On May 17, the 6th Sunday of Pascha, that of the Blind Man, His Grace Theodosius, Bishop of Manhattan, paid an archpastoral visit to St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Howell, NJ, where he officiated the All-Night Vigil on the evening of May 16 and celebrated Divine Liturgy on Sunday morning.

On Thursday, May 14 – the day when the Holy Church honors the Icon of the Mother of God "Unexpected Joy" – Bishop Theodosius of Manhattan paid an archpastoral visit to the eponymous church on Staten Island, NY, where he celebrated Divine Liturgy on the occasion of the parish’s patronal feast.

On May 10, the 5th Sunday of Pascha (that of the Samaritan Woman), a day on which the Holy Church also commemorates Venerable Stephen, Abbot of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Vladimir-Volhynsky, parish rector Archimandrite Stefan (Khilchuk) celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God in North Port, FL

On Wednesday, May 6, the feast of Mid-Pentecost and that of the Holy Great-Martyr & Trophy-bearer George, His Grace, Bishop Jerome (Shaw), paid an archpastoral visit to the eponymous church in Howell, NJ, where he celebrated Divine Liturgy on the occasion of the parish’s patronal feast day, as well as the 65th anniversary of its founding.

From Wednesday, April 29, through Tuesday, May 5, the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia met in the Convent of the Venerable New-Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth in Buchendorf, Germany, convening in connection with the celebration of the centenary of the Diocese of Germany.

The Diocese of Germany of ROCOR marked the centenary of its establishment with a solemn Divine Liturgy. On Friday, May 1, the divine service in Holy New Martyrs & Confessors of Russia Cathedral in Munich was officiated by His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad

On Wednesday, April 29, the eminent members of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Church Abroad, led by Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of ROCOR, prayed at Divine Liturgy, celebrated by Metropolitan Mark of Berlin & Germany at the Convent of the Holy Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth in Buchendorf, Bavaria.

On April 26, the 3rd Sunday of Pascha, dedicated to the Holy Myrrh-bearing Women, the parish of the same name in Brooklyn, NY prayerfully celebrated its patronal feast day. Celebrating Divine Liturgy was His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad

On April 26, the 3rd Sunday of Pascha, dedicated to the Holy Myrrh-bearing Women, with the blessing of Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York, His Eminence, Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen), paid an archpastoral visit to the eponymous church in Mount Crawford, VA, where he celebrated Divine Liturgy on the occasion of the parish’s patronal feast.

On April 26, the 3rd Sunday of Pascha, that of the Myrrh-bearing Women, His Grace, Bishop Jerome (Shaw), paid an archpastoral visit to Holy Virgin Protection Church in Nyack, NY, where he celebrated Divine Liturgy. The visit to the Nyack parish on this weekend has become an annual tradition for the retired diocesan vicar.

On Tuesday, April 21 – the day of commemoration of the departed, called Radonitsa, or the ‘Day of Rejoicing’ – His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, visited Holy Protection Church in Buena, NJ, where he celebrated Divine Liturgy.

On April 19, the 2nd Sunday of Pascha, dedicated to the Holy Apostle Thomas, His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, celebrated Divine Liturgy in St. Seraphim Cathedral of Holy Dormition Convent "Novo-Diveevo" in Nanuet, NY.

The Diocesan Media Office has published photo-reports of Holy Week & the Feast of feasts – the Lord’s Pascha in the parishes and monasteries of the Eastern American Diocese on the diocesan website. 

On Bright Saturday, April 18, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York paid an archpastoral visit to St. Vladimir Memorial Church in Jackson, NJ, where he celebrated the Paschal Divine Liturgy. At the entrance to the Memorial Church, dedicated to the Millennium of the Baptism of Rus’, the First Hierarch was greeted by deputy rector Archpriest Serge Ledkovsky.

