Elder Nazarius service: Vespers and Matins
In love for Blessed Nazarius, Abbot of Valaam Monastery, I wanted to try to include some small reference to him in our Sunday services this past Sunday, since it was his day, February 23rd. However, because this was one of the Sundays of the Triodion, the Sunday of Last Judgment, as we near Great Lent, […]
St. John Kochurov service: Vespers, Vigil, Matins, Liturgy
St. John Kochurov was a priest who service in the missionary diocese of America under St. Tikhon in the early 20th century. He was mainly in Chicago, and besides being responsible for the building of the Holy Trinity Cathedral there, he also was influential in helping start up several parishes in Illinois, including in Streator, […]
St. Tikhon visits Oklahoma
Visitation by His Grace Bishop Tikhon (Bellavin), Bishop of the Aleutians and North America to the Orthodox parish in Hartshorne, Indian Territory (Oklahoma) as related in the Russian Orthodox American Messenger, May 1904 Our Orthodox Visitor: On April 6 (19), Bright Tuesday, Hartshorne had the good fortune to receive His Grace, Vladyka Tikhon. Meeting the […]
Service for Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth
We will soon be commemorating the New-martyr Elizabeth, martyred by the Bolsheviks along with the Romanov royal family. This service to the Grand Duchess Elizabeth was obtained from with the website of St. Elizabeth Convent in Minsk, but some editing was needed. Changes were needed, not because of any inadequacies in the original text, but […]
The Monk Who Never Judged Anyone and Died Joyfully
Coming up on the Sunday of the Last Judgment, we might feel a stirring of some of those fears we have, deep down, of that Judgment Day. But there is a trick. We actually have a large amount of control over how we are judged. Christ says, Judge not, and you will not be judged. […]