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George (Schaefer) of Mayfield

2013-04-12T03:21:48Z

Mishakaz: /* Life */ I'm sitting with vl. George and asked him if he's still editor - he says no.

His Grace The Most Reverend '''George (Schaefer)''' is [[Bishop]] of Mayfield, Pennsylvania, [[vicar]] of the Eastern-American [[diocese]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]].

== Life ==
Paul Schaefer was born on [[May 25]], 1950, in Belleville, Illinois. He graduated from Catholic High School in 1968 and then attended Southern Illinois University from 1968 to 1972. In 1974 he was received into the Greek Orthodox Church in Modesto, California, and given the name Makarios in honor of Saint Makarios the Great. He joined the Russian Church Abroad in San Francisco in May 1975 and entered [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Seminary]] in September 1975.

On Christmas, [[January 7]], 1975, Makarios was made a [[novice]] by Archbishop [[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]]. As a novice his obediences in the [[monastery]] were working in the farm and cemetery. After a few years in the monastery he was made a riassophor [[monk]] on Friday of the First Week of Lent, 1979 and [[tonsure]]d to the small schema on Friday of the First Week of Lent, 1980, and given the name Mitrophan in honor of Saint Mitrophan of Voronezh. He was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[subdeacon]] on Palm Sunday of the same year. In 1980 he graduated from Holy Trinity Seminary .

Fr Mitrophan was sent to [[Mount Athos]] by [[Laurus (Skurla) of New York|Archbishop Laurus]] in June of 1981. He was tonsured to the great schema by [[Hieromonk]] Chrysostomos of Koutloumousiou Monastery, Mt. Athos and given the name George in honor of Saint George the Great-Martyr.

In February, 1986, Fr George returned to [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] and started working on the Printshop of Saint Job of Pochaev in 1986, where he worked until 1998. He assumed editorial duties on Orthodox Life from 1992 to his consecration as bishop in 2008.

Fr George was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[hierodeacon]] on the feast of St. Michael, 1986 and a hieromonk on Palm Sunday, 1987. In September 1998 he was elevated to the rank of [[hegumen]] and [[archimandrite]] on Labor Day, 2005.

In 1994 he was appointed as economos Holy Trinity Monastery and made dean of Holy Trinity Monastery in 2007. He is the author of several articles and translations published in Orthodox Life. Translated several sayings of the Optina Elders published in the book “Living Without Hypocrisy”, published by HTM Press in 2006. He also served as confessor and spiritual father of the Hermitage of the Holy Cross in Wayne, West Virginia, the largest English-language monastery of the ROCOR.

In May 2008, the [[Synod]] of Bishops of the ROCOR elected Archimandrite George as Bishop of Mayfield, Vicar of the Eastern American Diocese. The [[Holy Synod]] of the Russian Orthodox Church confirmed the election in June 2008. On [[December 7]], 2008, Archimandrite George was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] to the episcopal office at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, New York, by Bishop [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Manhattan|Gabriel of Montreal and Canada]], Bishop [[Peter (Loukianoff) of Cleveland|Peter of Cleveland]] and Bishop [[John (Berzins) of Caracas|John of Caracas]]. Bishop George's place of residence is at the [[Holy Cross Skete (Wayne, West Virginia)|Hermitage of the Holy Cross in Wayne]], West Virginia.

== Links ==
* [http://www.jordanville.org/news_081207_2.html Biography of Bishop George]
* [http://www.jordanville.org/news_081207_1.html Archimandrite George's Speech at his nomination as bishop of Mayfield]

[[Category:Bishops|George]]
[[Category:21st-century bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Mayfield]]

User:Mishakaz

2013-03-26T21:38:48Z

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The servant of God '''Michael''', born 3 August 1986 in Brooklyn, New York; baptised in the [http://www.holytrinityastoria.com Holy Trinity Church] in Astoria, Queens, NY and a parishioner of the [http://www.stalexandernevskycathedral.com St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral] in Howell (Lakewood), NJ. While studying in Buffalo, New York, a member of the [http://www.ststheodore.org Ss Theodore Church] in Williamsville. My patron saint is [[Archangel_Michael|Archangel Michael]], celebrating on 8 November (21 NS).

I am currently majoring in Linguistics, but I am trying to get a minor in Russian (though I'd like a major in it as well). I have taken two courses in German, but I remember very little, though I would like to continue pursuing it; also I once took a class on Irish Gaelic, though it wasn't for credits and the price went up, so I had to drop it - I would like to pursue that language as well, but it is quite hard, as the English did a good job in dissuading the Irish from speaking their own language.

I wasn't really planning on becoming much of a contributor to OrthodoxWiki, but writing articles seems to become quite addictive.

==Works==
===Biographies===
Very Rev. [[Raphael Morgan]] (authored) 
Archbishop [[James (Toombs) of Manhattan]] (authored) 
[[John and Ann Betar]] (authored)

===Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Saints===
Our venerable and God-bearing Father [[Kingsmark]] (authored) 
Our father among the [[saint]]s [[Dubricius of Caerleon]] (authored) 
The holy and right-believing King [[Brychan of Brecknock]] (authored) 
Our venerable and God-bearing Father [[Donald of Ogilvy]] (authored) 
Our venerable Mothers, the [[Nine Maidens]] (authored)

===Places===
[[Holy Dormition Convent (Nanuet, New York)]] "Novo-Diveevo" (authored) 
[[St. Elizabeth the New Martyr Convent (Mohawk, New York)]] (authored)

[[Category:User Pages]]

John and Ann Betar

2013-03-26T21:33:42Z

Mishakaz: this is too cute an episode in Orthodox history not to be on OrthodoxWiki

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'''John and Ann Betar''' were selected winners of the 2013 Longest Married Couples Project run by Worldwide Marriage Encounter, a faith-based marriage enrichment organization. They are parishioners and founding members of St. [[Nicholas of Myra|Nicholas]] [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|Antiochian Orthodox]] [[Church]] in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

==Life==
John Betar and Ann Shawah were from the same Syrian community in Bridgeport. John Betar immigrated to America in 1921 with his brother and settled with their father in Bridgeport, Connecticut. After completing grammar school, he took a job peddling fruit in Grenwich and would drive Ann Shawah and her friends to school. Though Ann had been promised to a man twenty years her senior in an arranged marriage, she fell in love with John and they eloped in Harrison, New York, on November 25, 1932 at the ages of 21 and 17.

In 1938, John Betar opened a the grocery store Betar's Market in the south end of Bridgeport, with Ann a housewife. They raised five children. In their later years, Ann discovered a talent for painting with oils and watercolor and their favorite passtime became cooking soup together. Their family has grown to fourteen grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.

On November 25, 2012, John and Ann Betar celebrated their eightieth wedding anniversary at St. Nicholas Antiochian Church in Bridgeport. They were 101 and 97, respectively.

==Longest Married Couple Project==
In a press release dated January 29, 2013, faith-based marriage enrichment organization Worldwide Marriage Encounter selected John and Ann Betar as winning the third annual Longest Married Couple Project. The Betars are not the statistically longest married couple in America, but were rather hand selected from a group of nominees submitted to the organization. They were officially recognized on February 9 in a ceremony held by WWME coordinators Diane and Dick Baumbach at the home of Betar grandchild Heather Mitchell in Fairfield.

