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SUNDAY 1/14 AUGUST 2022 - THE FEAST OF THE ALL-MERCIFUL SAVIOUR AND THE MOTHER OF GOD.![]()
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IKOS: Having Thee, O All-merciful Saviour, as our firm foundation, and Thy most pure Mother as an indestructible wall and a calm haven, we shall never fear the uprisings of the enemy; for, being kept safe by Thine invisible providence and protection, we are able to overcome enemies both seen and unseen. Having Thy most pure Mother as our helper, we can escape from the artifices of the enemy as from nets, and we joyously hymn her who received the fullness of joy. Make haste, O Compassionate One, and hurry to help us, since Thou art merciful.
Dear brothers and sisters This Sunday, we will celebrate the feast of the All-Merciful Saviour and the Procession of the Life-Giving Cross, so although it is the beginning of the Dormition Fast, we start 'Post' with a feast on the very first day! For some of our parishioners, this will be their first Dormition Fast, as we prepare for the Feast of the Dormition and Assumption of the Mother of God with fourteen days without meat, fish, eggs and dairy food (though we eat fish on the feast of the Transfiguration)....![]()
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Dear brothers and sisters This Sunday, we will celebrate the feast of the All-Merciful Saviour and the Procession of the Life-Giving Cross, so although it is the beginning of the Dormition Fast, we st...
On July 29 (August 11 New Style), the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the Nativity of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, the Bishop of Myra in Lycia![]()
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During latter half of the third century AD, a devout Christian couple lived in Patara, an important port on the Mediterranean coast of Lycia in Asia Minor (now in modern Turkey). ![]()
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This couple, Theophanes and Nonna, deeply desired a child. As the years passed (and some say it was thirty long years), they prayed and wept, but still there was no child.![]()
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And so it was with great rejoicing and deep gratitude that a son, who they named Nicholas, was born. Theophanes and Nonna chose the name in honor of the child's priest-uncle, Nicholas, who came to bless the baby. ![]()
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This uncle was abbot of a monastery in nearby Xanthos. Nicholas was a familiar name among Christians, though not common, as a man named Nicholas was one of the first chosen to serve as a deacon in Jerusalem.![]()
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Nicholas was born to parents who were "devoted Christians, not so poor as to be scorned by others, but neither so rich as to be boastful; they had enough to support themselves and still give to the poor."![]()
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St Nicholas grew in an atmosphere that allowed him to flourish: mentally, physically, and spiritually.![]()
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In addition to the two main holidays dedicated to Saint Nicholas, celebrated on December 6 (the saint's blessed repose) and May 9 (the transfer of his holy relics to the city of Bari), there are other days when the Church remembers the God-pleaser Nicholas.![]()
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The Feast of his Nativity was not very widely known in modern Russia, but in 2004, with the blessing of Patriarch Alexis II of Moscow and All Russia, the celebration of the Nativity of Saint Nicholas was revived.Hierarch of Christ, Nicholas pray to God for us!
Relics of St. Joseph the Hesychast gifted to world’s first church named in his honor (+VIDEO)
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On July 22, 2020, the first parish church in the world dedicated to the great Athonite elder St. Joseph the Hesychast was consecrated in Tbilisi, Georgia.
400 Greek believers urge their Metropolitan not to serve with Dumenko
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The believers of the Orthodox Church of Greece wrote a letter to Metropolitan Stefanos with a request not to invite Epifaniy Dumenko and not to concelebrate with him.
Dear brothers and sisters, Apologies for posting later than intended, after a few busy days with parishioners in Wiltshire and Somerset, and a late arrival home. Our Cardiff parish has been blessed to have gained devoted parishioners in Wessex, initially due to their resistance to local attacks on Orthodox Eucharistic praxis, and their refusal to compromise the Holy Mysteries or doubt the healing efficacy of the Saviour’s Body and Blood. ...![]()
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Dear brothers and sisters, Apologies for posting later than intended, after a few busy days with parishioners in Wiltshire and Somerset, and a late arrival home. Our Cardiff parish has been blessed to...
Saint Bogolep: Child Schema-monk of Cherny Yar
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Venerable Schema-monk Bogolep, Wonderworker of Cherny Yar (Feast Day - July 29) The editors of RUSSIAN PILGRIM* have obtained a copy from ...
Those Who Were Glorified by Their Deaths. Hieromonk Nikon (Parimanchuk)
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Just as Christ trampled down death with His death, so the holy brothers, faithful to their cross, trampled through their passion-bearing upon the law of this world, in which enmity and strife, discord...
Whilst schismatics pandered to the 'World Council of Churches', the real Church celebrated the 425th anniversary of the translation of the wonderworking Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God. ![]()
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Most Holy Lady, Theotokos, save us, and protect the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.![]()
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425th anniversary of transfer of Pochaev Icon—Metropolitan Onuphry heads the celebration (+VIDEO)
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Thousands of people filled the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Holy Dormition-Pochaev Lavra last night and today for the celebration of the 425th anniversary of the wonderworking Pochaev Icon of the Mot...
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Those who pray before thy holy icon, O Lady, are vouchsafed healing and receive the knowledge of the true faith, and they repel the attacks of the Hagarenes. Therefore entreat remission of sins for us who fall down before thee. Enlighten our hearts to thoughts of piety, and raise a prayer to thy Son to save our soul
Over the past few weeks, parishioners have heard prayers for he repose of the soul of the newly departed handmaiden of God, Valentina, a greatly-valued and inspirational member of our ROCOR community in the UK. She was a source of peace and quiet encouragement, despite ill health and physical suffering in her later years. Father Seraphim and I valued her support for the Birmingham podvorie during hard and isolated times. I still smile remembering how she managed to cause a table-top fire at a Cossack stanitsa dinner, which we ignored with purposeful nonchalance. It was a great blessing to reconnect when I was appointed to the Cardiff parish. Memory Eternal!
