reverend Agafangel, Bishop of Taurida and Odessa and ROCA PSEA Chairman. 02/01/08 - Protodeacon Vasiliy Yakimov from Australia has asked the PSEA to join the ROCA.
30/12/07 - Bishop Silvano of Luni, the Exarch of Italy for the Holy Synod of Resistance, concelebrated the Holy Liturgy with B. Agafangel in the Church of St. Michael in Odessa. Bishop Silvano visited Odessa accompanied by Protopresbyter Vitaliy, Archpriest Stefan, and Archdeacon Seraphim. After the liturgy, Bishop Silvano presented as a gift holy relics from Martyr Alexander, from the church in Pistoia, Italy.
News from the St. Petersburg diocese:
3/16/12/2007 - The Bogoyavlenskiy monastery in Naverezh: His Eminence Sofroniy, Bishop of St. Petersburg and Northern Russia, elevated subdeacon Zosima to deacon during the Holy Liturgy.
6/19/12/2007 - The Bogoyavlenskiy monastery in Naverezh: His Eminence Sofroniy, Bishop of St. Petersburg and Northern Russia, elevated hierodeacon Savvatiy to hieromonk during the Holy Liturgy.
10/23/12/2007 - Bishop Sofroniy, with the blessing of the PSEA, visited the parish of the Church of All Saints in Voronezh, Russia. Bishop Sofroniy elevated pastor Roman Kravts to archpriest during the Holy Liturgy.
17/20/12/2007 - The parish of the Protection of the Mother of God (150 people), located in Dudachkino (Volkhovskiy region, Leningrad oblast), was accepted to ROCA on behalf of the PSEA by His Eminence Sofroniy, Bishop of St. Petersburg and Northern Russia. The parish priest is Fr. Aleksandr Sukhov.
19/12/2007 - 01/01/2008 - Naverezh: Monk Cyprian (Medvedev) was accepted to the monastery with the blessing of His Eminence Sofroniy, Bishop of St. Petersburg and Northern Russia. 31/12/07 - The parish of Archangel Michael in the city of Voronezh, Russia, under the pastorship of Archpriest Oleg Mironov, has joined our church.[Central Russian Administrative District]
30/12/07 - The parish of St. John of Russia in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA, under the pastorship of Archpriest Spiridon Snyder, along with Fr. Christopher Johnson, Deacon John Somers, and their parishioners, has joined our church.[North American Administrative District] 25/12/07 - ROCA clergy and faithful met their ruling bishop, Bishop Andronik (Kotlaroff), at Kennedy Airport. They sang "ispolla eti despota" and presented him with a gift of a bishop's panagia. [North American Administrative District]
23/12/07 - The parish of the Nativity of the Mother of God, under the pastorship of Archpriest Nikolay Kovtach, located in the village of Krasilovka in the Novograd-Volynskiy region of the Zhitomir oblast in Ukraine has joined the Odessa diocese. [Odessa Diocese] The Holy Ascension Orthodox Church in Washington, D.C., USA has moved to a new location, with more room for the faithful, as well as for the parish school, and which will allow for a fuller parish life. The new address and directions can be found on the parish website: http://holyascension.info/ 18/12/07 - Hegumen Georgiy (Kravchenko), the pastor of the Church of Blessed St. Xenia of Petersburg in the city of Bolgrad, in the Odessa region of Ukraine, has created a website for his parish: http://igym-n.livejournal.com/ [Odessa Diocese]
16/12/07 - Bishop Agafangel served Holy Liturgy in the Church of the Protection of the Mother of God in the city of Malin, in the Zhitomir region of Ukraine [Odessa Diocese]
Bishop Agafangel, pastor Fr. Vasiliy Demchenko, and the Protection of the Mother of God church choir. 09.12.07 - Holy Liturgy was held in the Church of St. Michael in Odessa, officiated by 5 bishops: Bishop Agafangel of Taurida and Odessa, Bishop George of Alania, Bishop Ambrose of Methone, Bishop Andronik of Richmond and New York, and Bishop Sofroniy of St. Petersburg and Northern Russia. Hieromonk John (Shmelts) was elevated to Hegumen by Bishop Agafangel during the Liturgy.