Proclamations were issued to the Betars by President Barack Obama, Connecticut Governer Dannel Malloy, the US House of Representatives, and WWME. Prizes included a personalized Bible, a lighthouse, and figurine entitled "Endless Love", which encompass the Christian tennats of Faith, Hope, and Love. Following this event, they were recognized nationally from TV hosts such as David Letterman to Kelly Ripa.
==Source==
*[http://www.wwme.org/node/58631/view 2013 Longest Married Couple Winners Announced!] ''WWME Press Release''. January 29, 2013.
*[http://abcnews.go.com/US/john-ann-betar-celebrate-80th-wedding-anniversary-share/story?id=17769043 Couple Celebrates 80th Wedding Anniversary, Shares Secrets to Lasting Marriage] Sher, Lauren. ABC News. November 20, 2012.
*[http://www.ctpost.com/default/article/Longest-married-couple-lives-in-Fairfield-4258220.php#photo-4147442 'Longest married couple' lives in Fairfield] CT Post. February 7, 2013.
*[http://www.ctpost.com/default/article/Fairfielders-80-year-marriage-a-record-group-4260492.php Fairfielders' 80-year marriage a record, group proclaims] CT Post. February 7, 2013.
*[http://www.ctpost.com/default/article/Best-and-the-rest-of-the-past-week-4260521.php Best and the rest of the past week] CT Post. February 7, 2013.
*[http://www.ctpost.com/default/article/Blizzard-no-barrier-to-honors-for-Fairfielders-4272752.php Blizzard no barrier to honors for Fairfielders' 80-year marriage] Barone, Meg. CT Post. February 13, 2013.
*[http://www.ctpost.com/news/slideshow/Couple-celebrates-80th-anniversary-52938.php Couple celebrates 80th anniversary] CT Post. November 25, 2012.

[[Category:People|Betar, John and Ann]]

Holy Cross Monastery (Niagara Falls, New York)

2013-03-14T22:35:36Z

Mishakaz:

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'''The Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery''' is a [[monastery]] of the [[schismatic]] [[Russian True-Orthodox Church (Vyacheslav)|Russian True-Orthodox Church]]. Located in Niagara Falls, New York, it formerly belonged to [[ROCOR]], the [[OCA]], [[Holy Orthodox Church in North America]], and [[Russian Orthodox Church in Exile#Current status|True Russian Orthodox Church]] under Metropolitan Damascene of Moscow. It was established in the year 2005 by [[Archimandrite]] [[Nicholas (Iuhos)]], built in the former Holy Trinity Orthodox Church (est. 1951).

Plans for the monastery include the organization of special spiritual retreats and lectures for those who are interested in learning more about the [[Orthodox Christianity|Orthodox faith]], [[spirituality]], the [[Church Fathers]], and much more.

The monastery property consists of about 3 1/2 acres of land, including a brownstone church, a rectory, a garage, and a separate building which has three apartments upstairs, a hall, a kitchen, a future library and a basement.

The main building needs capital repairs, a new roof, new windows, new electrical wiring, and new heating and air conditioning system. Once restored, it is in this building that the monastic community will live.

The monastery plans to bring English speaking [[monk]]s to begin the monastic life and hopes to attract interested candidates from the US and Canada.

The monastery plans to build a small pierogi factory to provide itself income, some of which will be used to help needy families of military personnel and set up scholarships for their children. A project to build a shrine dedicated to the Holy Cross in memory of American servicemen and women is also planned.

On June 12, 2010, Archimandrite Nicholas was consecrated Bishop of Cincinatti by Metropolitan Damascene of Moscow, Archbishop John of Zaporizhzya and Little Rus', and Bishop Andrian of Chisnau and Moldova as head of the North American Vicariate of the "True Russian Orthodox Church." In 2011, he left to the Russian True-Orthodox Church under schismatic metropolitan Alexey (Bondarenko) of Moscow.

==Schedule of services==
*Saturday: 6:00pm - Great Vespers
*Sunday: 9:30am - Divine Liturgy
*Feastdays: 6:00pm Great Vespers on the eve of the feast, followed by 9:30am Divine Liturgy on the feastday.

==Source==
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/hronika/soobshchenie-o-perehode-arhimandrita-nikolaya-yuhosh-v-rossiyskuyu-pravoslavnuyu-cerkov Сообщение о переходе архимандрита Николая (Юхош) в Российскую Православную Церковь] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/hronika/arhiereyskaya-hirotoniya-v-rossiyskoy-pravoslavnoy-cerkvi Архиерейская хиротония в Российской Православной Церкви] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/oficialnye-dokumenty/mitropolit-damaskin-balabanov/pismo-mitropolita-damaskina-balabanova-episkopu Письмо митрополита Дамаскина (Балабанова) епископу Николаю (Юхош)] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.trueorthodox.org/bishops.html ЕПИСКОПАТ] Российская Истинно-Православная Церковь '''(Russian)'''
*[http://apologetika.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2253 РАЗВАЛ РОСПЦ(Д): Бывший епископ РосПЦ(Д) Николай (Юхош) все-таки не вступил в ИПЦ(Р): "от сатаны к диаволу", -- обличив владык РосПЦ(Д) Д.Балабанова, И.Зиновьева в алкоголизме и безблагодатности] Меч и Трость '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.hierarchy.religare.ru/h-orthod-bio-iuhos.html Николай (Юхош), Епископ Синсиннатский] Иерархия литургических церквей '''(Russian)'''

==External link==
*[http://www.holycross-niagarafalls.org Holy Cross Monastery]

[[Category:Monasteries]]
[[Category:American Monasteries]]
[[Category:Old Calendarist Monasteries]]

Josaphat

2013-03-14T06:13:36Z

Mishakaz:

'''Saint Josaphat''' (also known as Jehoshaphat or Josaphat) is said to have lived and died in the 3rd century or 4th century in India.

According to legend, a King Abenner or Avenier in India persecuted the Christian church in his realm, founded by the [[Apostle Thomas]]. When astrologers predicted that his own son would someday become a Christian, Abenner had the young prince Josaphat isolated from external contact. Despite the imprisonment, Josaphat met the [[hermit]] [[Saint]] [[Barlaam]] and [[conversion|converted]] to Christianity. Josaphat kept his faith even in the face of his father's anger and persuasion. Eventually, Abenner himself converted, turned over his throne to Josaphat, and retired to the desert to become a hermit. Josaphat himself later abdicated and went into reclusion with his old teacher Baarlam.

The story of Josaphat and Baarlam was popular in the Middle Ages, appearing in such works as the ''Golden Legend''. Josaphat and Barlaam were [[Glorification|canonized]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]] (feast day [[November 27]]) and are recognized among the Eastern Orthodox.

Wilfred Cantwell Smith traced the story from a second to fourth-century Sanskrit Mahayana Buddhist text, to a Manichee version, to an Arabic Muslim version, to an eleventh century Christian Georgian version, to a Christian Greek version, and from there into Western European languages. He traced Josaphat's name from the Sanskrit term ''bodhisattva'' via the Middle Persian ''bodasif''.

==Myths and legends==
The Greek legend of "Barlaam and Ioasaph", sometimes mistakenly attributed to the 7th century John of Damascus <ref>Proved by Zotenberg in "Notices sur le livre de Barlaam et Josaphat" (Paris, 1886) and by Hammel in "Verhandl. des 7 interneat. Orientalisten Congresses", Semit. Section (Vienna, 1888).</ref> but actually written by the Georgian monk Euthymios in the 11th century <ref>First published by Boissonade in "Anecdota Graeca" (paris, 1832), IV, and is reproduced in Migne, PG, XCVI, among the works of St. John Damascene</ref>, Oriental Buddhists say was derived through a variety of intermediate versions (Arabic and Georgian) from the life story of the Buddha. The king-turned-monk Ioasaph (Georgian Iodasaph, Arabic Yūdhasaf or Būdhasaf) ultimately derives his name from the Sanskrit Bodhisattva, the name used in Buddhist accounts for Gautama before he became a Buddha. Barlaam and Ioasaph were placed in the Greek Orthodox calendar of saints on [[August 26]], and in the West they were entered as "Barlaam and Josaphat" in the Roman Martyrology on the date of [[November 27]].