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Dear brothers and sisters, it was a blessing for us to celebrate the feast of the Holy Equal to the Apostles, Mary Magdalene in Father Luke's garden chapel this evening, and I encourage you to mark the feast by offering the Holy Myrrh-Bearer the AKATHIST written in her honour:![]()
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Saint Anna of Kashin (1280 – 2 October 1368) was a Russian princess from the Rurik Dynasty, who was canonized in 1650.![]()
Anna was a daughter of Prince Dmitry Borisovich of Rostov and a great-granddaughter of Prince Vasily of Rostov. From her earliest years, Anna was brought up strictly Christian. She was taught the virtues of humility and obedience. Her teacher was Saint Ignatius, Bishop of Rostov (died 1288), who was noted for strict selflessness and pacifism. Like all royal daughters of her time, Anna learned different kinds of needlework. When the princess grew up, Princess Xenia of Tver, second wife of Grand Prince Yaroslav of Tver sent ambassadors to Rostov with a request to marry Anna to her son Mikhail. The embassy was successful, and Anna became the wife of Prince Mikhail.![]()
Princess Anna's marriage to Prince Mikhail took place on 8 November 1294 in the Preobrazhensky cathedral of Tver. In celebration of this event, dwellers in the city of Kashin built the Saint Michael Church and the triumphal gates from the local Kremlin to the Tver road, naming the gates also "Mikhaylovsky." In the Kashin Uspensky cathedral a special Feast was established and celebrated annually on 8 November.![]()
Anna and Mikhail had five children:![]()
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In 1294, her father died, and in 1295 a terrible fire destroyed Tver. Soon after that, Anna and Mikhail's first-born daughter, Feodora, fell severely ill and died in infancy. In 1296, another fire destroyed their palace, and the prince and princess were barely rescued. In 1317, a war began between her husband and Prince Yury of Moscow.![]()
In 1318 the princess said goodbye to her husband forever, who was summoned to the Horde, where he was brutally tortured to death on 22 November 1318. Only in July of the following year did Anna hear about her husband's martyrdom. Learning that Mikhail's remains had been brought to Moscow, she sent an embassy there, and her husband's body was transferred into Tver and buried in Preobrazhensky cathedral.![]()
In 1325, her eldest son, Dimitry, was tortured in the Horde. In 1327, her second son, Alexander, broke the Tartar army, which devastated the duchy. In revenge Uzbeg Khan gathered a new army and destroyed Tver; Prince Alexander was forced to hide in Pskov. For ten years, Anna did not see her son, and in 1339 Prince Alexander and his son Feodor were killed by the Horde.![]()
After the death of Prince Mikhail, Anna carried out an old desire "in silence to work only for God." She took vows in Sofia's monastery in Tver and adopted the name Evfrosiniya. In 1365 the youngest son of the princess, Vasiliy, her only child remaining alive by that time, entreated his mother to move to his principality. The Uspensky monastery was built in Kashin, and there the saint accepted the schema with the name of Anna.![]()
She died of old age on 2 October 1368, and was buried in the cathedral temple of the Blessed Virgin.![]()
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The Holy Right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin, a daughter of the Rostov prince Demetrius Borisovich, in 1294 became the wife of the holy Great Prince Michael Yaroslavich of Tver, who was murdered by the Mongol-Tatars of the Horde in 1318, (November 22). After the death of her husband, Anna withdrew into Tver’s Sophia monastery and accepted tonsure with the name Euphrosyne. Later, she transferred to the Kashin Dormition monastery, and became a schemanun with the name Anna. She fell asleep in the Lord on October 2, 1338.![]()
Saint Anna’s sons also imitated their father’s steadfast confession of faith in Christ. Demetrius Mikhailovich (“Dread Eyes”) was murdered at the Horde on September 15, 1325; and later, Alexander Mikhailovich, Prince of Tver, was murdered together with his son Theodore on October 29, 1339.![]()
Miracles at Saint Anna’s grave began in 1611, during the siege of Kashin by Polish and Lithuanian forces. There was also a great fire in the city which died down without doing much damage. The saint, dressed in the monastic schema, appeared to Gerasimus, a gravely ill warden of the Dormition cathedral. She promised that he would recover, but complained, “People show no respect for my tomb. They ignore it and my memory! Do you not know that I am supplicating the Lord and His Mother to deliver the city from the foe, and that you be spared many hardships and evils?” She ordered him to tell the clergy to look after her tomb, and to light a candle there before the icon of Christ Not-Made-By-Hands.![]()
At the Council of 1649 it was decided to uncover her relics for general veneration and to glorify the holy Princess Anna as a saint. However, in 1677, Patriarch Joachim proposed to the Moscow Council that her veneration throughout Russia should be discontinued because of the Old Ritualists, who made use of the name of Saint Anna of Kashin. According to ancient custom, when she was buried her right hand had been positioned to make the Sign of the Cross with two fingers. So Saint Anna was removed from the list of saints! However, the memory of Saint Anna, who had received a crown of glory from Christ, could not be erased by decree. People continued to love and venerate her, and many miracles took place at her tomb.![]()
On June 12, 1909 her second glorification took place, and her universally observed feast day was established. Her Life describes her as a model of spiritual beauty and chastity, and an example to future generations.Holy Right Believing Princess Anna pray to God for us!
Newly-canonized child martyr celebrated in Bosnia (+VIDEO)
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Slobodan Stojanović was 11 years old when he was brutally murdered by an Albanian woman 30 years ago. His death has become a symbol of the suffering children of the war in Bosnia.
"God smiles on us!" (Fr. Teofil Paraian)
"God smiles on us!" (Fr. Teofil Paraian)
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Fr. Teofil Paraian of Sambata Monastery talks about how God smiles to us and what it means to live in the joy of our Orthodox faith.Fr. Teofil was blind from...
Canon I, in Tone II: Ode I, Irmos: Let us chant a hymn of victory unto the Lord, * Who of old guided the people in the midst of the sea, * and drowned Pharaoh and all his army therein, * for He hath been glorified. Holy and glorious Prophet, Elias, pray to God for us. Desiring to behold the fiery power of the miracles of Elias, his fiery and honoured tongue and strength of spirit, we have assembled as is meet....![]()
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Canons to the Holy and Glorious Prophet Elias - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Canon I, in Tone II: Ode I, Irmos: Let us chant a hymn of victory unto the Lord, * Who of old guided the people in the midst of the sea, * and drowned Pharaoh and all his army therein, * for He hath b...
Commemorated on July 20 / August 2 The Holy Prophet Elijah (Elias) is one of the greatest of the prophets and the first dedicated to virginity in the Old Testament. He was born in Tishba of Gilead into the Levite tribe 900 years before the Incarnation of the Word of God. Saint Epiphanius of Cyprus gives the following account about the birth of the Prophet Elijah: “When Elijah was born, his father Sobach saw in a vision angels of God around him....![]()
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The Holy and Glorious Prophet Elijah - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Commemorated on July 20 / August 2 The Holy Prophet Elijah (Elias) is one of the greatest of the prophets and the first dedicated to virginity in the Old Testament. He was born in Tishba of Gilead int...
Dear brothers and sisters - I know that many members of our community regularly supplement their prayers with canons and akathist hymns, and share texts with one another. Some of us first discovered the following akathist through Father Deacon Andrew's SGOIS book service, and I would encourage you to buy a printed copy to have at hand, as this akathist is a great spiritual help when life is challenging and we are beset by troubles and temptations....![]()
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AKATHIST HYMN TO ALMIGHTY GOD IN TIME OF TROUBLE - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters – I know that many members of our community regularly supplement their prayers with canons and akathist hymns, and share texts with one another. Some of us first discovered...
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It was the same during his earthly life. Cities were being destroyed, kingdoms were being established, Napoleon advanced upon Russia with twelve nations and then left in disgrace, Moscow burned and wa...
31/07/2022 - Homily - Baptism of Rus/Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 1st six Councils
Patron of the Phanar: We were deceived in Archbishop Elpidophoros
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A Greek-American businessman said that Archbishop Elpidophoros is mired in deceit and lies, also misleading Patriarch Bartholomew.