On Bright Saturday, April 18, His Grace, Bishop Jerome (Shaw), celebrated the Paschal Divine Liturgy in Nativity of the Mother of God Church at the New Kursk Root Hermitage in Mahopac, NY. On this day, clergy and parishioners gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of His Grace’s ordination to the priesthood

On Bright Monday, April 13, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, and Bishop Theodosius of Manhattan paid an archpastoral visit to St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Howell, NJ, where they celebrated the Paschal Divine Liturgy.

On the night of Sunday, April 12, the clergy and parishioners of the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City celebrated the principal Christian feast – Christ’s Glorious Resurrection.

"I wish you all that is bright in these days," writes the Holy Hierarch Theophan the Recluse, "and, for their sake, in all the days to come. The Lord is always sweetness, and joy, and repose! Strive always to be with the Lord, and you will always celebrate the Radiant Pascha."

In all its richness and diversity, the human language knows no words more joyful and desired for the believing heart than this overwhelming testimony to the victory of life over death and good over evil.

On April 10, Great and Holy Friday – the day on which the Holy Church commemorates the holy, saving, and awesome sufferings and death of our Lord Jesus Christ –Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York officiated the divine services in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City

On Thursday, April 9, toward the conclusion of Passion Week, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York celebrated Divine Liturgy for Great and Holy Thursday (commemorating the Mystical Supper) in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City.

On Tuesday, April 7, the great feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, paid an archpastoral visit to Holy Annunciation Church in Flushing, NY, where he celebrated Divine Liturgy in honor of the parish’s patronal feast day.

On Tuesday, April 7 – the great feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos – His Grace Theodosius, Bishop of Manhattan, celebrated the festal Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City.

On Sunday, April 5 – the great feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday) – Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City, co-served by Bishop Theodosius of Manhattan. The evening prior, on April 4, he officiated the All-Night Vigil and the blessing of palms together with Bishop Theodosius.

On Saturday the 3rd and Sunday the 4th of April, the great feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday), His Grace, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Luke of Syracuse, officiated the festal divine services in Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY. Serving alongside His Grace were monastery and visiting clergy.

On Sunday, April 5 – the great feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday) – His Grace Michael, Bishop of Boston celebrated Divine Liturgy in St. Xenia Church in Methuen, MA. The evening prior, on April 4, he officiated the All-Night Vigil and the blessing of palms.

On Monday, March 30, Florida Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13) visited St. Andrew Stratelates Cathedral in St. Petersburg, FL.

On Saturday, April 4, the feast of the Raising of the Righteous Lazarus, four days dead, His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, and His Grace Theodosius, Bishop of Manhattan, paid an archpastoral visit to Holy Dormition Convent "Novo-Diveevo" in Nanuet, NY, and concelebrated Divine Liturgy.

On Friday evening, April 3, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York officiated the Sacrament of Holy Unction in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City.

On Thursday, April 2, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York paid an archpastoral visit to St. Michael Church in Wayne, NJ, where he performed the Sacrament of Holy Unction.

On Thursday, April 2, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York visited Holy Protection Church in Nyack, NY to officiate the funeral of Deacon Andrei Antchoutine (cleric of Holy Virgin Intercession Church in Glen Cove, NY), who reposed in the Lord suddenly on Monday, March 30.

On Tuesday evening, March 31, after the conclusion of Great Compline, His Grace Luke, Bishop of Syracuse, performed seven monastic tonsures at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY, including four into the Angelic (Lesser) Schema, and advancing three novices to the status of Rassophore Monk.

On the evening of Tuesday, March 31, at the Church of the Holy Great-Martyr and Healer Panteleimon in Hartford, CT, the Sacrament of Holy Unction was served by a gathering of priests from the Russian Church Abroad and the Orthodox Church in America.

On Monday, March 30, in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City, Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal & Canada and Bishop Jerome (Shaw) officiated the funeral service for Isaiah Trofimenko, a singer in the Hierarchal choir, who reposed on March 23.

On Saturday the 28th and Sunday the 29th of March, the 5th Sunday of Great Lent, dedicated to Venerable Mary of Egypt, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Luke of Syracuse paid an archpastoral visit to the eponymous church in Roswell (Atlanta), GA, where he officiated the divine services on the occasion of the parish’s patronal feast.