The story was translated into Hebrew in the Middle Ages as "Ben-Hamelekh Vehanazir" ("The Prince and the Nazirite"), and is widely read by Jews to this day.

==Source==
* [[Wikipedia:Saint Josaphat]]

==References==
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==Published works==

* John Damascene. ''Barlaam and Ioasaph''. (ISBN 0674990382)
* John Damascene. ''The Precious Pearl: the Lives of Saints Barlaam and Ioasaph''. (ISBN 1884729231)

[[Category:Saints]]

Nicholas (Iuhos)

2013-03-14T05:48:50Z

Mishakaz: /* Biographical sketch */

'''Nicholas (Iuhos)''' {born ''Nicolae Iuhos'') was a [[priest]] and [[archimandrite]] in the [[Church of Romania]], [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] and [[Orthodox Church in America]]. He went into schism to the [[Holy Orthodox Church in North America]], [[Russian Orthodox Church in Exile#Current status|True Russian Orthodox Church (D)]], and now [[Russian True-Orthodox Church (Vyacheslav)]]. He is RTOC-V [[Bishop]] of Cincinnati and America, and Secretary of their Synod of Bishops.

==Biographical sketch==
* 1952 [[February 9]]: Born in Shilindru, Romania.
*Married.
*1973: [[ordination|Ordained]] to the priesthood in the [[Church of Romania]]. Served in Oradea, Romania.
*1981: Complete the Orthodox Institute in Sibiu, Romania.
*1982: Elevated to [[Archpriest]].
*1984: Undertook pilgrimage to [[Jerusalem]] and the Holy Land. After this, he remained in the West. He moved to Germany, and transferred to ROCOR.
*1987: Moved to Australia. Served as second priest at the Church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, Dandenong (Victoria, Australia) to care for Romanian-speaking faithful.
*1991: Rector of Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Perth (Western Australia).
*1991: Became a [[monk]], elevated to [[Igumen]].
*1992: Transferred to serve in Jerusalem.
*late 1990s: Served as rector of [[St. Catherine the Great Martyr Church (Moscow)|St. Catherine's Church]], Moscow, the representation church of the [[Orthodox Church in America]] to the [[Church of Russia]].
*2000s: Moved to the United States.
:At some point, he was elevated to Archimandrite.
*2005: Established [[Holy_Cross_Monastery_(Niagara_Falls,_New_York)|Holy Cross Monastery]] in Niagara Falls, New York, under the Orthodox Church in America.
*2009: Left the Church and joined the schismatic Holy Orthodox Church in North America.
*2010 [[February 22]]: Left HOCNA and joined the "True Russian Orthodox Church", under Metropolitan Damascene of Moscow.
*2010 [[June 12]]: Archimandrite Nicholas was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] as Bishop of Cincinnati by Metropolitan Damascene of Moscow, Archbishop John of Zaporizhzya and Little Rus', and Bishop Andrian of Chisinau and Moldova as head of the North American Vicariate of the "True Russian Orthodox Church."
*2012 [[April 26]]: Bishop Nicholas is accepted into the Russian True-Orthodox Church under Metropolitan Alexey (Bondarenko) of Moscow.

==Source==
*[http://www.st-catherine.ru/clergy/24 Archimandrite Nicholas (Yuhosh)] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/hronika/soobshchenie-o-perehode-arhimandrita-nikolaya-yuhosh-v-rossiyskuyu-pravoslavnuyu-cerkov Сообщение о переходе архимандрита Николая (Юхош) в Российскую Православную Церковь] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/hronika/arhiereyskaya-hirotoniya-v-rossiyskoy-pravoslavnoy-cerkvi Архиерейская хиротония в Российской Православной Церкви] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/oficialnye-dokumenty/mitropolit-damaskin-balabanov/pismo-mitropolita-damaskina-balabanova-episkopu Письмо митрополита Дамаскина (Балабанова) епископу Николаю (Юхош)] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.trueorthodox.org/bishops.html ЕПИСКОПАТ] Российская Истинно-Православная Церковь '''(Russian)'''
*[http://apologetika.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2253 РАЗВАЛ РОСПЦ(Д): Бывший епископ РосПЦ(Д) Николай (Юхош) все-таки не вступил в ИПЦ(Р): "от сатаны к диаволу", -- обличив владык РосПЦ(Д) Д.Балабанова, И.Зиновьева в алкоголизме и безблагодатности] Меч и Трость '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.hierarchy.religare.ru/h-orthod-bio-iuhos.html Николай (Юхош), Епископ Синсиннатский] Иерархия литургических церквей '''(Russian)'''

[[Category: Priests]]

Nicholas (Iuhos)

2013-03-14T05:48:16Z

Mishakaz:

'''Nicholas (Iuhos)''' {born ''Nicolae Iuhos'') was a [[priest]] and [[archimandrite]] in the [[Church of Romania]], [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] and [[Orthodox Church in America]]. He went into schism to the [[Holy Orthodox Church in North America]], [[Russian Orthodox Church in Exile#Current status|True Russian Orthodox Church (D)]], and now [[Russian True-Orthodox Church (Vyacheslav)]]. He is RTOC-V [[Bishop]] of Cincinnati and America, and Secretary of their Synod of Bishops.

==Biographical sketch==
* 1952 [[February 9]]: Born in Shilindru, Romania.
*Married.
*1973: [[ordination|Ordained]] to the priesthood in the [[Church of Romania]]. Served in Oradea, Romania.
*1981: Complete the Orthodox Institute in Sibiu, Romania.
*1982: Elevated to [[Archpriest]].
*1984: Undertook pilgrimage to [[Jerusalem]] and the Holy Land. After this, he remained in the West. He moved to Germany, and transferred to ROCOR.
*1987: Moved to Australia. Served as second priest at the Church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, Dandenong (Victoria, Australia) to care for Romanian-speaking faithful.
*1991: Rector of Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Perth (Western Australia).
*1991: Became a [[monk]], elevated to [[Igumen]].
*1992: Transferred to serve in Jerusalem.
*late 1990s: Served as rector of [[St. Catherine the Great Martyr Church (Moscow)|St. Catherine's Church]], Moscow, the representation church of the [[Orthodox Church in America]] to the [[Church of Russia]].
*2000s: Moved to the United States.
:At some point, he was elevated to Archimandrite.
*2005: Established [[Holy_Cross_Monastery_(Niagara_Falls,_New_York)|Holy Cross Monastery]] in Niagara Falls, New York, under the Orthodox Church in America.
*2009: Lft the Church and joined the schismatic Holy Orthodox Church in North America.
*2010 [[February 22]]: Left HOCNA and joined the "True Russian Orthodox Church", under Metropolitan Damascene of Moscow.
*2010 [[June 12]]: Archimandrite Nicholas was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] as Bishop of Cincinnati by Metropolitan Damascene of Moscow, Archbishop John of Zaporizhzya and Little Rus', and Bishop Andrian of Chisinau and Moldova as head of the North American Vicariate of the "True Russian Orthodox Church."
*2012 [[April 26]]: Bishop Nicholas is accepted into the Russian True-Orthodox Church under Metropolitan Alexey (Bondarenko) of Moscow.