Канон преподобному Серафиму Саровскому: Канон преподобному Серафиму Саровскому (2‑й): Canon I to the Venerable Seraphim, in Tone VI: Ode I, Irmos: When Israel walked on foot in the sea as on dry land, * on seeing their pursuer Pharaoh drowned, * they cried: * Let us sing to God * a song of victory. Venerable Father, Seraphim, pray to God for us....![]()
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Canons to Our Venerable Father, Seraphim of Sarov. - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, Having celebrated the memory of the Holy Great Princess, Olga last Sunday, and St Vladimir's Day with a lovely Liturgy in Walsingham, on Thursday, it was a joy to celebrate the Baptism of Rus’ today, when we could be together as a community. Thanks to all who made today’s well-attended Liturgy such a joyful occasion, continuing into such a lovely lunch celebrating not only the feast, but also Margarita’s nameday, yesterday....![]()
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Celebrating the Church's Feasts - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, Having celebrated the memory of the Holy Great Princess, Olga last Sunday, and St Vladimir’s Day with a lovely Liturgy in Walsingham, on Thursday, it was a joy to celebrat...
Venerable John the Long-Suffering of the Kiev Near Caves
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The saint prostrated himself and said: “Lord! Why did You leave me for so long in torment?” “I tried you according to the power of your endurance,” was the answer. “I brought upon you tempta...
As we celebrate the feast of the Holy Great-Martyr, Margarita of Antioch (Marina), we send our greetings to our Margaritas in Cheltenham and Warminster, wishing them both a happy nameday and praying that God will grant them many, blessed years! Многая и благая лтѣа! The Holy Great Martyr Marina was born in Asia Minor, in the city of Antioch of Pisidia (southern Asia Minor), into the family of a pagan priest....![]()
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Celebrating St Margarita: Nameday Greetings - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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As we celebrate the feast of the Holy Great-Martyr, Margarita of Antioch (Marina), we send our greetings to our Margaritas in Cheltenham and Warminster, wishing them both a happy nameday and praying t...
OLD RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHANTS
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"Znamenny Chant" is a series from the documentary series "Angelic Chants" This film unravels the story of the ancient Russian church tradition of singing acc...
Though I have never seen photographs, some of the elders within our diocese recall the apse that was started in Walsingham, remaining incomplete - never to be part of an Orthodox Chapel that was conceived and planned to adjoin the south aisle of the Anglican shrine church, in the garden of St Augustine’s, where the confessional rooms now stand. The ground had been blessed by Metropolitan Seraphim of the Russian Church in Exile (as our ROCOR was then called), though I am still searching in ‘Our Lady’s Mirror’ from the 1930’s to find when....![]()
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The Orthodox Chapel That Could Have Been - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Though I have never seen photographs, some of the elders within our diocese recall the apse that was started in Walsingham, remaining incomplete – never to be part of an Orthodox Chapel that was con...
After pilgrimage in Walsingham, it is always strange and a little sad to return home and wake in very different surroundings - for me at least!![]()
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In addition to the maximalism of the shrine-church, the carillon, bells, processions, the flow of pilgrims, the sound of liturgical music, the Stations of the Cross in the gardens, and almost non-stop pilgrim activities make Walsingham a unique and compelling place.![]()
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To be able to visit the Chapel of the Life-Giving Spring, the Holy House, or the little church of St Seraphim, and to be enveloped in the intense peace of the shrine church is a great contrast to our everyday environments, and reminds us to recognise that Walsingham in NOT everyday life, but a God given spiritual-oasis to give us the strength to go home and face life with its pressures, trials and difficulties.![]()
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God gives us such places to be a channel of grace, to sanctify and sustain us. ![]()
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It is the lot of some people to be in these places to serve and minister (and we often forget that such diakonia is often difficult and tiring), but the lot of most of us is to be pilgrims, returning to our homes and communities with the blessings that God, the Mother of God and the saints have bestowed upon us. ![]()
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Grant this, O Lord!
Due to family illness, this Saturday’s Chippenham baptism has been postponed, and will be celebrated at a later date.
Dear brothers and sisters, In the ‘pilgrim language’ of Walsingham, I have just made my ‘last visit of the day to the Holy House, which is at the centre of prayer and devotion in the Anglican Shrine, in which the Orthodox have maintained a chapel and spiritual presence since 1941 (having being involved in Walsingham pilgrim life since 1931), with the chapel being consecrated on Troitsa 1944…...![]()
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Visiting the Holy House of Walsingham - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, In the ‘pilgrim language’ of Walsingham, I have just made my ‘last visit of the day to the Holy House, which is at the centre of prayer and devotion in the Anglican Sh...
PHOTOGALLERY: St Elisabeth the Grand-Duchess is Honoured in Wallasey, England. | ROCOR Europe
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A special spirit of joy marked out the weekend's Divine Services, felt especially deeply in the diverse community of believers that makes up the ever-growing St Elisabeth Parish.
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The European Bishops' Conference of the ROCOR was established by a decision of the Holy Synod last year. | Европейское Архиерейское Совещание РПЦЗ было учре...
Near the entrance of the shrine church in Walsingham, at the rear of the Holy House, between the chapel of the Annunciation and the holy well, a feretory houses a portion of the relics of St Vincent of Saragossa.![]()
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From his childhood, St Vincent was the disciple of a wise pastor Valerian, the bishop of the city of Augustopolis (now Saragossa, Spain). When he reached mature age, the virtuous, educated and eloquent Vincent was ordained deacon by Bishop Valerian. Since the bishop himself was not adept in speech, he gave a blessing to his deacon, an eloquent orator, to preach in church and among the people.![]()
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Diocletian (284-305) sent the governor Dacian to the city of Valencia, Spain with full authority to find and execute Christians. People denounced the wise bishop and his deacon to the governor, who arrested them. The soldiers, mounted on horses, dragged the Elder and his disciple behind them in chains from Augustopolis to Valencia, and there they cast them into prison beaten and tortured, giving them neither food nor water.![]()
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They subjected the bishop to the first interrogation. The Elder spoke quietly, but seemed tongue-tied and uncertain. Then Saint Vincent came forward and made the most eloquent speech of his life before the judges and assembled people. After he sent the bishop back to prison, the persecutor gave orders to torture the holy deacon.![]()
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The martyr underwent many torments: while nailed to a cross, he was whipped and burned with red-hot rods. When he was removed from the cross, he then himself joyfully climbed back upon it, saying that the executioners were lazy and had not fulfilled their master’s orders. They became angry and tortured him again, until they were all exhausted.![]()
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After the tortures they threw the martyr back into prison. That night the astonished guard heard him singing Psalms, and saw an unearthly radiant light in the prison. The next morning the holy martyr was condemned to be burned on a gridiron. Christians took the saint’s body and buried it with reverence. This occurred in the year 304.
It is always a very great joy to be in Walsingham, though summer pilgrimage lacks the serenity of visits during the autumn, winter and spring. However, being in the shrine during one of the South Wales Anglican pilgrimages is a pleasure, with familiar faces and the warmth, joy and enthusiasm that Welsh pilgrims always bring - and profound devotion to the Mother of God. ![]()
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Today was blessed with a very peaceful hour or so whilst our compatriots enjoyed lunch, allowing time in which to pray an akathist hymn and the Jesus Prayer in the Holy House and around the shrine church without distraction.![]()
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The evening was very different, as evening prayers were offered with a background of hymns rising to the little upstairs Orthodox Chapel from the crowded church below. The Akathist in Honour of the Walsingham Icon of the Mother of God was offered for the intention of our parishioners, who were commemorated in the course of evening prayers.