On Monday, March 30, Deacon Andrei Antchoutine (cleric of Holy Virgin Intercession Church in Glen Cove, NY), reposed suddenly. He was 32 years old.

On the evening of March 29, the 5th Sunday of Great Lent, dedicated to Venerable Mary of Egypt, the Sacrament of Holy Unction was served by a gathering of local priests in the Church of Our Lady "Unexpected Joy" in Staten Island, NY.

On March 29, the 5th Sunday of Great Lent, dedicated to Venerable Mary of Egypt, Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal & Canada celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City.

On Saturday, March 28, the Laudation of the Most Holy Theotokos, His Eminence, Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen), celebrated Divine Liturgy at the Monastery of St. Demetrios of Thessaloniki in Spotsylvania, VA.

On Saturday, March 28, the feast of the Laudation of the Most Holy Theotokos, His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, celebrated Divine Liturgy in Joy of All Who Sorrow Diocesan Cathedral in San Francisco, CA.

On Friday, March 27, the feast of Venerable Benedict of Nursia, the father of Western monasticism, Rassophore Monks David and Aaron made their life vows and were tonsured into the Lesser Schema by Abbot Gabriel (Hooten) in Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV.

On Friday, March 27 – the eve of the Laudation of the Most Holy Theotokos – Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York officiated the Rite of Nomination of Archimandrite Peter (Karakozoff) as Bishop of Seattle, vicar of the Western American Diocese, prior to Matins in Joy of All Who Sorrow Diocesan Cathedral in San Francisco, CA.

On Saturday, March 21, the Orthodox faithful in Washington, DC were honored to receive a distinguished guest: Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad. His Eminence brought with him the Protectress of the Russian Diaspora – the wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God.

On Sunday, March 22, the feast of the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste, the Sacrament of Holy Unction was performed in St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Howell, NJ.

On March 22, the 4th Sunday of Great Lent – usually dedicated to Venerable John Climacus, but this year falling on the feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste – His Grace, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Michael of Boston, paid his first archpastoral visit to Holy Epiphany Church in Roslindale (Boston), MA, where he celebrated Divine Liturgy.

On Friday, March 20, during the 4th Week of Great Lent – that of the Veneration of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, golden cupolas and crosses were installed atop the domes of the new church at Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV.

On Tuesday evening, March 17, during the Great Lenten Retreat for clergy of the northern deaneries, the Diocesan Council met for its first quarterly meeting of 2026. Part of the Council met in person in the media room of Holy Trinity Seminary in Jordanville, NY

On Wednesday, March 18, after the conclusion of the Northern Lenten Clergy Retreat, His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, paid an archpastoral visit to the Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God in the capital city of New York, Albany. This visit has become a yearly tradition for the parish as the Metropolitan serves the Mystery of Holy Unction for the faithful.

On Wednesday, March 18, the Great Lenten Retreat for clergy of the northern deaneries of the Eastern American Diocese concluded with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts in Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.

On Tuesday, March 17, the hierarchs, priests, and deacons of the Eastern American Diocese flocked to Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY for the start of the Northern Great Lenten Clergy Retreat.

In the evening on March 15, the Sunday of the Cross, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York performed the Sacrament of Holy Unction in Holy Myrrhbearers Church in Brooklyn, NY.

On March 15, the Sunday of the Cross, the all-Russian premiere of a new film about the Holy Hierarch John, Wonderworker of Shanghai & San Francisco, entitled "The Aroma of Holiness," took place at the Conciliar Chamber of St. Tikhon Orthodox University for the Humanities (PSTGU) in Moscow. Registration for the film closed a few days after the screening was announced, as all 500 seats were filled – a complete sellout – which testifies to the love and veneration of St. John in Russia.