==Source==
*[http://www.st-catherine.ru/clergy/24 Archimandrite Nicholas (Yuhosh)] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/hronika/soobshchenie-o-perehode-arhimandrita-nikolaya-yuhosh-v-rossiyskuyu-pravoslavnuyu-cerkov Сообщение о переходе архимандрита Николая (Юхош) в Российскую Православную Церковь] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/hronika/arhiereyskaya-hirotoniya-v-rossiyskoy-pravoslavnoy-cerkvi Архиерейская хиротония в Российской Православной Церкви] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/oficialnye-dokumenty/mitropolit-damaskin-balabanov/pismo-mitropolita-damaskina-balabanova-episkopu Письмо митрополита Дамаскина (Балабанова) епископу Николаю (Юхош)] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.trueorthodox.org/bishops.html ЕПИСКОПАТ] Российская Истинно-Православная Церковь '''(Russian)'''
*[http://apologetika.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2253 РАЗВАЛ РОСПЦ(Д): Бывший епископ РосПЦ(Д) Николай (Юхош) все-таки не вступил в ИПЦ(Р): "от сатаны к диаволу", -- обличив владык РосПЦ(Д) Д.Балабанова, И.Зиновьева в алкоголизме и безблагодатности] Меч и Трость '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.hierarchy.religare.ru/h-orthod-bio-iuhos.html Николай (Юхош), Епископ Синсиннатский] Иерархия литургических церквей '''(Russian)'''

[[Category: Priests]]

Nicholas (Iuhos)

2013-03-14T05:47:31Z

Mishakaz:

'''Nicholas (Iuhos)''' {born ''Nicolae Iuhos'') was a [[priest]] and [[archimandrite]] in the [[Church of Romania]], [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] and [[Orthodox Church in America]]. He went into schism to the [[Holy Orthodox Church in North America]], [[Russian Orthodox Church in Exile#Current status|True Russian Orthodox Church (D)]], and now [[Russian True-Orthodox Church (Vyacheslav)]]. He is RTOC-V [[Bishop]] of Cincinnati and America, and Secretary of their Synod of Bishops.

==Biographical sketch==
* 1952 [[February 9]]: Born in Shilindru, Romania.
*Married.
*1973: [[ordination|Ordained]] to the priesthood in the [[Church of Romania]]. Served in Oradea, Romania.
*1981: Complete the Orthodox Institute in Sibiu, Romania.
*1982: Elevated to [[Archpriest]].
*1984: Undertook pilgrimage to [[Jerusalem]] and the Holy Land. After this, he remained in the West. He moved to Germany, and transferred to ROCOR.
*1987: Moved to Australia. Served as second priest at the Church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, Dandenong (Victoria, Australia) to care for Romanian-speaking faithful.
*1991: Rector of Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Perth (Western Australia).
*1991: Became a [[monk]], elevated to [[Igumen]].
*1992: Transferred to serve in Jerusalem.
*late 1990s: Served as rector of [[St. Catherine the Great Martyr Church (Moscow)|St. Catherine's Church]], Moscow, the representation church of the [[Orthodox Church in America]] to the [[Church of Russia]].
*2000s: Moved to the United States.
:At some point, he was elevated to Archimandrite.
*2005: Established [[Holy_Cross_Monastery_(Niagara_Falls,_New_York)|Holy Cross Monastery]] in Niagara Falls, New York, under the Orthodox Church in America.
:He later left the Church and joined the schismatic Holy Orthodox Church in North America.
*2010 [[February 22]]: Left HOCNA and joined the "True Russian Orthodox Church", under Metropolitan Damascene of Moscow.
*2010 [[June 12]]: Archimandrite Nicholas was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] as Bishop of Cincinnati by Metropolitan Damascene of Moscow, Archbishop John of Zaporizhzya and Little Rus', and Bishop Andrian of Chisinau and Moldova as head of the North American Vicariate of the "True Russian Orthodox Church."
*2012 [[April 26]]: Bishop Nicholas is accepted into the Russian True-Orthodox Church under Metropolitan Alexey (Bondarenko) of Moscow.

==Source==
*[http://www.st-catherine.ru/clergy/24 Archimandrite Nicholas (Yuhosh)] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/hronika/soobshchenie-o-perehode-arhimandrita-nikolaya-yuhosh-v-rossiyskuyu-pravoslavnuyu-cerkov Сообщение о переходе архимандрита Николая (Юхош) в Российскую Православную Церковь] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/hronika/arhiereyskaya-hirotoniya-v-rossiyskoy-pravoslavnoy-cerkvi Архиерейская хиротония в Российской Православной Церкви] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/oficialnye-dokumenty/mitropolit-damaskin-balabanov/pismo-mitropolita-damaskina-balabanova-episkopu Письмо митрополита Дамаскина (Балабанова) епископу Николаю (Юхош)] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.trueorthodox.org/bishops.html ЕПИСКОПАТ] Российская Истинно-Православная Церковь '''(Russian)'''
*[http://apologetika.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2253 РАЗВАЛ РОСПЦ(Д): Бывший епископ РосПЦ(Д) Николай (Юхош) все-таки не вступил в ИПЦ(Р): "от сатаны к диаволу", -- обличив владык РосПЦ(Д) Д.Балабанова, И.Зиновьева в алкоголизме и безблагодатности] Меч и Трость '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.hierarchy.religare.ru/h-orthod-bio-iuhos.html Николай (Юхош), Епископ Синсиннатский] Иерархия литургических церквей '''(Russian)'''

[[Category: Priests]]

Nicholas (Iuhos)

2013-03-14T05:40:03Z

Mishakaz: updated the page

'''Nicholas (Iuhos)''' {born ''Nicolae Iuhos'') was a [[priest]] and [[archimandrite]] in the [[Church of Romania]], [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] and [[Orthodox Church in America]]. He is now a [[schism]]atic [[Bishop]] of Cincinnati and Secretary of the [[Russian True-Orthodox Church (Vyacheslav)|Russian True-Orthodox Church]] Synod of Bishops.

==Biographical sketch==
* 1952 [[February 9]]: Born in Shilindru, Romania.
*Married.
*1973: [[ordination|Ordained]] to the priesthood in the [[Church of Romania]]. Served in Oradea, Romania.
*1981: Complete the Orthodox Institute in Sibiu, Romania.
*1982: Elevated to [[Archpriest]].
*1984: Undertook pilgrimage to [[Jerusalem]] and the Holy Land. After this, he remained in the West. He moved to Germany, and transferred to ROCOR.
*1987: Moved to Australia. Served as second priest at the Church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, Dandenong (Victoria, Australia) to care for Romanian-speaking faithful.
*1991: Rector of Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Perth (Western Australia).
*1991: Became a [[monk]], elevated to [[Igumen]].
*1992: Transferred to serve in Jerusalem.
*late 1990s: Served as rector of [[St. Catherine the Great Martyr Church (Moscow)|St. Catherine's Church]], Moscow, the representation church of the [[Orthodox Church in America]] to the [[Church of Russia]].
*2000s: Moved to the United States.
:At some point, he was elevated to Archimandrite.
*2005: Established [[Holy_Cross_Monastery_(Niagara_Falls,_New_York)|Holy Cross Monastery]] in Niagara Falls, New York, under the Orthodox Church in America.
:He later left the Church and joined the schismatic [[Holy Orthodox Church in North America|HOCNA]].
*2010 [[February 22]]: Left HOCNA and joined the "True Russian Orthodox Church", under Metropolitan Damascene of Moscow.
*2010 [[June 12]]: Archimandrite Nicholas was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] as Bishop of Cincinnati by Metropolitan Damascene of Moscow, Archbishop John of Zaporizhzya and Little Rus', and Bishop Andrian of Chisinau and Moldova as head of the North American Vicariate of the "True Russian Orthodox Church."
*2012 [[April 26]]: Bishop Nicholas is accepted into the Russian True-Orthodox Church under Metropolitan Alexey (Bondarenko) of Moscow.