Remains of Archbishop Theophan of Poltava, confessor of Royal Martyrs, return to Russia for reburial
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Since his repose in 1940, the remains of His Eminence Archbishop Theophan of Poltava, known as the New Recluse, have lain in the municipal cemetery of the small settlement of Lemaire in the French Loi...
24/07/2022 - Homily - Sunday of the Holy Equal to the Apostles St Olga
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Clergy From the Cardiff Parish Serve the Divine Liturgy at the Urdd Gobaith Cymru Residential Centre in Wales, Which Houses over 200 Displaced Ukrainian Refugees.
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On the feast of St Anthony, the founder of the Kiev Caves Monastery, the clergy of the Cardiff parish of the Kazan icon of the Most Holy Theotokos travelled to West Wales for a pastoral visit to Ukrai...
Dear brothers and sisters, As the next week will be such a busy and itinerant one, I am writing my weekly message now, not so many hours before our Sunday Liturgy. Today, the feast of St Anthony, the founder of the Kiev Caves Monastery, saw Deacon Mark and I travel to West Wales for our first pastoral visit to Ukrainian refugees accommodated in the Urdd residential youth centre at Llangrannog, on the Cardigan Coast. ...![]()
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Looking Ahead - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, As the next week will be such a busy and itinerant one, I am writing my weekly message now, not so many hours before our Sunday Liturgy. Today, the feast of St Anthony, the ...
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Dear brothers and sisters, Greetings, as we celebrate the Appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in 1579, when, after the devastating fire which destroyed much of the city, the Most Holy Mother of God revealed the location of her wondrous icon in the ashes of a ruined house. We should rejoice in the fact that the All-Merciful Lord chose ...![]()
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Dear brothers and sisters, Greetings, as we celebrate the Appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in 1579, when, after the devastating fire which destroyed much of the city, the Most H...
Holy New Martyr, Venerable Mother Maria of Gatchina, pray to God for us!
Venerable Martyr Maria of Gatchina (+ 1932)
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By I. M. Andreyev In the town of Gatchina, some thirty miles from Petrograd, there lived before the revolution the nun Maria, in the world L...
17/07/2022 - Short video of Axion Estin (it is Truly Meet) from our Liturgy commemorating the Royal Martyrs
17/07/2022 - Short video of the beatitudes from our Liturgy commemorating the Royal Martyrs
Greek Synod sends protest letter to Abp. Elpidophoros about “gay baptism”
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The Permanent Holy Synod of the Church of Greece decided today to send a letter of protest to Archbishop Elpidophoros of Constantinople’s Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America regarding the Baptism ...
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The second Altar Feast of the London Cathedral was celebrated with solemnity by the Diocesan Bishop. | Второй престольнй праздник Лондонского собора торже...
Sermon by Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky) on the Royal Family
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At one time, even fairly recently, the date July 17 in the so-called “new style,” was marked as a day of sorrow, because on this day the Russian people and the Russian diaspora remembered the grea...
O holy martyred Tsar and passion-bearer Nicholas, the Lord chose thee as His anointed to be the preserver of the Orthodox realm and to judge thy people with mercy and justice. And with the fear of God thou didst accomplish royal ministry and show care for souls. And testing thee, like gold in a crucible, the Lord permitted bitter tribulations to assail thee, like Job the much-suffering, and afterwards He sent upon thee the deprivation of thy royal throne and a martyr’s death. And all these didst thou meekly endure, as a true servant of Christ, and thou dost now delight in the glory which is on high at the throne of the King of all, together with the holy martyrs: the holy Tsaritsa Alexandra, the holy youth the Tsarevich Alexis, the holy Tsarevnas Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia, and thy faithful servants, as well as the holy martyred Princess Elizabeth and all the royal martyrs and the holy martyr Barbara. But as thou hast great boldness before Christ the King, for Whose sake ye all suffered, pray with them, that the Lord forgive the sins of the people which did not hinder the murder of thee, the Tsar and anointed of God, that the Lord deliver the suffering land of Russia from the cruel godless ones who have been permitted to torment us for our sins and falling away from God, and that He restore the throne of Orthodox kings and grant us remission of sins, and instruct us in all the virtues, that we may acquire meekness, humility and love, which these holy martyrs showed forth, that we may be accounted worthy of the heavenly Kingdom, where with thee and all the holy new martyrs and confessors of Russia, we may glorify the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Rublev’s Trinity icon returns to monastery for first time for St. Sergius celebrations
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The world-famous Trinity Icon painted by St. Andrei Rublev some 600 years ago has returned to its rightful place in the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra, at least for a few...
Royal Martyr celebrations gather tens of thousands in Ekaterinburg (+VIDEOS)
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The Ekaterinburg Diocese’s annual Royal Days celebrations in honor of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, who were brutally slain on the night of July 17, 1918, continue to be among the most popular pi...
On this feast of the Holy New-Martyrs, the Grand Duchess Elizabeth and Nun Barbara, we send our greetings to Archpriest Paul and his parish, dedicated to St Elizabeth, in Wallasey – congratulating matushka Elizabeth and daughter Lizzie. Congatulations, also, to Sian-Elizabeth in Porthcawl and to matushka Katy-Elizabeth in Mettingham. Finally, how can we celebrate this feast without thinking of the Convent of St Elizabeth, in Minsk, congratulating the Mothers and Sisters on this feast of their heavenly patron and protector?...![]()
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On this feast of the Holy New-Martyrs, the Grand Duchess Elizabeth and Nun Barbara, we send our greetings to Archpriest Paul and his parish, dedicated to St Elizabeth, in Wallasey – congratulating m...
Dear brothers and sisters, Recently, our community has been blessed with some wonderfully festive Liturgies – for the Forerunner, for the Holy Chiefs of the Apostles, Peter and Paul, and yesterday for the Royal Martyrs. On these occasions we have been pleased to celebrate the namedays of the faithful, and we very pleased that Nicholas could be with us yesterday, on his first nameday, having been baptised by Father Luke in honour of the Holy Tsar-Martyr on Lazarus Saturday, (on the same day that we baptised George in the sea), after a long and thorough catechumenate. ...![]()
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The Week Ahead - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, Recently, our community has been blessed with some wonderfully festive Liturgies – for the Forerunner, for the Holy Chiefs of the Apostles, Peter and Paul, and yesterday f...
Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Feast! It was great blessing to celebrate the Holy Royal Martyrs today, and in so doing, we looked beyond the bloody-horror and violence of their martyrdom to appreciate the priceless treasure that God has granted to the Orthodox people by calling the Imperial Family to enter the mystery of Golgotha, and to drink from the cup of suffering and martyrdom, as they were conformed to the image of the Saviour as we heard in the Apostle reading from St Paul’s letter to the Romans: ...![]()
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On the Feast of the Royal Martyrs - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Feast! It was great blessing to celebrate the Holy Royal Martyrs today, and in so doing, we looked beyond the bloody-horror and violence of their martyrdom to apprecia...