On Monday evening, March 16, a presentation of the book Pastor. Teacher. Friend: St. John of Shanghai & San Francisco in the Recollections of His Contemporaries, published by the Sretensky Monastery’s publishing house, took place in the assembly hall of Sretensky Theological Academy in Moscow.

On March 15, the Sunday of the Cross, the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, His Beatitude Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America & Canada, celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City, concelebrated by Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad.

On March 15, the Sunday of  the Cross and the feast of the Appearance of the "Reigning" Icon of the Mother of God, a pilgrimage delegation of the Russian Church Abroad, led by Bishop Theodosius of Manhattan, vicar of the Eastern American Diocese, participated in the celebration of Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.

On Friday, March 13, clergy and faithful gathered in Holy Apostles Church in Beltsville, MD to bid farewell to its longtime rector – the newly departed Archpriest George Johnson.

On Thursday, March 12, clergy and parishioners of St. Mary of Egypt Church in Roswell, GA, together with other Orthodox Christians from the area, bearing signs, flags, icons, and gonfalons, gathered in downtown Atlanta to participate in the Georgia March for Life.

On Wednesday, March 11, the Great Lenten Retreat for clergy of the southern deaneries of the Eastern American Diocese concluded with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts in St. Mary of Egypt Church in Roswell (Atlanta), GA.

On the evening of Wednesday, March 11, the myrrh-streaming Hawaiian Iveron Icon of the Mother of God visited Holy Dormition Convent "Novo-Diveevo" in Nanuet, NY. The icon arrived at 6:00 PM, and already, a multitude of faithful were waiting to venerate the icon.

On Tuesday, March 10, clergy of the southern deaneries of the Eastern American Diocese gathered at St. Mary of Egypt Church in Roswell (Atlanta), GA for the start of the Southern Great Lenten Clergy Retreat.

On Monday, March 9, with the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas, the myrrh-streaming Hawaiian-Iveron Icon of the Mother of God visited the Hermitage of the Holy Protection in Buena, NJ. The visitation schedule was coordinated with the guardian of the holy icon, Priest Nectarios Yangson, and Protodeacon Dimitri Krenitsky.

On Saturday the 7th and Sunday the 8th of March – the Second Sunday of Great Lent, that of the Holy Hierarch Gregory Palamas – Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York paid an archpastoral visit to Holy Myrrhbearers Church in Mt. Crawford, VA, where he officiated the divine services.

With the blessing of Their Eminences, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York, and Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco & Western America, the myrrh-streaming Hawaiian Iveron Icon of the Mother of God is visiting churches along the East Coast

On Monday, March 9,  Archpriest George Johnson (rector of Holy Apostles Church in Beltsville, MD) reposed in the Lord. Additional biographical information will be posted as it is received.

On March 7-8, the Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas, His Grace Luke, Bishop of Syracuse, visited Sts. Theodore Church in Buffalo, NY. Traveling from Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, Bishop Luke came to lead the parish’s liturgical celebrations and spend time with the faithful of the community.

On Sunday, March 8, the high school students of Holy Epiphany Church in Roslindale (Boston), MA held a second bake sale at Roche Bros. Supermarket in West Roxbury, one mile from the church.

On March 8 – the second Sunday of Great Lent, dedicated to the Holy Hierarch Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica – Priest Nectarios Youngson, rector of the Church of the Montreal-Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, visited Our Lady "Unexpected Joy" Church in Staten Island, NY, accompanied by the myrrh-streaming Hawaiian-Iveron Icon. The icon is currently visiting churches along the East Coast.

With the blessing of Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York, from Friday the 6th through Sunday the 8th of March, His Eminence, Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen) paid an archpastoral visit to St. Martin of Tours Church in Montgomery, AL. Arriving on Friday evening, the hierarch was met and treated to dinner by the parish clergy.

During the first week of Great Lent, February 23-27, the full cycle of divine services was held in Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY. Leading the reading of the Great Penitential Canon of St. Andrew of Crete in the evenings, as well as celebrating the Divine Liturgies of the Presanctified Gifts, was Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Luke of Syracuse.