==Source==
*[http://www.st-catherine.ru/clergy/24 Archimandrite Nicholas (Yuhosh)] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/hronika/soobshchenie-o-perehode-arhimandrita-nikolaya-yuhosh-v-rossiyskuyu-pravoslavnuyu-cerkov Сообщение о переходе архимандрита Николая (Юхош) в Российскую Православную Церковь] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/hronika/arhiereyskaya-hirotoniya-v-rossiyskoy-pravoslavnoy-cerkvi Архиерейская хиротония в Российской Православной Церкви] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/oficialnye-dokumenty/mitropolit-damaskin-balabanov/pismo-mitropolita-damaskina-balabanova-episkopu Письмо митрополита Дамаскина (Балабанова) епископу Николаю (Юхош)] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.trueorthodox.org/bishops.html ЕПИСКОПАТ] Российская Истинно-Православная Церковь '''(Russian)'''
*[http://apologetika.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2253 РАЗВАЛ РОСПЦ(Д): Бывший епископ РосПЦ(Д) Николай (Юхош) все-таки не вступил в ИПЦ(Р): "от сатаны к диаволу", -- обличив владык РосПЦ(Д) Д.Балабанова, И.Зиновьева в алкоголизме и безблагодатности] Меч и Трость '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.hierarchy.religare.ru/h-orthod-bio-iuhos.html Николай (Юхош), Епископ Синсиннатский] Иерархия литургических церквей '''(Russian)'''

[[Category: Priests]]

Holy Cross Monastery (Niagara Falls, New York)

2013-03-14T05:27:58Z

Mishakaz:

{{Cleanup|Jurisdiction? Superior?}}{{monastery|
name=The Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery|
jurisdiction=[[Russian True-Orthodox Church (Vyacheslav)|Russian True-Orthodox Church]]|
type=Male Monastery|
founded=2005|
superior=[[Bishop]] [[Nicholas (Iuhos)|Nicholas]]|
size=2 monks|
hq=Niagara Falls, New York|
language=English, some Slavonic and Romanian|
music=[[Russian Chant]]|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar]]|
feasts=[[September 14|Elevation]]|
website=[http://www.holycross-niagarafalls.org Official website]
}}
'''The Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery''' is a [[monastery]] of the [[schismatic]] [[Russian True-Orthodox Church (Vyacheslav|Russian True-Orthodox Church)]]. Located in Niagara Falls, New York, it formerly belonged to [[ROCOR]], the [[OCA]], [[Holy Orthodox Church in North America]], and [[Russian Orthodox Church in Exile#Current status|True Russian Orthodox Church]] under Metropolitan Damascene of Moscow. It was established in the year 2005 by [[Archimandrite]] [[Nicholas (Iuhos)]], built in the former Holy Trinity Orthodox Church (est. 1951).

Plans for the monastery include the organization of special spiritual retreats and lectures for those who are interested in learning more about the [[Orthodox Christianity|Orthodox faith]], [[spirituality]], the [[Church Fathers]], and much more.

The monastery property consists of about 3 1/2 acres of land, including a brownstone church, a rectory, a garage, and a separate building which has three apartments upstairs, a hall, a kitchen, a future library and a basement.

The main building needs capital repairs, a new roof, new windows, new electrical wiring, and new heating and air conditioning system. Once restored, it is in this building that the monastic community will live.

The monastery plans to bring English speaking [[monk]]s to begin the monastic life and hopes to attract interested candidates from the US and Canada.

The monastery plans to build a small pierogi factory to provide itself income, some of which will be used to help needy families of military personnel and set up scholarships for their children. A project to build a shrine dedicated to the Holy Cross in memory of American servicemen and women is also planned.

On June 12, 2010, Archimandrite Nicholas was consecrated Bishop of Cincinatti by Metropolitan Damascene of Moscow, Archbishop John of Zaporizhzya and Little Rus', and Bishop Andrian of Chisnau and Moldova as head of the North American Vicariate of the "True Russian Orthodox Church." In 2011, he left to the Russian True-Orthodox Church under schismatic metropolitan Alexey (Bondarenko) of Moscow.

==Schedule of services==
*Saturday: 6:00pm - Great Vespers
*Sunday: 9:30am - Divine Liturgy
*Feastdays: 6:00pm Great Vespers on the eve of the feast, followed by 9:30am Divine Liturgy on the feastday.

==Source==
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/hronika/soobshchenie-o-perehode-arhimandrita-nikolaya-yuhosh-v-rossiyskuyu-pravoslavnuyu-cerkov Сообщение о переходе архимандрита Николая (Юхош) в Российскую Православную Церковь] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/hronika/arhiereyskaya-hirotoniya-v-rossiyskoy-pravoslavnoy-cerkvi Архиерейская хиротония в Российской Православной Церкви] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/oficialnye-dokumenty/mitropolit-damaskin-balabanov/pismo-mitropolita-damaskina-balabanova-episkopu Письмо митрополита Дамаскина (Балабанова) епископу Николаю (Юхош)] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.trueorthodox.org/bishops.html ЕПИСКОПАТ] Российская Истинно-Православная Церковь '''(Russian)'''
*[http://apologetika.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2253 РАЗВАЛ РОСПЦ(Д): Бывший епископ РосПЦ(Д) Николай (Юхош) все-таки не вступил в ИПЦ(Р): "от сатаны к диаволу", -- обличив владык РосПЦ(Д) Д.Балабанова, И.Зиновьева в алкоголизме и безблагодатности] Меч и Трость '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.hierarchy.religare.ru/h-orthod-bio-iuhos.html Николай (Юхош), Епископ Синсиннатский] Иерархия литургических церквей '''(Russian)'''

==External link==
*[http://www.holycross-niagarafalls.org Holy Cross Monastery]

[[Category:Monasteries]]
[[Category:American Monasteries]]
[[Category:Old Calendarist Monasteries]]

Holy Cross Monastery (Niagara Falls, New York)

2013-03-14T05:27:09Z

Mishakaz: updated the page

{{Cleanup|Jurisdiction? Superior?}}{{monastery|
name=The Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery|
jurisdiction=[[Russian True-Orthodox Church (Vyacheslav)|Russian True-Orthodox Church]]|
type=Male Monastery|
founded=2005|
superior=[[Bishop]]. [[Nicholas (Iuhos)|Nicholas]]|
size=2 monks|
hq=Niagara Falls, New York|
language=English, some Slavonic and Romanian|
music=[[Russian Chant]]|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar]]|
feasts=[[September 14|Elevation]]|
website=[http://www.holycross-niagarafalls.org Official website]
}}
'''The Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery''' is a [[monastery]] of the [[schismatic]] [[Russian True-Orthodox Church (Vyacheslav|Russian True-Orthodox Church)]]. Located in Niagara Falls, New York, it formerly belonged to [[ROCOR]], the [[OCA]], [[Holy Orthodox Church in North America]], and [[Russian Orthodox Church in Exile#Current status|True Russian Orthodox Church]] under Metropolitan Damascene of Moscow. It was established in the year 2005 by [[Archimandrite]] [[Nicholas (Iuhos)]], built in the former Holy Trinity Orthodox Church (est. 1951).

Plans for the monastery include the organization of special spiritual retreats and lectures for those who are interested in learning more about the [[Orthodox Christianity|Orthodox faith]], [[spirituality]], the [[Church Fathers]], and much more.

The monastery property consists of about 3 1/2 acres of land, including a brownstone church, a rectory, a garage, and a separate building which has three apartments upstairs, a hall, a kitchen, a future library and a basement.

