| Sts. Peter and Paul parish, Salt Lake City building project Source: Sts. Peter and Paul Orthodox Christian Church The Sts. Peter and Paul Orthodox parish (Antiochian Archdiocese), is a shining light in the city of Salt Lake City, UT, with an ever-growing parish community, an active liturgical schedule, and a number of active ministries. The parish is currently facing the " beautiful problem " of outgrowing its present building and is currently in the midst of a fundraising campaign towards building a new complex that will continue to enable their growth and spread of the true Orthodox Christian faith. They have produced a wonderful video highlighting their strengths and needs. To donate visit their parish website . Sts. Peter and Paul Orthodox Christian Church 11 ноября 2016 г. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Комментарии Cathy White 12 ноября 2016, 21:00 I live in Salt Lake City. I went to Sts. Peter and Paul for 6 weeks as I was a Lutheran looking to convert to Orthodox Christianity. Yes, the church is crowded and the children run around--which makes it hard to pay attention to the service. It is not nearly as nice and organized as the video depicts. If you are interested in following Antiochian Orthodoxy exactly how Fr. Justin views it, then this is your church. If you want your individual needs met and your individual circumstances taken into account, then this is not your church. Interesting, that the video shows all of the homeless removed from the front lawn of the church where they are usually encamped. Yes, they do need a larger church. This is a Russian website so you should know that there is a Russian Orthodox church, St. George Russian Orthodox, in a nearby city, West Jordan. They greatly need your support, too, including financially. It is there that I was ultimately baptised into the Orthodox Church. Fr. Michael will address your individual needs and give you his time when you request it. The services are beautiful and the parents mind their children. It is a wonderful Orthodox community. Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Lugansk: sisters of St. Olga " s Convent praying at the church damaged by shelling/Православие.Ru Lugansk: sisters of St. Olga " s Convent praying at the church damaged by shelling Lugansk, October 17, 2014 On October 15, 2014, a solemn joint Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Church of Sts. Cyprian and Justina (the Lugansk psychoneurological dispensary) of the St. Olga’s Convent in Lugansk on its patronal feast day—it was the first of all the convent’s churches to suffer damage from the artillery shelling. Now it has no electricity and heating. The service was headed by the Rector, Archpriest Andrei Dubina, with the clergymen, Archpriest Alexei Borovikov, Archpriest Joseph Voitsekhovsky, Archpriest Oleg Mishin, Priest Dmitry Kuznetsov, Deacon Vadim Cherevan concelebrating, reports the holy convent’s website. By tradition after reading of the Gospel Archpriest Oleg Mishin read a brief life of Sts. Cyprian and Justina to the parishioners gathered there in large numbers. By the end of the Liturgy, Archpriest Andrei Dubina delivered a sermon of exhortation to all those present, paying a special attention on the fact that, according to the life of Sts. Cyprian and Justina, sorcerers and demons are powerless to do any harm to people who have sincere faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, who make the sign of the cross to protect themselves, and who lead a Christian, God-pleasing life according to the commandments of God. After the Liturgy, all the worshippers were invited to the festal, meal after which an Akathist to Sts. Cyprian and Justina was served with the blessing of waters. 20 октября 2014 г. Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также Tonsure performed at the Lugansk convent during artillery shelling Tonsure performed at the Lugansk convent during artillery shelling By the mercy of God, after the tonsure ceremony was over, the cannonade calmed down and did not disturb the silence in the city for the rest of the day and for the following night. Ukrainian artillery shells convent in Lugansk Ukrainian artillery shells convent in Lugansk On July 4, 2014, a little past 3 AM the Ukrainian army, coming very close to Lugansk, fired artillery against the regional clinical oncological dispensary of Lugansk, where the St. |