A regularly scheduled meeting of the ROCA PSEA was
held in the rectory of the Church of St. Michael in Odessa from December
6 through 8, 2007
08.12.07 - Hegumen Sofroniy was ordained Bishop of St. Petersburg and
Northern Russia by Bishop Agafangel of Taurida and Odessa, Bishop George
of Alania, Bishop Ambrose of Methone, and Bishop Andronik in the Church
of St. Michael in Odessa. 07.12.07 - Archimandrite Andronik was ordained Bishop of Richmond and New York by Bishop Agafangel of Taurida and Odessa, Bishop George of Alania, and Bishop Ambrose of Methone in the Church of St. Michael in Odessa. Bishop Agafangel was in Greece from November 28 to December 3, 2007, staying at the Old Calendarist monastery of Holy Martyr Cyprian and Martyr Justinian. Bishop Agafangel participated in the work of the Synod at which the "Act of Essential Principles of the Joint Activity of the Greek and Russian Anti-Ecumenists" was signed. Bishop Agafangel also visited other monasteries in Greece. A communal service was held at the cathedral on Sunday, December 2, 2007, presided over by Bishop Cyprian of Oreoi, along with Bishop Agafangel and four other Greek bishops. 21/11/07 - The website of the Holy Ascension parish in Washington, D.C., USA, now includes a page of photo albums.http://www.holyascension.info/Photo_Albums.html [North American Administrative District] 10/11/07 - Bishop Agafangel has given his blessing for the formation of a new parish named in honor of the Holy Trinity in North Andover, Massachusetts. Fr. Aleksey Mikrikov has been assigned the pastor. [North American Administrative District] 05/11/07 - Bishop Agafangel has given his blessing for the formation of two new parishes: one named in honor of the "Pokrovskaya" Mother of God icon in Kherson, Russia (Fr. Valentin Bondar - parish priest); and the other named in honor of the "Semistrelnaya" Mother of God icon in Sudak, Russia, in the Crimea (Fr. Victor Radovsky - parish priest). [Odessa Diocese] 03/11/07 - Bishop Agafangel blessed the St. Dmitriy of Thessaloniki Church in Odessa and served the first Holy Liturgy in the church. (Odessa Diocese) 26/10/07 - A Meeting of the North American Administrative District took place. 27/10/07 - A Letter from Bishop Cyprian of Oreon (of the Holy Synod in Resistance in Greece) to Bishop Agafangel. 26/10/07 - Bishop Agafangel's comments on "Metropolitan Lavr's Response to Questions from the Editors of the "Vestnik" of the Odessa Theological Seminary". 14/10/07 - A parish conference was held in Moscow in the Church of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia under the chairmanship of the Administrator of the Central Russian District, Archpriest Valeriy Kravitz. At the conference, Reader Aleksandr Khitrov was elected Chairman of the Parish Council, Y.V. Kuznetsov was elected Parish Warden, and Reader Mikhail Malama was elected Parish Treasurer. [Central Russian Administrative District]
14/10/07 - Fr. Valeriy Leonichev (of the Moscow oblast) has joined our church from the RusOC. [Central Russian Administrative District] 08/10/07 - The official Internet site of the St. Petersburg Diocese is now active. (ROCA Diocese of St. Petersburg & Northern Russia) The second meeting of the ROCA PSCA will take place on December 6 and 7, 2007, in Odessa. Fr. Sergey Turchik, the rector of our parish in Italy, is currently in the hospital in serious condition. We ask that you pray for his recovery. 08/09/07. An Internet Journal for the ROCA PSCA debuted, moderated by Bishop Agafangel. 04/09/07. Hegumen Pakhomiy (Popazov), who currently serves two parishes in the RF, has joined our community. Hegumen Pakhomiy was the spiritual father of Fr. Dimitriy Kaplun, but stopped when Fr. Dimitriy left ROCA and joined the MP. 31/08/07 Bishop Agafangel. A Reply to the Chairman of the RTOC Synod Archbishop Tikhon. 30/08/07 A Letter to Bishop Agafangel from the Chairman of the RTOC Synod Archbishop Tikhon of Omsk and Siberia 30/08/07 The Home Page of the Holy Ascension parish in Washington, D.C., USA is now active [North American Administrative District] 29/08/07 Bishop Agafangel. A Reply to Archpriest Tarasiy Kravchenko, on his article, 'Yet Another Thought About True Unity in the Church' Bishop Agafangel. Epistle to all faithful members of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad. The Visit of the Administrator of the North American Administrative District, Archimandrite Andronik, to Jordanville [North American Administrative District] 08/19/07 - Fr. Vasiliy Zaburyanniy has joined the ranks of the clergy of the [ODESSA DIOCESE] 18/08/07 A Letter to the Administration of the Society of Revniteli of Met. Anthony (Khrapovistky) of Blessed Memory 17/08/07 - ROCA PSCA bank accounts opened 08/08/07 - Fr. Vyacheslav Zaburyanniy has joined the ranks of the clergy of the [ODESSA DIOCESE] A Letter from the Holy Synod of Chrysostomos II to Bishop Agafangel and the ROCOR faithful and Bishop Agafangel's response An account of Bishop Agafangel's visit to the USA 07/11/07 - The first meeting of the ROCOR PSCA took place in the Holy Trinity church in Astoria, NY, USA 07/10/07 - A conference of the ROCOR parish representatives took place in the Holy Trinity church in Astoria, NY, USA
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