The main building needs capital repairs, a new roof, new windows, new electrical wiring, and new heating and air conditioning system. Once restored, it is in this building that the monastic community will live.

The monastery plans to bring English speaking [[monk]]s to begin the monastic life and hopes to attract interested candidates from the US and Canada.

The monastery plans to build a small pierogi factory to provide itself income, some of which will be used to help needy families of military personnel and set up scholarships for their children. A project to build a shrine dedicated to the Holy Cross in memory of American servicemen and women is also planned.

On June 12, 2010, Archimandrite Nicholas was consecrated Bishop of Cincinatti by Metropolitan Damascene of Moscow, Archbishop John of Zaporizhzya and Little Rus', and Bishop Andrian of Chisnau and Moldova as head of the North American Vicariate of the "True Russian Orthodox Church." In 2011, he left to the Russian True-Orthodox Church under schismatic metropolitan Alexey (Bondarenko) of Moscow.

==Schedule of services==
*Saturday: 6:00pm - Great Vespers
*Sunday: 9:30am - Divine Liturgy
*Feastdays: 6:00pm Great Vespers on the eve of the feast, followed by 9:30am Divine Liturgy on the feastday.

==Source==
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/hronika/soobshchenie-o-perehode-arhimandrita-nikolaya-yuhosh-v-rossiyskuyu-pravoslavnuyu-cerkov Сообщение о переходе архимандрита Николая (Юхош) в Российскую Православную Церковь] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/hronika/arhiereyskaya-hirotoniya-v-rossiyskoy-pravoslavnoy-cerkvi Архиерейская хиротония в Российской Православной Церкви] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.ispovednik-portal.com/oficialnye-dokumenty/mitropolit-damaskin-balabanov/pismo-mitropolita-damaskina-balabanova-episkopu Письмо митрополита Дамаскина (Балабанова) епископу Николаю (Юхош)] '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.trueorthodox.org/bishops.html ЕПИСКОПАТ] Российская Истинно-Православная Церковь '''(Russian)'''
*[http://apologetika.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2253 РАЗВАЛ РОСПЦ(Д): Бывший епископ РосПЦ(Д) Николай (Юхош) все-таки не вступил в ИПЦ(Р): "от сатаны к диаволу", -- обличив владык РосПЦ(Д) Д.Балабанова, И.Зиновьева в алкоголизме и безблагодатности] Меч и Трость '''(Russian)'''
*[http://www.hierarchy.religare.ru/h-orthod-bio-iuhos.html Николай (Юхош), Епископ Синсиннатский] Иерархия литургических церквей '''(Russian)'''

==External link==
*[http://www.holycross-niagarafalls.org Holy Cross Monastery]

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[[Category:American Monasteries]]
[[Category:Old Calendarist Monasteries]]

Christ the Savior Monastery (Hamilton, Ontario)

2013-03-13T22:19:13Z

Mishakaz: added link for Monastery of the Assumption of Our Lady of Mount Royal (Jacksonville, Florida)

'''Christminster''' or '''Christ the Savior Monastery''' is a [[Western Rite]] [[monastery]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (ROCOR), established in Rhode Island in 1993 with the blessing of [[Archbishop]] [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion]], then [[Bishop]] of Manhattan, who authorized Dom [[James M. Deschene]] (formerly the [[prior]] of the [[Monastery of the Assumption of Our Lady of Mount Royal (Jacksonville, Florida)|Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Royal]]) to continue the Western Rite mission of Mount Royal under the title of ''Christ the Saviour Monastery'' or ''Christminster''. It is currently located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The large monastery complex includes an oratory dedicated to Our Lady of Glastonbury.

== History ==
Founded in 1910 as an Old Catholic monastery, [[Mount Royal]]'s mission and work continued under [[Old Catholic]] auspices until 1962. In that year the community was received into the patriarchal Russian Orthodox Church by its American [[exarch]], Bishop [[Dositheus (Ivanchenko) of Brooklyn|Dositheus (Ivanchenko) of New York]]. For several years, the [[monk]]s of Mount Royal staffed a Western Rite chapel in the Russian Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Manhattan, later moving to Woodstock, New York. Bishop Dositheus' successor, Archbishop [[John (Wendland) of New York and the Aleutians|John (Wendland)]], blessed and confirmed the Western Rite observance and mission of Mount Royal and the leadership of its [[abbot]], Dom [[Augustine Whitfield]].

In 1975, under Abbot Augustine, the monastery was received into the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia by Archbishop [[Nikon (Rklitski) of Florida|Nikon (Rklitzsky)]], who again authorized and blessed its mission and observances.

In 1993, upon the retirement of Abbot Augustine, Christminster was founded in Rhode Island with the blessing of Bishop Hilarion to carry on the work of Western Rite Orthodoxy in the ROCOR Synod.

==External links==
* [http://www.christminster.org/ Christ the Savior Monastery] (official site)
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Occidentalis/message/9375 News site]

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Monastery of the Assumption of Our Lady of Mount Royal (Jacksonville, Florida)

2013-03-13T22:16:17Z

Mishakaz: added {{orthodoxyinamerica}} and fixed category to American, not Canadian Monasteries.

'''Dormition of Our Loady of Mount Royal''' (Holyrood) is a [[Western Rite]] [[stavropegial]] [[monastery]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (ROCOR). It is currently located in Jacksonville, Florida.
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== History ==
Founded in 1910 as an Old Catholic monastery, Mount Royal's mission and work continued under [[Old Catholic]] auspices until 1962. In that year the community was received into the patriarchal Russian Orthodox Church by its American [[exarch]], Bishop [[Dositheus (Ivanchenko) of New York|Dositheus (Ivanchenko) of New York]]. For several years, the [[monk]]s of Mount Royal staffed a Western Rite chapel in the Russian Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Manhattan, later moving to Woodstock, New York. Bishop Dositheus' successor, Archbishop [[John (Wendland) of New York and the Aleutians|John (Wendland)]], blessed and confirmed the Western Rite observance and mission of Mount Royal and the leadership of its [[abbot]], Dom [[Augustine Whitfield]].

In 1975, under Abbot Augustine, the monastery was received into the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia by Archbishop [[Nikon (Rklitski) of Florida|Nikon (Rklitzsky)]], who again authorized and blessed its mission and observances.

In 1993, the former Prior of Mount Royal, Dom James (Deschene) founded [[Christminster]] in Rhode Island, which subsequently relocated to Hamilton, Ontario.

In 2010, Dom Augustine reposed and was succeeded as abbot by Dom David (Pierce).

==External links==
* [http://orthodoxwesternrite.wordpress.com/mount-royal-monastery] Unofficial site
* Dom Augustine Whitfield (Abbot of Mount Royal). ''[http://www.allmercifulsavior.com/Liturgy/DomAugustineCustomary.pdf Directions for the Celebration of The Western Orthodox Liturgy Commonly Called the Mass].'' Revised Edition. Privately Printed, 1975. (Usage of Mt Royal - Part 1)
* Dom Augustine Whitfield (Abbot of Mount Royal). ''[http://www.allmercifulsavior.com/Liturgy/Dom-Augustine-Mass.pdf The Order for the Celebration of The Western Orthodox Liturgy].'' (Usage of Mt Royal - Part 2)

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[[Category:ROCOR Monasteries]]
[[Category:American Monasteries]]
[[Category:Western Rite]]

Holyrood

2013-03-13T22:14:08Z

Mishakaz: I hope I did this right.