On March 1, the first Sunday of Great Lent, Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco & Western America celebrated the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great and the Rite of the Triumph of Orthodoxy in the Diocesan Cathedral of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" in San Francisco, CA.

With the beginning of Great Lent, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York officiated the divine services for the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy at the Synodal Cathedral in New York City.

With the beginning of Great Lent, Bishop Michael of Boston officiated the divine services for the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy in St. Xenia Church in Methuen, MA.

With the start of Great Lent, the divine services with the reading of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete were held in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City. On Monday, February 23, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York officiated Great Compline with the reading of the Great Canon.

On the evening of February 22, Cheesefare Sunday – the Sunday of Forgiveness and the commemoration of Adam’s expulsion from Paradise – His Grace Theodosius, Bishop of Manhattan, prayed during the evening service and presided over the Rite of Forgivenes

On February 22, Cheesefare Sunday, the commemoration of the expulsion of Adam from Paradise, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City.

On February 22, Cheesefare Sunday, the commemoration of the expulsion of Adam from Paradise, His Grace, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Michael of Boston, celebrated Divine Liturgy in St. Xenia Church in Methuen, MA, co-served by parish clergy.

On Monday, February 16, the feast of the Holy Equal-of-the-Apostles Nicholas, Archbishop of Japan, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America &New York celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City on the occasion of his namesday.

On Monday, February 16, the newly consecrated Bishop Michael of Boston, vicar of the Eastern American Diocese, celebrated his first Divine Liturgy as a hierarch in Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.

Online registration for the 2026 Lenten Retreat for clergy of the Eastern American Diocese has opened on the diocesan website. 

On February 15, Meatfare Sunday and the great feast of the Meeting of the Lord, His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, celebrated Divine Liturgy in the main cathedral of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.

On February 15, Meatfare Sunday and the great feast of the Meeting of the Lord, Bishop Theodosius of Manhattan, vicar of the Eastern American Diocese, celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City.

On Saturday, February 14, His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, officiated the Rite of Nomination of Archimandrite Michael (Crowley) as Bishop of Boston, vicar of the Eastern American Diocese, in Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.

Holy Trinity Cathedral at the eponymous monastery in Jordanville, NY has recently been witness to the consecration of two worthy archimandrites: on February 12, the feast of the Three Hierarchs, especially venerated at the monastery, Archimandrite Spyridon (Gusakov) was elevated to the episcopacy, and next Sunday, February 15, on the great feast of the Meeting of the Lord, Archimandrite Michael (Crowley) will be consecrated Bishop of Boston.

On Thursday, February 12 – the feast of the Synaxis of the Three Holy Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom – the eponymous church in Hollywood, FL marked its patronal feast day.

On Wednesday, February 11, His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, officiated the Rite of Nomination of Archimandrite Spyridon (Gusakov) as Bishop of Toronto, vicar of the Canadian Diocese, in Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.

On Saturday, February 7, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York arrived at Resurrection Cathedral, currently under construction in Deerfield Beach, FL, where he served a Moleben before the Beginning of Any Good Work.

On Saturday the 7th and Sunday the 8th of February – the Sunday of the Prodigal Son and the day when the Holy Church commemorates the Synaxis of the Holy New Martyrs & Confessors of the Russian Church, the clergy and parishioners of the eponymous church in Brooklyn, NY, celebrated their patronal feast.

On February 8, the Sunday of the Prodigal Son and that of the New Martyrs & Confessors of Russia, His Grace, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Luke of Syracuse, celebrated Divine Liturgy in Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.

On February 8, the Sunday of the Prodigal Son and that of the New Martyrs & Confessors of Russia, Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen) celebrated Divine Liturgy in St. Herman of Alaska Church in Stafford, VA, of which His Eminence is the rector.

On Friday, February 6, the eve of the feast of the Holy Hierarch Gregory the Theologian, Small Compline was served in Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY. Upon completion of the service, His Grace, monastery abbot Bishop Luke of Syracuse, performed the monastic tonsure of Archpriest Michael Crowley, Bishop-elect of Boston.