| Tweet Нравится Life of St. Innocent of Irkutsk, head of Chinese mission, to be published in Chinese Moscow, February 6, 2017 Photo: http://pravoslavie.fm/ On February 14, 1721, Hieromonk Innocent (Kulchitsky) was consecrated as Bishop of Pereslavl in preparation for his assignment as head of the Russian Church’s mission to Beijing and representative of the Russian government. He journeyed to Selingin on the Chinese border but was refused entry into China due to his ecclesiastical status. He spent three years in limbo and deprivation in Selingin until he was named as first bishop of the new Diocese of Irkutsk and Nerchinsk in 1727. Now the St. Innocent of Irkutsk Brotherhood and the Hong Kong parish of Sts. Peter and Paul hope to acquaint Chinese Orthodox Christians with the life and labors of this holy hierarch, reports. Pravoslavie.fm . “The Life of St. Innocent for China” aims to expand the base of Orthodox literature in the Chinese language and to facilitate the revival of the Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church to which the Russian Orthodox Church is currently dedicating much effort. The brotherhood and parish believe the life of this missionary who was originally sent to preach in China, but then moved to the largest Siberian diocese could strike a chord in the hearts of Chinese Orthodox Christians. A fundraising site has been established to finance the translation and distribution of St. Innocent’s life. The Hong Kong parish earlier published a prayer book and a Book of Hours in Chinese, which proved to be very popular. 6 февраля 2017 г. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также Two islands of the Kuril chain to be named after Sts. Innocent of Irkutsk and Nicholas of Japan Two islands of the Kuril chain to be named after Sts. Innocent of Irkutsk and Nicholas of Japan St. Innocent first stepped onto the land in August 1861, when his " Gaidamak " clipper on which he was sailing from Nikolayevsk to Kamchatka was cast ashore The Relics of St Innocent of Irkutsk Will be Brought to Australia on the Feast of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia The Relics of St Innocent of Irkutsk Will be Brought to Australia on the Feast of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York and His Eminence Metropolitan Vadim of Irkutsk and Angara, the relics of St Innocent of Irkutsk will be brought to SS Peter and Paul Cathedral in Sydney on February 5, 2012, the feast day of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia. Комментарии © 1999-2016 Православие.Ru При перепечатке ссылка на Православие.Ru обязательна Контактная информация Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Schismatics storm UOC church, breaking Royal Doors Moscow, May 17, 2017 Photo: church.ua On the evening of May 15, priests of the schismatic “Kiev Patriarchate” with about 20 supporters broke into Sts. Peter and Paul Church in the village of Kynakhivtsi in the Ternopil region, and began to celebrate a service, reports the Information Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The schismatics broke into the altar through the sacristy, and, breaking the Royal Gates, entered the church and began to pray. Parish rector Fr. Vitaly Gurev tried to stop the seizure of the church, but the “Kiev Patriarchate” supporters pushed the priest from the church porch and threw him down the stairs. The facts of the violation were recorded in a police statement. Having arrived at the scene, the police officers did not release the church from the schismatics, inasmuch as they appealed to the decision of the Ternopil regional administration chairman Stepan Barni about the re-registration of the Sts. Peter and Paul parish charter, forcing it under the jurisdiction of the “Kiev Patriarchate.” The faithful of Sts. Peter and Paul were earlier forced to spend the night in their parish in February, on the eve of Great Lent, to protect it from the radicals attempting to take it at that time. The faithful of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church are outraged at the explicit neglect of their rights to decide the fate of their own parish, since a decision was made by strangers a few months ago at the local village club. “Kiev Patriarchate” supporters are blocking the entrance to the church, not allowing the rightful owners—the parishioners and clergy—to enter. Right-wing radicals from the “Freedom” party captured another church the next day, reports the Union of Orthodox Journalists . At around 3:00 PM, right-wing forces, headed by the deputy of the regional council Viktor Burlik, captured Holy Dormition Church in the village of Zoryane in the Khmel " nyts " ka region. The “Freedom” representatives brought a priest of the “Kiev Patriarchate” who was given the keys to the church. The police were present at the seizure, having learned of it a half-hour beforehand, but did nothing to stop the attack. The radicals shouted threats and insults at the canonical priest and parishioners, although the situation never came to blows. The parishioners of the church intend to appeal to the police and to the courts about the illegal actions of the “Kiev Patriarchate” supporters. 17 мая 2017 г. скрыть способы оплаты скрыть способы оплаты Смотри также Комментарии Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Over 3,000 Lugansk residents receive humanitarian aid Moscow, February 22, 2015 On February 17, 2015, the second visit of staff workers of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Ministry to the Lugansk Diocese came to an end, reports Patriarchia.ru . 