The Synodal Summer School of Liturgical Music held its annual session at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY from July 14-27, 2019.
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On Sunday, July 28, the clergy and faithful of St. John the Wonderworker Mission in Lewisburg, PA, gathered after Divine Liturgy to dedicate the site of the future church site
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On Sunday, July 28, the feast of the Holy Equal-of-the-Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, celebrated Divine Liturgy and led the annual traditional St. Vladimir’s Day Celebrations at St. Vladimir Memorial Church in Jackson, NJ.
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On Saturday, July 27, the eve of the feast of Holy Equal-of-the-Apostles Great Prince Vladimir and the St. Vladimir Celebrations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York paid an archpastoral visit to St. Vladimir Memorial Church in Jackson, NJ, where he led the festal All-Night Vigil.
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2019 was a banner year for this decades-old program known as Jordanville’s "summer boys." Last year, an all-time record of 21 boys attended the program, and this year saw another tremendous increase of almost 50% – to 31 participants.
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On Sunday, July 21, the feast of the Appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York celebrated hierarchal Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City.
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On Thursday, July 18, the feast of the Finding of the Relics of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York led the patronal feast day of the English Mission at St. Sergius Chapel in the Synodal Headquarters in New York City.
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On Thursday, July 18, the feast of the martyric repose of the Venerable Nun-Martyrs Elizabeth and Barbara, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan paid an archpastoral visit to St. Elizabeth the New-Martyr Church in Rocky Hill, NJ, and led its patronal feast day.
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On Friday, July 12, the feast of the Holy Supreme Leaders of the Apostles Peter & Paul, after Divine Liturgy, a panihida was served at the gravesite of the ever-memorable Archbishop Andrew (Rymarenko) of Rockland, vicar of the Eastern American Diocese, on the 41st anniversary of his repose
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From July 12-14, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York performed an archpastoral visit and led the centennial jubilee celebrations of the Old Rite Church of the Nativity of Christ in Erie, PA. On Saturday, July 13, His Eminence served the All-Night Vigil, and on Sunday, July 14, celebrated Divine Liturgy.
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On Thursday, July 11, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York led the All-Night Vigil on the eve of the feast of the Holy Supreme Leaders of the Apostles Peter & Paul in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City.
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On Monday evening, July 8, the eve of the feast of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Luke of Syracuse, abbot of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY, performed two monastic tonsures at the monastery.
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On Tuesday, July 9, the feast day of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York led the patronal feast day of the eponymous church in Howell, NJ.
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On July 7, the Third Sunday after Pentecost and feast of the Nativity of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptizer of the Lord John, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York celebrated the Divine Liturgy in St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Brooklyn on the occasion of its lesser patronal feast.
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On Sunday, July 7, the feast of the Nativity of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptizer of the Lord John, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan paid an archpastoral visit to St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Mayfield, PA, where he led the parish’s patronal feast day.
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On June 30, the Sunday of All Saints who have shone forth in the Russian land, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York performed an archpastoral visit to St. Alexander Nevsky Diocesan Cathedral in Howell, NJ where he celebrated Divine Liturgy.
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On June 30, the Sunday of All Saints who have shone forth in the Russian land, the eponymous church in Burlingame, CA celebrated its patronal feast day.
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On Friday the 28th and Saturday the 29th of June, the Diocesan Cathedral of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" in San Francisco, CA hosted the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the glorification of the Holy Hierarch John, Archbishop and Wonderworker of Shanghai & San Francisco.
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A regular meeting of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, planned to coincide with the celebrations in memory of the Holy Hierarch John, Wonderworker of Shanghai & San Francisco, and the 25th anniversary of his glorification, convened within the Western American Diocese.