Met. Seraphim of Piraeus Denounces Heretical Conduct of Elpidophoros on Baptism for Gay Couple
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Canonical hierarchs stand firm in the face of Archbishop Elpidophoros's anti-canonical scheming. For how much longer can the Phanar risk allowing this hierarch ride rough-shod over sacred Tradition, convention and Christian decency? ![]()
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Given that Abp. Elpidophoros simply dismissed the hierarchs’ concerns about Belya as hearsay, this second letter goes into more detail. First, the hierarchs note that Belya was received into GOARCH ...
SUNDAY 1/14 AUGUST 2022 - THE FEAST OF THE ALL-MERCIFUL SAVIOUR AND THE MOTHER OF GOD.![]()
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IKOS: Having Thee, O All-merciful Saviour, as our firm foundation, and Thy most pure Mother as an indestructible wall and a calm haven, we shall never fear the uprisings of the enemy; for, being kept safe by Thine invisible providence and protection, we are able to overcome enemies both seen and unseen. Having Thy most pure Mother as our helper, we can escape from the artifices of the enemy as from nets, and we joyously hymn her who received the fullness of joy. Make haste, O Compassionate One, and hurry to help us, since Thou art merciful.
Dear brothers and sisters This Sunday, we will celebrate the feast of the All-Merciful Saviour and the Procession of the Life-Giving Cross, so although it is the beginning of the Dormition Fast, we start 'Post' with a feast on the very first day! For some of our parishioners, this will be their first Dormition Fast, as we prepare for the Feast of the Dormition and Assumption of the Mother of God with fourteen days without meat, fish, eggs and dairy food (though we eat fish on the feast of the Transfiguration)....![]()
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Dear brothers and sisters This Sunday, we will celebrate the feast of the All-Merciful Saviour and the Procession of the Life-Giving Cross, so although it is the beginning of the Dormition Fast, we st...
On July 29 (August 11 New Style), the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the Nativity of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, the Bishop of Myra in Lycia![]()
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During latter half of the third century AD, a devout Christian couple lived in Patara, an important port on the Mediterranean coast of Lycia in Asia Minor (now in modern Turkey). ![]()
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This couple, Theophanes and Nonna, deeply desired a child. As the years passed (and some say it was thirty long years), they prayed and wept, but still there was no child.![]()
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And so it was with great rejoicing and deep gratitude that a son, who they named Nicholas, was born. Theophanes and Nonna chose the name in honor of the child's priest-uncle, Nicholas, who came to bless the baby. ![]()
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This uncle was abbot of a monastery in nearby Xanthos. Nicholas was a familiar name among Christians, though not common, as a man named Nicholas was one of the first chosen to serve as a deacon in Jerusalem.![]()
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Nicholas was born to parents who were "devoted Christians, not so poor as to be scorned by others, but neither so rich as to be boastful; they had enough to support themselves and still give to the poor."![]()
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St Nicholas grew in an atmosphere that allowed him to flourish: mentally, physically, and spiritually.![]()
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In addition to the two main holidays dedicated to Saint Nicholas, celebrated on December 6 (the saint's blessed repose) and May 9 (the transfer of his holy relics to the city of Bari), there are other days when the Church remembers the God-pleaser Nicholas.![]()
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The Feast of his Nativity was not very widely known in modern Russia, but in 2004, with the blessing of Patriarch Alexis II of Moscow and All Russia, the celebration of the Nativity of Saint Nicholas was revived.Hierarch of Christ, Nicholas pray to God for us!
Relics of St. Joseph the Hesychast gifted to world’s first church named in his honor (+VIDEO)
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On July 22, 2020, the first parish church in the world dedicated to the great Athonite elder St. Joseph the Hesychast was consecrated in Tbilisi, Georgia.
400 Greek believers urge their Metropolitan not to serve with Dumenko
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The believers of the Orthodox Church of Greece wrote a letter to Metropolitan Stefanos with a request not to invite Epifaniy Dumenko and not to concelebrate with him.
Dear brothers and sisters, Apologies for posting later than intended, after a few busy days with parishioners in Wiltshire and Somerset, and a late arrival home. Our Cardiff parish has been blessed to have gained devoted parishioners in Wessex, initially due to their resistance to local attacks on Orthodox Eucharistic praxis, and their refusal to compromise the Holy Mysteries or doubt the healing efficacy of the Saviour’s Body and Blood. ...![]()
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Dear brothers and sisters, Apologies for posting later than intended, after a few busy days with parishioners in Wiltshire and Somerset, and a late arrival home. Our Cardiff parish has been blessed to...
Saint Bogolep: Child Schema-monk of Cherny Yar
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Venerable Schema-monk Bogolep, Wonderworker of Cherny Yar (Feast Day - July 29) The editors of RUSSIAN PILGRIM* have obtained a copy from ...
Those Who Were Glorified by Their Deaths. Hieromonk Nikon (Parimanchuk)
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Just as Christ trampled down death with His death, so the holy brothers, faithful to their cross, trampled through their passion-bearing upon the law of this world, in which enmity and strife, discord...
Whilst schismatics pandered to the 'World Council of Churches', the real Church celebrated the 425th anniversary of the translation of the wonderworking Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God. ![]()
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425th anniversary of transfer of Pochaev Icon—Metropolitan Onuphry heads the celebration (+VIDEO)
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Thousands of people filled the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Holy Dormition-Pochaev Lavra last night and today for the celebration of the 425th anniversary of the wonderworking Pochaev Icon of the Mot...
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Those who pray before thy holy icon, O Lady, are vouchsafed healing and receive the knowledge of the true faith, and they repel the attacks of the Hagarenes. Therefore entreat remission of sins for us who fall down before thee. Enlighten our hearts to thoughts of piety, and raise a prayer to thy Son to save our soul
Over the past few weeks, parishioners have heard prayers for he repose of the soul of the newly departed handmaiden of God, Valentina, a greatly-valued and inspirational member of our ROCOR community in the UK. She was a source of peace and quiet encouragement, despite ill health and physical suffering in her later years. Father Seraphim and I valued her support for the Birmingham podvorie during hard and isolated times. I still smile remembering how she managed to cause a table-top fire at a Cossack stanitsa dinner, which we ignored with purposeful nonchalance. It was a great blessing to reconnect when I was appointed to the Cardiff parish. Memory Eternal!