3,500 food hampers were purchased with Church funds and handed over to the needy. The total weight of the humanitarian aid was 16 tons. On February 15 delivery of food hampers was organized at the Church of Sts. Constantine and Helen in the Yubileiny village (a suburb of Lugansk). Before the beginning of the military operations Yubileiny had 12,000 residents but today there are only 4-5 thousand residents. Within one day workers of the Synodal Department together with the church rector, Priest Gennady Kravchuk, and the parishioners, delivered 650 food hampers to local residents. “As was the case with our first visit late in December 2014, we saw there very many people who were in need of basic things: food, means of hygiene, medicines… Many of them, not concealing their tears, thanked us for the aid which, according to them, they had received for the first time since the beginning of the conflict,” said Alexei Shashkov, a staff worker of the Synodal Department for Charity. He has also reported that a charity dining-room was arranged at the Church of Sts. Constantine and Helen where 350-400 people receive food daily. The Shakhtinsk Diocese’s Department for Social Ministry took part in purchase and delivery of the aid. The total sum of 3,500 food hampers was 1 347,500 rubles. Each hamper contained flour, rice, tinned fish and meat, pasta, vegetable oil, condensed milk, green peas and tea. The larger part of the hampers was handed over to 20 Lugansk churches: the food was distributed among 2,500 particularly needy parishioners according to a pre-arranged list. The Church representatives also visited families with gravely ill people as well as families with many children and rendered aid to them. “Some of them are living in terrible conditions. For example, a family of 17 people is cooped up in a two-room apartment,” A. Shashkov related. The Synodal Department for Charity and Social Ministry intends to continue delivering humanitarian aid to the Lugansk and Donetsk Dioceses. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill has also instructed churches throughout Russia to announce at services the collection of monetary donations for the people of Donbass and refugees from the region currently sheltered in Russia. 22 февраля 2015 г. Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| One finds a similar tendency when comparing the relics located in other Constantinopolitan shrines noted by the westerners with those noted by the Russians (and the lone Armenian who has left us a catalog from this period). Besides the passion relics, the western visitors mention only the “stone of anointment”, the column of the flagellation, two arms of John the Baptist, the body of Gregory Nazianzen, the tombs of Chrysostom and Constantine the Great, and the procession of the Hodegetria icon. Strangely, they pay no notice to the robe and girdle of the Virgin preserved at Blachernae for centuries (because these same relics were by then also reported in the West?) 1087 , the miraculous healing spring at Christ Φιλνθρωπος 1088 (were Westerners not given to accept contemporary marks of divine favor among the “schismatic” Byzantines?). Perhaps less surprisingly, there is no mention of major relics of saints much more popular in Eastern Christianity than in the Western church: the bodies of the early martyrs Sts. Spiridon and Polyeuctus 1089 , the body of St. Theodosia, martyr under iconoclasm 1090 , the relics of Sts. Florus, Laurus and James the Persian 1091 , the heads of the “holy unmercenaries” Cosmas and Damian 1092 , nor, interestingly, the column at which Peter wept after betraying Christ 1093 (a possible embarrassment to the successor of St. Peter in Rome?). The pattern, then, is not dissimilar to what one finds ca. 1200 with the smaller sample of visitor records. There are a number of Christian relics that are highly regarded by Christians from all over the world (mostly relics connected with personages of the Old and New Testaments, but also relics connected with well known figures of the early centuries of Christianity, such as John Chrysostom and Emperor Constantine). But there are sacred objects much more venerated not only in the Russian Church, but (so the Armenian Anonymus suggests) in the Eastern Church in general, particularly wonderworking images, sites of sacred apparitions known from Byzantine ecclesiastical writings, relics of early martyrs of Eastern Christianity and of figures connected with the struggle to preserve image veneration in the Byzantine world. Джордж Маджеска |
