On Sunday, March 17, the feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan celebrated Divine Liturgy and led the Rite of Orthodoxy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City
During the first week of Great Lent, March 11-16, the full cycle of divine services was held in Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.
On the first week of Great Lent, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan performed archpastoral visits to parishes of the Diocese, and led the lenten services there.
On Tuesday of the first week of Great Lent, March 12, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern American & New York paid an archpastoral visit to Holy Dormition Convent "Novo-Diveevo" in Nanuet, NY.
On Saturday, March 16, Great Lenten services were held at the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City.
March 16, the Saturday of the Holy Great-Martyr Theodore the Tyro, marks eleven years since the repose of the ever-memorable Metropolitan Laurus – the fifth First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad. In the parishes and monasteries of the Eastern American Diocese, the clergy and faithful prayed for the repose of his radiant soul.
The road to Holy Protection Skete, in Cossackdom’s Buena, NJ – is quiet and joyful. Sunrays gleam through the wild forest. A two-and-a-half-hour drive from New York City, about one and a half from Howell, NJ, where there is also a Cossack community and where in 1947 the World Cossack Association was founded...
On Saturday, March 9, the feast of the First & Second Findings of the Precious Head of St. John the Forerunner, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York led the Lesser Consecration and celebration of Divine Liturgy in the Stavropegial Metropolitan Metochion Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "The Inexhaustible Chalice" in Brighton Beach, NY.
On Monday of the first week, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York, read the Canon in the Synodal Cathedral. On Tuesday, it was read by diocesan vicar Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan who, as the icon’s guardian, traveled with it from New Zealand to New York.
On Cheesefare (Forgiveness) Sunday, March 10, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City...
Online registration for the 2019 Lenten Retreat for clergy of the Eastern American Diocese has opened on the diocesan website.
On February 17, the Sunday of the Prodigal Son the Parish School of Holy Epiphany Church in Roslindale (Boston), MA, dedicated to the memory of the Holy Royal-Martyr Tsarevich Alexis, organized a pilgrimage to Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY
The Rockaway Peninsula was purchased from the Mohicans by the Dutch in 1639. It is long, narrow spit, with one side facing the Atlantic Ocean, and the other separated by a long strait from the part of Long Island that is now Brooklyn.
An appeal to international human rights organizations to investigate the growing number of human rights violations against the clergy and faithful of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the headship of His Beatitude Onufry, Metropolitan of Kiev & All Ukraine, has been published by the clergy...
With the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, on February 5-11, Archpriest Peter Jackson (dean of the Spanish Missions Deanery) visited St. George’s, the capital city of Grenada.
On February 24, the Sunday of the Prodigal Son, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City, concelebrated by diocesan vicar Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan and cathedral clergy
On Sunday, February 17, a celebratory moleben was served after Divine Liturgy in St. Alexander Nevsky Diocesan Cathedral in Howell, NJ, in honor of the triple jubilee of Alexander M. Pewnew, ataman of the Kuban Cossack Voisko Abroad, and his spouse, Elizabeth G. Pewnew.
On Sunday, February 10, the feast day of the Synaxis of the Holy New Martyrs & Confessors of the Russian Church, His Eminence Luke, Metropolitan of Zaporozhye & Melitopol, celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City.
On Friday, February 15, the great feast of the Meeting of the Lord, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York paid an archpastoral visit to St. John the Forerunner Cathedral in Brooklyn, NY, where he celebrated the festal Divine Liturgy.
On Saturday, February 16, the feast day of the Holy Equal-of-the-Apostles Nicholas, Archbishop of Japan, the clergy and faithful congratulated Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan on his namesday in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City
On February 17, the Sunday of the Publican & the Pharisee, with the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal & Canada paid an archpastoral visit to Holy Virgin Intercession Church in Glen Cove, NY, where he celebrated Divine Liturgy.
On Tuesday, February 12, the feast of the Three Great Hierarchs – Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom – Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York celebrated Divine Liturgy and led the episcopal consecration of Archimandrite Luke (Murianka
On February 11, the Sunday of the New Martyrs & Confessors of Russia, with the blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York, Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye & Melitopol celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City.
On Thursday the 14th and Friday the 15th of February, the great feast of the Meeting of the Lord, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan visited Holy Presentation Church in Stratford, CT, and led the divine services for the parish’s patronal feast day.
On February 10, the Sunday of the Holy New Martyrs & Confessors of Russia, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan arrived in Norwich, CT to lead the divine services for the patronal feast day of the church of the same name.
On February 10, the Sunday of the Holy New Martyrs & Confessors of Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion paid an archpastoral visit to their eponymous church in Brooklyn, NY
With fear and trembling in my heart, with great turmoil I come to your summons, for if according to the words of the Holy Hierarch John Chrysostom, few priests will be saved, what can await me in the future life?
On Monday evening, February 11, the eve of the feast of the Three Great Hierarchs – Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom – Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York led the Rite of Nomination of Archimandrite Luke (Murianka)
The official website of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY, will live-stream the festive divine services during the nomination and consecration of Archimandrite Luke (Murianka) as Bishop of Syracuse; the schedule of services is also posted here.
On Sunday, February 3, the feast of Venerable Maximus the Confessor, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City.
The diocesan deans were received by His Beatitude in the working residence of the Primate, located on the territory of the Kiev Caves Lavra. Here, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Onufry, conversed with the clergymen of the Russian Church Abroad and their companions, discussing the current situation of the Church in the Ukrainian land...
On Friday, February 1, His Holiness Kyrill, Patriarch of Moscow & All Russia, presented ecclesiastical awards to an array of hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Throne Room of the Patriarchal Residence of Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow.
On Friday, February 1, the 10th anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Kyrill, Patriarch of Moscow & All Russia, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church was joined by the Primates and representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches, On Friday, February 1, the 10th anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Kyrill, Patriarch of Moscow & All Russia, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church was joined by the Primates and representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches...
On Saturday the 19th and Sunday the 20th of January, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan visited Holy Epiphany Church in Boston, MA...
The clergy and parishioners of the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City celebrated the great feast of the Theophany of the Lord.
On Friday, December 28, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church made the following decision regarding the election of Archimandrite Luke (Murianka) as Bishop of Syracuse:
On Wednesday, December 19, the feast of the Holy Hierarch & Wonderworker Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan paid an archpastoral visit to St. Nicholas Church in Stratford, CT, where he celebrated Divine Liturgy for the parish's patronal feast day.
On a snowy Monday morning, December 24, the annual St. Herman Youth Conference opened in Nativity of the Mother of God Church in Albany, NY.
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