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Dear brothers and sisters, it was a blessing for us to celebrate the feast of the Holy Equal to the Apostles, Mary Magdalene in Father Luke's garden chapel this evening, and I encourage you to mark the feast by offering the Holy Myrrh-Bearer the AKATHIST written in her honour:![]()
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Saint Anna of Kashin (1280 – 2 October 1368) was a Russian princess from the Rurik Dynasty, who was canonized in 1650.![]()
Anna was a daughter of Prince Dmitry Borisovich of Rostov and a great-granddaughter of Prince Vasily of Rostov. From her earliest years, Anna was brought up strictly Christian. She was taught the virtues of humility and obedience. Her teacher was Saint Ignatius, Bishop of Rostov (died 1288), who was noted for strict selflessness and pacifism. Like all royal daughters of her time, Anna learned different kinds of needlework. When the princess grew up, Princess Xenia of Tver, second wife of Grand Prince Yaroslav of Tver sent ambassadors to Rostov with a request to marry Anna to her son Mikhail. The embassy was successful, and Anna became the wife of Prince Mikhail.![]()
Princess Anna's marriage to Prince Mikhail took place on 8 November 1294 in the Preobrazhensky cathedral of Tver. In celebration of this event, dwellers in the city of Kashin built the Saint Michael Church and the triumphal gates from the local Kremlin to the Tver road, naming the gates also "Mikhaylovsky." In the Kashin Uspensky cathedral a special Feast was established and celebrated annually on 8 November.![]()
Anna and Mikhail had five children:![]()
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In 1294, her father died, and in 1295 a terrible fire destroyed Tver. Soon after that, Anna and Mikhail's first-born daughter, Feodora, fell severely ill and died in infancy. In 1296, another fire destroyed their palace, and the prince and princess were barely rescued. In 1317, a war began between her husband and Prince Yury of Moscow.![]()
In 1318 the princess said goodbye to her husband forever, who was summoned to the Horde, where he was brutally tortured to death on 22 November 1318. Only in July of the following year did Anna hear about her husband's martyrdom. Learning that Mikhail's remains had been brought to Moscow, she sent an embassy there, and her husband's body was transferred into Tver and buried in Preobrazhensky cathedral.![]()
In 1325, her eldest son, Dimitry, was tortured in the Horde. In 1327, her second son, Alexander, broke the Tartar army, which devastated the duchy. In revenge Uzbeg Khan gathered a new army and destroyed Tver; Prince Alexander was forced to hide in Pskov. For ten years, Anna did not see her son, and in 1339 Prince Alexander and his son Feodor were killed by the Horde.![]()
After the death of Prince Mikhail, Anna carried out an old desire "in silence to work only for God." She took vows in Sofia's monastery in Tver and adopted the name Evfrosiniya. In 1365 the youngest son of the princess, Vasiliy, her only child remaining alive by that time, entreated his mother to move to his principality. The Uspensky monastery was built in Kashin, and there the saint accepted the schema with the name of Anna.![]()
She died of old age on 2 October 1368, and was buried in the cathedral temple of the Blessed Virgin.![]()
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The Holy Right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin, a daughter of the Rostov prince Demetrius Borisovich, in 1294 became the wife of the holy Great Prince Michael Yaroslavich of Tver, who was murdered by the Mongol-Tatars of the Horde in 1318, (November 22). After the death of her husband, Anna withdrew into Tver’s Sophia monastery and accepted tonsure with the name Euphrosyne. Later, she transferred to the Kashin Dormition monastery, and became a schemanun with the name Anna. She fell asleep in the Lord on October 2, 1338.![]()
Saint Anna’s sons also imitated their father’s steadfast confession of faith in Christ. Demetrius Mikhailovich (“Dread Eyes”) was murdered at the Horde on September 15, 1325; and later, Alexander Mikhailovich, Prince of Tver, was murdered together with his son Theodore on October 29, 1339.![]()
Miracles at Saint Anna’s grave began in 1611, during the siege of Kashin by Polish and Lithuanian forces. There was also a great fire in the city which died down without doing much damage. The saint, dressed in the monastic schema, appeared to Gerasimus, a gravely ill warden of the Dormition cathedral. She promised that he would recover, but complained, “People show no respect for my tomb. They ignore it and my memory! Do you not know that I am supplicating the Lord and His Mother to deliver the city from the foe, and that you be spared many hardships and evils?” She ordered him to tell the clergy to look after her tomb, and to light a candle there before the icon of Christ Not-Made-By-Hands.![]()
At the Council of 1649 it was decided to uncover her relics for general veneration and to glorify the holy Princess Anna as a saint. However, in 1677, Patriarch Joachim proposed to the Moscow Council that her veneration throughout Russia should be discontinued because of the Old Ritualists, who made use of the name of Saint Anna of Kashin. According to ancient custom, when she was buried her right hand had been positioned to make the Sign of the Cross with two fingers. So Saint Anna was removed from the list of saints! However, the memory of Saint Anna, who had received a crown of glory from Christ, could not be erased by decree. People continued to love and venerate her, and many miracles took place at her tomb.![]()
On June 12, 1909 her second glorification took place, and her universally observed feast day was established. Her Life describes her as a model of spiritual beauty and chastity, and an example to future generations.Holy Right Believing Princess Anna pray to God for us!
Newly-canonized child martyr celebrated in Bosnia (+VIDEO)
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Slobodan Stojanović was 11 years old when he was brutally murdered by an Albanian woman 30 years ago. His death has become a symbol of the suffering children of the war in Bosnia.
"God smiles on us!" (Fr. Teofil Paraian)
"God smiles on us!" (Fr. Teofil Paraian)
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Fr. Teofil Paraian of Sambata Monastery talks about how God smiles to us and what it means to live in the joy of our Orthodox faith.Fr. Teofil was blind from...
Canon I, in Tone II: Ode I, Irmos: Let us chant a hymn of victory unto the Lord, * Who of old guided the people in the midst of the sea, * and drowned Pharaoh and all his army therein, * for He hath been glorified. Holy and glorious Prophet, Elias, pray to God for us. Desiring to behold the fiery power of the miracles of Elias, his fiery and honoured tongue and strength of spirit, we have assembled as is meet....![]()
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Canon I, in Tone II: Ode I, Irmos: Let us chant a hymn of victory unto the Lord, * Who of old guided the people in the midst of the sea, * and drowned Pharaoh and all his army therein, * for He hath b...
Commemorated on July 20 / August 2 The Holy Prophet Elijah (Elias) is one of the greatest of the prophets and the first dedicated to virginity in the Old Testament. He was born in Tishba of Gilead into the Levite tribe 900 years before the Incarnation of the Word of God. Saint Epiphanius of Cyprus gives the following account about the birth of the Prophet Elijah: “When Elijah was born, his father Sobach saw in a vision angels of God around him....![]()
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Commemorated on July 20 / August 2 The Holy Prophet Elijah (Elias) is one of the greatest of the prophets and the first dedicated to virginity in the Old Testament. He was born in Tishba of Gilead int...
Dear brothers and sisters - I know that many members of our community regularly supplement their prayers with canons and akathist hymns, and share texts with one another. Some of us first discovered the following akathist through Father Deacon Andrew's SGOIS book service, and I would encourage you to buy a printed copy to have at hand, as this akathist is a great spiritual help when life is challenging and we are beset by troubles and temptations....![]()
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AKATHIST HYMN TO ALMIGHTY GOD IN TIME OF TROUBLE - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters – I know that many members of our community regularly supplement their prayers with canons and akathist hymns, and share texts with one another. Some of us first discovered...
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31/07/2022 - Homily - Baptism of Rus/Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 1st six Councils
Patron of the Phanar: We were deceived in Archbishop Elpidophoros
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A Greek-American businessman said that Archbishop Elpidophoros is mired in deceit and lies, also misleading Patriarch Bartholomew.