| St. Thaddeus of Tver, is inseparably linked to the Caucasus, was commemorated in the Pyatigorsk Diocese Maryinskaya, the Stavropol administrative territory (North Caucasus in the south of Russia), January 1, 2016 On the night of December 31, 2015, the 78th anniversary of the martyrdom of New Hieromartyr Thaddeus (Uspensky; 1872-1937), Archbishop of Tver, this saint was commemorated at the Church of the Holy Archangel Michael in the Maryinskaya stanitsa (Cossack village), reports Blagoslovenny Kavkaz . Before the service rector of the stanitsa’s church Archpriest Sergy Akimenko read out the Life of New Hieromartyr Thaddeus to the faithful. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Archpriest Sergy Akimenko, rector of the Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in the town of Novopavlovsk Archpriest Dionisy Nazarov, and rector of the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the Stavropavlovskaya stanitsa Priest Alexander Vologin. Cossacks from the Maryinskaya Stanitsa Association, Cossacks from the Stavropavlovskaya stanitsa along with parishioners of churches of the Novopavlovsk Deanery came to commemorate the memory of the saint whose name is inseparably linked to the blessed Caucasus. The service was celebrated before the icon of Hieromartyr Thaddeus of Tver, with a small portion of his holy relics, at the very same hour as the holy hierarch was cruelly murdered back in 1937. After the post-communion verse the speech of St. Thaddeus which the archpastor had delivered during the consecration of the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul in the Novopavlovskaya stanitsa in November 1916 was read. After the Divine Liturgy (at which many of the worshippers took Holy Communion) the clergy sang the glorification before the icon of St. Thaddeus. Then all the faithful and clergy were invited to the meal prepared by local Cossacks. After that, a sermon by the famous Moscow cleric Archpriest Andrei Tkachev, dedicated to the podvig of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church, was watched and discussed. The night Liturgies commemorating the martyrdom of Holy Hierarch Thaddeus of Tver were served at churches of the deanery already for the third time. On December 13, 2013, Archbishop Theophylact of Pyatigorsk and Cherkessk delivered the reliquary with a portion of relics of Hieromartyr Thaddeus to the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul in Novopavlovsk. Pravoslavie.ru 5 января 2016 г. Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| The Holy Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate passed resolutions concerning its foreign dioceses/Православие.Ru The Holy Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate passed resolutions concerning its foreign dioceses Moscow, March 23, 2011 St. Nicholas metochion, Bari, Italy The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate, in its meeting of March 22, 2011, after hearing the report by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on the dioceses and parishes beyond Russia " s borders, passed a number of resolutions concerning the diocese of Surouzh, and of Argentina and South America, as well as the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy and Ireland (minutes entry No. 32). The newly established parish of the Meeting of the Lord in Bradford, Great Britain has been added to the Surouzh Diocese of the Moscow Patriarchate. The newly established parish of St. Matrona of Moscow in Lima, Peru has been added to the diocese of Argentina and South America of the Moscow Patriarchate. The Synod also passed a number of resolutions concerning clergy in the Moscow Patriarchate parishes of Italy. The head of the Patriarch " s personal secretariat Hieromonk Antony (Sevriuk) was appointed to serve as a member of the clergy of the St. Nicholas stravropegic parish in Rome. Also in Italy: Archpriest Vladimir Kuchumov has been relieved of his duties as rector of the St. Nicholas metochion in Bari, and appointed rector of the St. Andrew Church in Naples, under Bishop Nestor of Korsun. Priest Andrei Boitsov has been relieved of his duties as rector of the St. Andrew Church in Naples, and appointed rector of the St. Nicholas metochion in Bari. In Ireland: Archpriest Mikhail Gololev, a clergyman of the Surouzh diocese, has been relieved of his duties as rector of the Sts. Peter and Paul stavropegic parish in Dublin. The retired priest of Kostroma diocese Mikhail Nasonov has been appointed rector of the Sts. Peter and Paul parish in Dublin. Press Service of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia 27 марта 2011 г. ... Предыдущий Следующий Комментарии Войдите через FaceBook ВКонтакте Яндекс Mail.Ru Google или введите свои данные: © 1999-2015 Православие.Ru При перепечатке ссылка на Православие.Ru обязательна Контактная информация Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Venerable Ioane of Shavta, Bishop of Gaenati, and Evlogi the Prophet and Fool-for-Christ (13th century) Memory 1 (14) April Sts. Ioane of Shavta and Evlogi the Prophet and Fool-for-Christ. Sts. Ioane of Shavta and Evlogi the Prophet and Fool-for-Christ. The great Georgian hymnographer, philosopher, and orator St. Ioane of Shavta labored