'''''Holyrood''''' may refer to the following places:
*[[Timeline of Orthodoxy in the British Isles#Anglo-Norman Britain: Latin Continental Ecclesiology Formalized .281066-1154.29|Holyrood Abbey]], an Augustinian [[Roman Catholic]] [[monastery]] founded after the Norman in Scotland in 1128.
*[[Monastery of the Assumption of Our Lady of Mount Royal (Jacksonville, Florida)|Monastery of the Assumption of Our Lady of Mount Royal]], a Benedictine [[Western Rite]] in Jacksonville, Florida.

Monastery of the Assumption of Our Lady of Mount Royal (Jacksonville, Florida)

2013-03-13T22:06:48Z

Mishakaz: migrated page from Mount Royal

'''Dormition of Our Loady of Mount Royal''' (Holyrood) is a [[Western Rite]] [[stavropegial]] [[monastery]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (ROCOR). It is currently located in Jacksonville, Florida.

== History ==
Founded in 1910 as an Old Catholic monastery, Mount Royal's mission and work continued under [[Old Catholic]] auspices until 1962. In that year the community was received into the patriarchal Russian Orthodox Church by its American [[exarch]], Bishop [[Dositheus (Ivanchenko) of New York|Dositheus (Ivanchenko) of New York]]. For several years, the [[monk]]s of Mount Royal staffed a Western Rite chapel in the Russian Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Manhattan, later moving to Woodstock, New York. Bishop Dositheus' successor, Archbishop [[John (Wendland) of New York and the Aleutians|John (Wendland)]], blessed and confirmed the Western Rite observance and mission of Mount Royal and the leadership of its [[abbot]], Dom [[Augustine Whitfield]].

In 1975, under Abbot Augustine, the monastery was received into the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia by Archbishop [[Nikon (Rklitski) of Florida|Nikon (Rklitzsky)]], who again authorized and blessed its mission and observances.

In 1993, the former Prior of Mount Royal, Dom James (Deschene) founded [[Christminster]] in Rhode Island, which subsequently relocated to Hamilton, Ontario.

In 2010, Dom Augustine reposed and was succeeded as abbot by Dom David (Pierce).

==External links==
* [http://orthodoxwesternrite.wordpress.com/mount-royal-monastery] Unofficial site
* Dom Augustine Whitfield (Abbot of Mount Royal). ''[http://www.allmercifulsavior.com/Liturgy/DomAugustineCustomary.pdf Directions for the Celebration of The Western Orthodox Liturgy Commonly Called the Mass].'' Revised Edition. Privately Printed, 1975. (Usage of Mt Royal - Part 1)
* Dom Augustine Whitfield (Abbot of Mount Royal). ''[http://www.allmercifulsavior.com/Liturgy/Dom-Augustine-Mass.pdf The Order for the Celebration of The Western Orthodox Liturgy].'' (Usage of Mt Royal - Part 2)

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[[Category:ROCOR Monasteries]]
[[Category:Canadian Monasteries]]
[[Category:Western Rite]]

Mount Royal

2013-03-13T22:06:19Z

Mishakaz: this is not the proper name of the monastery nor does it follow the proper format, turned this into a redirect page

#REDIRECT [[Monastery of the Assumption of Our Lady of Mount Royal (Jacksonville, Florida)]]

List of bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia

2013-03-12T19:41:08Z

Mishakaz: /* Bishops */ fixed name for Bp. John (Shleman) of Urmia

List of the [[Metropolitan]] bishops, [[archbishop]]s, and [[bishop]]s of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] since 1920.

==Dead==
===First Hierarchs===
* [[Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev|Anthony (Khrapovitsky)]], Metropolitan of Kiev & Galicia (28 July/10 August 1936)
* [[Anastasy (Gribanovsky) of Kishinev|Anastasiy (Gribanovsky)]], Metropolitan of Chişinău & Khotin (8/21 May 1965)
* [[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]], Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York (8/21 November 1985)
* [[Vitaly (Ustinov) of New York|Vitaly (Ustinov)]], ret. Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York (25 September 2006)
* [[Laurus (Škurla) of New York|Laurus (Škurla)]], Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York (16 March 2008)

===Metropolitans===
* [[Methodius (Gerasimov) of Harbin|Methodius (Gerasimov)]], Metropolitan of Harbin and Manchuria (15/28 March 1931)
* [[Innocent (Figurovsky) of Beijing|Innocent (Figurovsky)]], Metropolitan of Peking & China (15/28 June 1931)
* [[Seraphim (Lade)]], Metropolitan of Berlin & Germany (1/14 September 1950)
* [[Panteleimon (Rozhnovsky)]], ret. Metropolitan of Minsk & Byelorussia (17/30 December 1950)
* [[Augustine (Peterson)]], ret. Metropolitan of Riga and Latvia (4 october 1955)

===Archbishops===
* [[Simon (Vinogradov) of Beijing|Simon (Vinogradov)]], Archbishop of Peking & China (11/24 February 1933)
* [[Gabriel (Chepur)]], Archbishop of Chelyabinsk & Troitsk (1/14 March 1933)
* [[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco|Apollinary (Koshevoy)]], Archbishop of North America (6/19 June 1933)
* [[Sergius (Petrov)]], ret. Archbishop of Chernomorsk & Novorossisk (11/24 January 1935)
* [[Damian (Govorov)]], ret. Archbishop of Tsarytsin (6/19 April 1936)
* [[Theophanes (Bystrov)]], ret. Archbishop of Poltava and Pereyaslavl (6/19 February 1940)
* [[Theophanes (Gavrilov)]], ret. Archbishop of Kursk and Oboyan (1943)
* [[Tikhon (Liashenko)]], ret. Archbishop of Berlin & Germany (11/24 February 1945)
* [[Arseny (Chagovtsov) of Winnipeg|Arseny (Chagovets)]], ret. Archbishop of Winnipeg (4 October 1945)
* [[Benedict (Bobkovsky)]], Archbishop of Berlin & Germany (21 August/3 September 1950 or 1951)
* [[Theodore (Rafalsky) of Sydney|Theodore (Rafalsky)]], Archbishop of Sydney, Australia & New Zealand (23 April/6 May 1955)
* [[Joasaph (Skorodumov) of Canada and Argentina|Joasaph (Skorodumov)]], Archbishop of Argentina & Paraguay (13/26 November 1955)
* [[Jeronim (Chernov) of Detroit|Jeronim (Chernov)]], Archbishop of Detroit & Flint (1/14 May 1957)
* [[Gregory (Borishkevich)]], Archbishop of Chicago & Cleveland (13/26 October 1957)
* [[Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City|Vitaly (Maximenko)]], Archbishop of Eastern America & Jersey City (8/21 March 1960)
* [[Tikhon (Troitsky) of San Francisco|Tikhon (Troitsky)]], Archbishop of Western America & San Francisco (17/30 March 1963)
* [[Stephen (Sevbo)]], Archbishop of Vienna & Austria (12/25 January 1965)
* [[John (Maximovitch) the Wonderworker|John (Maximovitch)]], Archbishop of Western America & San Francisco (19 June/2 July 1966)
* [[Theodosius (Samoilovich)]], Archbishop of Sao Paolo & Brazil (13/29 February 1968)
* [[Leontius (Filippovich)]], Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Chile & Paraguay (19 June/2 July 1971)
* [[Alexander (Lovchy)]], Archbishop of Berlin & Germany (29 August/11 September 1973)
* [[Amvrossy (Merejko) of Pittsburgh|Ambrose (Merejko)]], ret. Archbishop of Pittsburgh & West Pennsylvania (26 November/9 December 1975)
* [[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]], Archbishop of Syracuse & Trinity (31 March/13 April 1976)
* [[Sava (Rayevsky) of Sydney|Sava (Rayevsky)]], Archbishop of Sydney, Australia & New Zealand (4/17 April 1976)
* [[Nikon (Rklitski) of Florida|Nikon (Rklitski)]], Archbishop of Washington & Florida (22 August/4 September 1976)
* [[Nicodemus (Nagayev)]], Archbishop of Richmond & Great Britain (4/17 October 1976)
* [[Andrew (Rymarenko)]], Archbishop of Rockland (29 June/12 July 1978)
* [[Theodosius (Putilin) of Sydney|Theodosius (Putilin)]], Archbishop of Sydney, Australia & New Zealand (31 July/13 August 1980)
* [[Athanasy (Martos) of Buenos Aires|Athanasy (Martos)]], Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina & Paraguay (21 October/3 November 1983)
* [[Philotheus (Narko)]], Archbishop of Berlin & Germany (11/24 September 1986)
* [[Nathaniel (Lvov)]], Archbishop of Vienna & Austria (27 October/8 November 1986)
* [[Seraphim (Ivanov) of Chicago|Seraphim (Ivanov)]], Archbishop of Chicago, Detroit & the Midwest (12/25 July 1987)
* [[Anthony (Bartoshevich)]], Archbishop of Geneva & Western Europe (25 August/7 September 1993)
* [[Paul (Pavlov)]], ret. Archbishop of Sydney, Australia & New Zealand (2/15 February 1995)
* [[Anthony (Sinkevich)]], Archbishop of Los Angeles & Southern California (18/31 July 1996)
* [[Seraphim (Szezhevsky)]], ret. Archbishop of Caracas & Venezuela (31 August/13 September 1996)
* [[Anthony (Medvedev) of San Francisco|Anthony (Medvedev)]], Archbishop of West America and San-Francisco (23 September 2000)
* [[Seraphim (Dulgov)]], ret. Archbishop of Brussels and Western Europe (24 November 2003)