On Saturday, January 31, and Sunday, February 1 – the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee – Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, paid an archpastoral visit to the mission parish in Sosúa, Dominican Republic.

From Thursday, January 29, through Sunday, February 1, with the blessing of the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad – His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York – the wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God paid a visit to St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Howell, NJ

On Saturday the 24th and Sunday the 25th of January, Holy Epiphany Church in Roslindale (Boston), MA celebrated the 75th anniversary of the parish’s founding.

On Friday, January 23, Matushka Martha Kimball – wife of Deacon Joseph and mother of Deacon Christopher and Subdeacon Patrick Kimball of St. Alexander Nevsky Memorial Church in Richmond, ME – reposed in the Lord after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was 71 years old.

On the great feast of Theophany – the Baptism of the Lord – the solemn divine services were held in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City.

On Monday, January 19, the great feast of the Baptism of the Lord (Theophany), Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Theodosius of Manhattan celebrated Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great in Our Lady "Joy of All Who Sorrow" Diocesan Cathedral in San Francisco, CA.

On Sunday, January 18, the Eve of Theophany, His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City.

On Saturday, January 17, members of the ROCOR mission in the Dominican Republic participated in the grand opening of Innova Clínic, located in the largest resort center of Punta Cana.

On Wednesday the 14th and Thursday the 15th of January, His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, paid an archpastoral visit to Holy Dormition Convent "Novo-Diveevo" in Nanuet, NY, where he officiated the divine services on the occasion of the patronal feast of the convent’s main St. Seraphim Cathedral.

On January 11, the Sunday after Nativity, the parish school of Holy Virgin Protection Church in Nyack, NY held its annual Nativity Yolka. After the solemn greeting of Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York with bread and salt and an opening prayer, parish rector and school director Archpriest Elias Gorsky delivered a welcome address to all

On Wednesday, January 14, when the Holy Church celebrates the feast of the Circumcision of the Lord and the memorial of the Holy Hierarch Basil the Great, Archbishop of Cæsaræa in Cappadocia, Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal & Canada paid an archpastoral visit to the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Unexpected Joy" in Staten Island, NY, where he celebrated Divine Liturgy.

On January 11, the Sunday after Christ’s Nativity, that of the Holy Ancestors of God, His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City.

The Diocesan Media Office has published photo-reports of the Nativity of our Lord in parishes and monasteries of the Eastern American Diocese on the diocesan website. 

The clergy and parishioners of the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City celebrated the great feast of the Nativity of Christ. The solemn All-Night Vigil on Tuesday the 6th and Divine Liturgy on Wednesday the 7th of January were officiated by His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York.

I warmly greet you all with love on the great holidays of the Nativity of Christ, Theophany, and the New Year, sincerely wishing you inner peace, joy, and tranquility, renewal of all your strength, and God’s help! May the fruit you have gained from the past Advent, fasting, repentance, and this joyful celebration continue until the Great Fast

I sincerely greet you all on the radiant feast of the Nativity of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ, and I address you with the words of the ancient Christian hymn: "Christ is born, give ye glory! Christ cometh from heaven, meet ye Him! Christ is on earth, be ye exalted!" (Irmos of the first Ode of the Nativity Canon).

The Russian-language documentary series "Jordanville: Heart of Russian Orthodoxy in the USA" on Channel Spas introduces viewers to the life of Orthodox Christians in Jordanville, NY, and tells the story of Holy Trinity Monastery and Seminary, and St. Job of Pochaev Printshop.

On January 4, the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ, that of the Holy Fathers, His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City.

On January 3, the Saturday before the Nativity of Christ, His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, visited Holy Protection Church in Buena, NJ, where he led the reading of the Akathist to the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God in Slavonic and English.

The third season of restoration work has been completed at the historical Orthodox cemetery of the Holy Dormition Convent in Novo-Diveevo. This past season, work focused on the repair and restoration of crosses and tombstones damaged by weather and the passage of time.