ROCA Episcopate
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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 Epistle
12\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 at
http://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 York
Nativity 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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