Канон преподобному Серафиму Саровскому: Канон преподобному Серафиму Саровскому (2‑й): Canon I to the Venerable Seraphim, in Tone VI: Ode I, Irmos: When Israel walked on foot in the sea as on dry land, * on seeing their pursuer Pharaoh drowned, * they cried: * Let us sing to God * a song of victory. Venerable Father, Seraphim, pray to God for us....![]()
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Canons to Our Venerable Father, Seraphim of Sarov. - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, Having celebrated the memory of the Holy Great Princess, Olga last Sunday, and St Vladimir's Day with a lovely Liturgy in Walsingham, on Thursday, it was a joy to celebrate the Baptism of Rus’ today, when we could be together as a community. Thanks to all who made today’s well-attended Liturgy such a joyful occasion, continuing into such a lovely lunch celebrating not only the feast, but also Margarita’s nameday, yesterday....![]()
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Dear brothers and sisters, Having celebrated the memory of the Holy Great Princess, Olga last Sunday, and St Vladimir’s Day with a lovely Liturgy in Walsingham, on Thursday, it was a joy to celebrat...
Venerable John the Long-Suffering of the Kiev Near Caves
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The saint prostrated himself and said: “Lord! Why did You leave me for so long in torment?” “I tried you according to the power of your endurance,” was the answer. “I brought upon you tempta...
As we celebrate the feast of the Holy Great-Martyr, Margarita of Antioch (Marina), we send our greetings to our Margaritas in Cheltenham and Warminster, wishing them both a happy nameday and praying that God will grant them many, blessed years! Многая и благая лтѣа! The Holy Great Martyr Marina was born in Asia Minor, in the city of Antioch of Pisidia (southern Asia Minor), into the family of a pagan priest....![]()
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Celebrating St Margarita: Nameday Greetings - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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As we celebrate the feast of the Holy Great-Martyr, Margarita of Antioch (Marina), we send our greetings to our Margaritas in Cheltenham and Warminster, wishing them both a happy nameday and praying t...
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Though I have never seen photographs, some of the elders within our diocese recall the apse that was started in Walsingham, remaining incomplete - never to be part of an Orthodox Chapel that was conceived and planned to adjoin the south aisle of the Anglican shrine church, in the garden of St Augustine’s, where the confessional rooms now stand. The ground had been blessed by Metropolitan Seraphim of the Russian Church in Exile (as our ROCOR was then called), though I am still searching in ‘Our Lady’s Mirror’ from the 1930’s to find when....![]()
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Though I have never seen photographs, some of the elders within our diocese recall the apse that was started in Walsingham, remaining incomplete – never to be part of an Orthodox Chapel that was con...
After pilgrimage in Walsingham, it is always strange and a little sad to return home and wake in very different surroundings - for me at least!![]()
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In addition to the maximalism of the shrine-church, the carillon, bells, processions, the flow of pilgrims, the sound of liturgical music, the Stations of the Cross in the gardens, and almost non-stop pilgrim activities make Walsingham a unique and compelling place.![]()
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To be able to visit the Chapel of the Life-Giving Spring, the Holy House, or the little church of St Seraphim, and to be enveloped in the intense peace of the shrine church is a great contrast to our everyday environments, and reminds us to recognise that Walsingham in NOT everyday life, but a God given spiritual-oasis to give us the strength to go home and face life with its pressures, trials and difficulties.![]()
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God gives us such places to be a channel of grace, to sanctify and sustain us. ![]()
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It is the lot of some people to be in these places to serve and minister (and we often forget that such diakonia is often difficult and tiring), but the lot of most of us is to be pilgrims, returning to our homes and communities with the blessings that God, the Mother of God and the saints have bestowed upon us. ![]()
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Grant this, O Lord!
Due to family illness, this Saturday’s Chippenham baptism has been postponed, and will be celebrated at a later date.
Dear brothers and sisters, In the ‘pilgrim language’ of Walsingham, I have just made my ‘last visit of the day to the Holy House, which is at the centre of prayer and devotion in the Anglican Shrine, in which the Orthodox have maintained a chapel and spiritual presence since 1941 (having being involved in Walsingham pilgrim life since 1931), with the chapel being consecrated on Troitsa 1944…...![]()
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Dear brothers and sisters, In the ‘pilgrim language’ of Walsingham, I have just made my ‘last visit of the day to the Holy House, which is at the centre of prayer and devotion in the Anglican Sh...
PHOTOGALLERY: St Elisabeth the Grand-Duchess is Honoured in Wallasey, England. | ROCOR Europe
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A special spirit of joy marked out the weekend's Divine Services, felt especially deeply in the diverse community of believers that makes up the ever-growing St Elisabeth Parish.
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Near the entrance of the shrine church in Walsingham, at the rear of the Holy House, between the chapel of the Annunciation and the holy well, a feretory houses a portion of the relics of St Vincent of Saragossa.![]()
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From his childhood, St Vincent was the disciple of a wise pastor Valerian, the bishop of the city of Augustopolis (now Saragossa, Spain). When he reached mature age, the virtuous, educated and eloquent Vincent was ordained deacon by Bishop Valerian. Since the bishop himself was not adept in speech, he gave a blessing to his deacon, an eloquent orator, to preach in church and among the people.![]()
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Diocletian (284-305) sent the governor Dacian to the city of Valencia, Spain with full authority to find and execute Christians. People denounced the wise bishop and his deacon to the governor, who arrested them. The soldiers, mounted on horses, dragged the Elder and his disciple behind them in chains from Augustopolis to Valencia, and there they cast them into prison beaten and tortured, giving them neither food nor water.![]()
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They subjected the bishop to the first interrogation. The Elder spoke quietly, but seemed tongue-tied and uncertain. Then Saint Vincent came forward and made the most eloquent speech of his life before the judges and assembled people. After he sent the bishop back to prison, the persecutor gave orders to torture the holy deacon.![]()
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The martyr underwent many torments: while nailed to a cross, he was whipped and burned with red-hot rods. When he was removed from the cross, he then himself joyfully climbed back upon it, saying that the executioners were lazy and had not fulfilled their master’s orders. They became angry and tortured him again, until they were all exhausted.![]()
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After the tortures they threw the martyr back into prison. That night the astonished guard heard him singing Psalms, and saw an unearthly radiant light in the prison. The next morning the holy martyr was condemned to be burned on a gridiron. Christians took the saint’s body and buried it with reverence. This occurred in the year 304.
It is always a very great joy to be in Walsingham, though summer pilgrimage lacks the serenity of visits during the autumn, winter and spring. However, being in the shrine during one of the South Wales Anglican pilgrimages is a pleasure, with familiar faces and the warmth, joy and enthusiasm that Welsh pilgrims always bring - and profound devotion to the Mother of God. ![]()
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Today was blessed with a very peaceful hour or so whilst our compatriots enjoyed lunch, allowing time in which to pray an akathist hymn and the Jesus Prayer in the Holy House and around the shrine church without distraction.![]()
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The evening was very different, as evening prayers were offered with a background of hymns rising to the little upstairs Orthodox Chapel from the crowded church below. The Akathist in Honour of the Walsingham Icon of the Mother of God was offered for the intention of our parishioners, who were commemorated in the course of evening prayers.
Remains of Archbishop Theophan of Poltava, confessor of Royal Martyrs, return to Russia for reburial
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Since his repose in 1940, the remains of His Eminence Archbishop Theophan of Poltava, known as the New Recluse, have lain in the municipal cemetery of the small settlement of Lemaire in the French Loi...