in the 12th and 13th centuries, during the reign of the holy queen Tamar. Few details of his life have been preserved, but we know that he received his education at Gelati Academy, where he studied theology, ancient and Arabic history, philosophy, and literature. He was later tonsured a monk and labored at Vardzia Monastery. When the Georgian army under the command of Queen Tamar’s husband, Davit Soslan, entered into battle with the sultan Rukn al-Din, Queen Tamar journeyed to Odzrkhe Monastery to pray for help. Catholicos Tevdore of Kartli and many hierarchs and monastics accompanied her there. Among them, St. Ioane of Shavta stood out as a wise theologian and philosopher and a brilliant hymnographer. During the Liturgy at Odzrkhe Monastery a miracle occurred: endowed by God with the gift of prophecy, St. Evlogi the Fool for-Christ fell to his knees, lifted his hands to the heavens and cried out: “Glory to God! Almighty Christ!…Do not fear the Persians, but rather depart in peace, for the mercy of God has descended upon the house of Tamar!” Evlogi’s words were clearly a divine revelation. St. Ioane of Shavta turned to Queen Tamar, rejoicing, “Your Highness! The Almighty has made known to us our victory in the war from the lips of a fool-for-Christ!” Evlogi confided his secret to St. Ioane: disguised as a fool, he had been concealing his God-given gift. But now it seemed that the gift would become apparent to all, so Evlogi quickly disappeared out of sight to escape the people’s attention. St. Ioane of Shavta composed his “Hymns to the Theotokos of Vardzia” in thanksgiving for Georgia’s victory in the Battle of Basiani. He is also recognized as the composer of “Abdul-Messiah,” a famous ode to the holy queen Tamar. Our Holy Father Ioane of Shavta lived to an advanced age and was canonized soon after his repose. O most honorable Holy Hierarch Ioane of Shavta and divinely-robed Evlogi the Fool-for-Christ, pray to God for the peace and perfection of our bodies and souls, and enable us to glorify His loving-kindness! The Battle of Basiani (ca. 1203). Abdul-Messiah: servant of Christ. Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze For further information on the book THE LIVES OF THE GEORGIAN SAINTS by Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze contact St. Herman Press : St. Herman Press, P.O. Box 70, Platina, CA 96076 18 апреля 2007 г. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Смотри также Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Italy is home to Russian Orthodox Church’s fastest growing foreign diocese Moscow, February 10, 2017 Photo: Beth Dunham/Static1.squarespace.com The head of the administration for Moscow Patriarchate churches abroad Bishop Anthony of Bogorodsk stated in a recent interview with TASS that the Russian Orthodox Church has nearly 900 parishes in foreign countries, the greatest number of which are in Germany and Italy. While the number of parishes in Germany outnumbers those in Italy, “[t]he second largest eparchy abroad of the Russian Orthodox Church is located in Italy. There are nearly seventy parishes and their number is steadily growing,” according to Bp. Anthony, who formally served five years as a parish rector in Italy. “It is one of the most dynamically developing regions from the point of view of our presence in Western Europe... I am continuing to work with our Church affairs in the Apennine Mountains,” which run 750 miles along the length of Italy, the hierarch said. Meanwhile, His Grace noted that the Sts. Peter and Paul Russian podvoriye parish in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic “is one of the most remarkable Russian churches abroad.” Bishop Anthony spoke with TASS upon arriving in the Czech Republic to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the registration of the Russian parish, emphasizing the integral role of Russian priests serving in the Czech Republic in the nation’s Orthodox spirituality. “Our community here is constantly growing. There have been some momentous events, such as the building of the large, spacious, beautiful Russian Orthodox Church of St. Lyudmila at the Russian embassy in Prague. We also purchased a building for the needs of the Sts. Peter and Paul church and the needs of our spiritual-cultural center in Karlovy Vary,” Vladyka said. Bishop Anthony was recently appointed to his position as head of foreign parishes. Having noted the special importance of Russian churches in the Czech Republic, “one of my first visits in my new capacity was precisely to here,” he said. 10 февраля 2017 г. Рейтинг: 5.3 Голосов: 8 Оценка: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Смотри также Комментарии Foma 11 февраля 2017, 05:00 Fasting, Growing Foreign Diocese? Perhaps it should be " Fastest " but its a pious typo. Новые материалы Выбор читателей Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
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