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Clergy From the Cardiff Parish Serve the Divine Liturgy at the Urdd Gobaith Cymru Residential Centre in Wales, Which Houses over 200 Displaced Ukrainian Refugees.
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On the feast of St Anthony, the founder of the Kiev Caves Monastery, the clergy of the Cardiff parish of the Kazan icon of the Most Holy Theotokos travelled to West Wales for a pastoral visit to Ukrai...
Dear brothers and sisters, As the next week will be such a busy and itinerant one, I am writing my weekly message now, not so many hours before our Sunday Liturgy. Today, the feast of St Anthony, the founder of the Kiev Caves Monastery, saw Deacon Mark and I travel to West Wales for our first pastoral visit to Ukrainian refugees accommodated in the Urdd residential youth centre at Llangrannog, on the Cardigan Coast. ...![]()
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Looking Ahead - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, Greetings, as we celebrate the Appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in 1579, when, after the devastating fire which destroyed much of the city, the Most Holy Mother of God revealed the location of her wondrous icon in the ashes of a ruined house. We should rejoice in the fact that the All-Merciful Lord chose ...![]()
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Dear brothers and sisters, Greetings, as we celebrate the Appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in 1579, when, after the devastating fire which destroyed much of the city, the Most H...
Holy New Martyr, Venerable Mother Maria of Gatchina, pray to God for us!
Venerable Martyr Maria of Gatchina (+ 1932)
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By I. M. Andreyev In the town of Gatchina, some thirty miles from Petrograd, there lived before the revolution the nun Maria, in the world L...
17/07/2022 - Short video of Axion Estin (it is Truly Meet) from our Liturgy commemorating the Royal Martyrs
17/07/2022 - Short video of the beatitudes from our Liturgy commemorating the Royal Martyrs
Greek Synod sends protest letter to Abp. Elpidophoros about “gay baptism”
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The Permanent Holy Synod of the Church of Greece decided today to send a letter of protest to Archbishop Elpidophoros of Constantinople’s Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America regarding the Baptism ...
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The second Altar Feast of the London Cathedral was celebrated with solemnity by the Diocesan Bishop. | Второй престольнй праздник Лондонского собора торже...
Sermon by Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky) on the Royal Family
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At one time, even fairly recently, the date July 17 in the so-called “new style,” was marked as a day of sorrow, because on this day the Russian people and the Russian diaspora remembered the grea...
O holy martyred Tsar and passion-bearer Nicholas, the Lord chose thee as His anointed to be the preserver of the Orthodox realm and to judge thy people with mercy and justice. And with the fear of God thou didst accomplish royal ministry and show care for souls. And testing thee, like gold in a crucible, the Lord permitted bitter tribulations to assail thee, like Job the much-suffering, and afterwards He sent upon thee the deprivation of thy royal throne and a martyr’s death. And all these didst thou meekly endure, as a true servant of Christ, and thou dost now delight in the glory which is on high at the throne of the King of all, together with the holy martyrs: the holy Tsaritsa Alexandra, the holy youth the Tsarevich Alexis, the holy Tsarevnas Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia, and thy faithful servants, as well as the holy martyred Princess Elizabeth and all the royal martyrs and the holy martyr Barbara. But as thou hast great boldness before Christ the King, for Whose sake ye all suffered, pray with them, that the Lord forgive the sins of the people which did not hinder the murder of thee, the Tsar and anointed of God, that the Lord deliver the suffering land of Russia from the cruel godless ones who have been permitted to torment us for our sins and falling away from God, and that He restore the throne of Orthodox kings and grant us remission of sins, and instruct us in all the virtues, that we may acquire meekness, humility and love, which these holy martyrs showed forth, that we may be accounted worthy of the heavenly Kingdom, where with thee and all the holy new martyrs and confessors of Russia, we may glorify the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Rublev’s Trinity icon returns to monastery for first time for St. Sergius celebrations
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The world-famous Trinity Icon painted by St. Andrei Rublev some 600 years ago has returned to its rightful place in the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra, at least for a few...
Royal Martyr celebrations gather tens of thousands in Ekaterinburg (+VIDEOS)
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The Ekaterinburg Diocese’s annual Royal Days celebrations in honor of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, who were brutally slain on the night of July 17, 1918, continue to be among the most popular pi...
On this feast of the Holy New-Martyrs, the Grand Duchess Elizabeth and Nun Barbara, we send our greetings to Archpriest Paul and his parish, dedicated to St Elizabeth, in Wallasey – congratulating matushka Elizabeth and daughter Lizzie. Congatulations, also, to Sian-Elizabeth in Porthcawl and to matushka Katy-Elizabeth in Mettingham. Finally, how can we celebrate this feast without thinking of the Convent of St Elizabeth, in Minsk, congratulating the Mothers and Sisters on this feast of their heavenly patron and protector?...![]()
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On this feast of the Holy New-Martyrs, the Grand Duchess Elizabeth and Nun Barbara, we send our greetings to Archpriest Paul and his parish, dedicated to St Elizabeth, in Wallasey – congratulating m...
Dear brothers and sisters, Recently, our community has been blessed with some wonderfully festive Liturgies – for the Forerunner, for the Holy Chiefs of the Apostles, Peter and Paul, and yesterday for the Royal Martyrs. On these occasions we have been pleased to celebrate the namedays of the faithful, and we very pleased that Nicholas could be with us yesterday, on his first nameday, having been baptised by Father Luke in honour of the Holy Tsar-Martyr on Lazarus Saturday, (on the same day that we baptised George in the sea), after a long and thorough catechumenate. ...![]()
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The Week Ahead - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, Recently, our community has been blessed with some wonderfully festive Liturgies – for the Forerunner, for the Holy Chiefs of the Apostles, Peter and Paul, and yesterday f...
Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Feast! It was great blessing to celebrate the Holy Royal Martyrs today, and in so doing, we looked beyond the bloody-horror and violence of their martyrdom to appreciate the priceless treasure that God has granted to the Orthodox people by calling the Imperial Family to enter the mystery of Golgotha, and to drink from the cup of suffering and martyrdom, as they were conformed to the image of the Saviour as we heard in the Apostle reading from St Paul’s letter to the Romans: ...![]()
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On the Feast of the Royal Martyrs - Parish of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
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Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Feast! It was great blessing to celebrate the Holy Royal Martyrs today, and in so doing, we looked beyond the bloody-horror and violence of their martyrdom to apprecia...
Met. Seraphim of Piraeus Denounces Heretical Conduct of Elpidophoros on Baptism for Gay Couple
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by Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus - Consequently, this particular Hierarch ... preferred the "modern gospel" of the serpent to the teaching of the Church and is now under the curse of the Holy and G...
Canonical hierarchs stand firm in the face of Archbishop Elpidophoros's anti-canonical scheming. For how much longer can the Phanar risk allowing this hierarch ride rough-shod over sacred Tradition, convention and Christian decency? ![]()
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Given that Abp. Elpidophoros simply dismissed the hierarchs’ concerns about Belya as hearsay, this second letter goes into more detail. First, the hierarchs note that Belya was received into GOARCH ...