===Bishops===
* [[Michael (Bogdanov)]], Bishop of Cheboksary (9/22 July 1925)
* [[Michael (Kosmodemyansky)]], Bishop of Alexandrovsk (9/22 September 1925)
* [[Jonah of Manchuria|Jonah (Pokrovsky)]], Bishop of Hankou (7/20 October 1925)
* [[Elias (Gevargizov)]], Bishop of Salma & Urmia (December 1928)
* [[Nicholas (Karpov)]], Bishop of London (12/25 October 1932)
* [[Anthony (Dashkevich)]], ret. Bishop of Alaska & the Aleutians (15 March 1934)
* [[Gorazd (Pavlik) of Prague|Gorazd (Pavlík)]], Bishop of Czech (4 September 1942)
* [[Basil (Pavlovsky)]], Bishop of Vienna & Austria (10/23 October 1945)
* [[Eulogius (Markovsky)]], Bishop of Caracas & Venezuela (1951)
* [[Leontius (Bartoshevich)]], Bishop of Geneva (6/19 August 1956)
* [[John (Shleman) of Urmia|John (Shleman)]], ret. Bishop of Salma & Urmia (1962)
* [[Agapetus (Kryzhanovsky)]], ret. Bishop of Goiana (27 August/9 September 1966)
* [[Sabbas (Saračević)]], ret. Bishop of Edmonton (17/30 January 1973)
* [[Nectarius (Kontsevich)]], Bishop of Seattle (4/26 January 1983)
* [[Nicander (Paderin)]], Bishop of Sao Paolo & Brazil (2/19 December 1987)
* [[Innocent (Petrov)]], Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina & Paraguay (10/23 December 1987)
* [[John (Legky)]], Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina & Paraguay (20 February/5 March 1995)
* [[Gregory (Grabbe) of Washington and Florida|Gregory (Grabbe)]], ret. Bishop of Washington & Florida (24 September /7 October 1995)
* [[Constantine (Essensky) of Richmond|Constantine (Essensky)]], ret. Bishop of Boston (18/31 May 1996)
* [[Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky)]], Bishop of Boston (15 February 2002)
* [[Alexander (Mileant) of Buenos Aires|Alexander (Mileant)]], Bishop of Buenos Aires and South America (18 September 2005)
* [[Ambrose (Cantacuzène) of Geneva|Ambrose (Cantacuzène)]], ret. Bishop of Geneva and Western Europe (22 July 2009)
* [[Daniel (Alexandrow) of Erie|Daniel (Alexandrov)]], Bishop of Erie (26 April 2010)

===former bishops===
* [[Mitrophan (Abramov)]], went [[Church of Serbia|Serbian Patriarchate]] in 1922
* [[Benjamin (Fedchenkov) of the Aleutians|Benjamin (Fedchenkov)]], went Moscow Patriarchate in 1931
* [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon (Rozhdestvensky)]], went [[Metropolia|Northern-American metropolis]] in 1924
* [[Eulogius (Georgievsky) of Paris|Eulogius (Georgievsky)]], went Western-European Metropolis in 1926
* [[Vladimir (Tikhonitsky)]], went Western-European Metropolis in 1926
* [[Sergius (Korolyov)]], went Western-European Metropolis in 1926
* [[Hermogenes (Maximov)]], went schism in 1942
* [[Meletius (Zaborosky) of Harbin and Manchuria|Meletius (Zaborovsky)]], went [[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] in 1945
* [[Victor (Svyatin) of Krasnodar and Kuban|Victor (Svyatin)]], went Moscow Patriarchate in 1945
* [[Nestor (Anisimov) of Kamchatka|Nestor (Anisimov)]], went Moscow Patriarchate in 1945
* [[Juvenaly (Kilin) of Qiqihar|Juvenaly (Kilin)]], went Moscow Patriarchate in 1945
* [[Demetrius (Voznesensky)]], went Moscow Patriarchate in 1945
* [[Alexis (Panteleyev)]], went Moscow Patriarchate in 1945
* [[Seraphim (Loukianov)]], went Moscow Patriarchate in 1945
* [[Seraphim (Sobolev)]], went Moscow Patriarchate in 1945
* [[Philip (Gardner)]], Bishop of Potsdam. Defrocked in 1945.
* [[Makary (Ilyinsky) of New York|Makary (Ilyinsky)]], went Moscow Patriarchate in 1946
* [[Paul (Meletiev)]], went [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic church]] in 1946
* [[Dimitry (Magan) of Boston |Dimitry (Magan)]], went Northern-American metropolis in 1946
* [[John (Ziobin) of Alaska|John (Zlobin)]], Bishop of Sitka & Alaska, went Northern-American metropolis in 1946
* [[Panteleimon (Rudyk)]], went Moscow Patriarchate in 1959
* [[James (Toombs) of Manhattan|James (Toombs)]], Bishop of of Manhattan, went [[schism]] in 1959
* [[Jean-Nectaire (Kovalevsky) of Saint-Denis|John-Nectaire (Kovalevsky)]], went schism in 1966
* [[Jakob (Akkersdijk) of The Hague|Jakob (Akkersdijk)]], Bishop of Hague, went Moscow Patriarchate in 1972
* [[Kyrill (Yonchev) of Pittsburgh|Kyrill (Yonchev)]], went [[OCA]] in 1976
* [[Valentine (Rusantsov)]], went schism in 1994
* [[Lazarus (Zhurbenko)]], went schism in 2001

== Living ==
* [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion (Kapral)]], First Hierarch, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York

===Archbishops===
* [[Alypy (Gramanovich) of Chicago|Alypy (Gamanovich)]], Archbishop of Chicago and Mid-America
* [[Mark (Arndt) of Berlin|Mark (Arndt)]], Archbishop of Berlin, Germany and of Great Britain
* [[Kyrill (Dmitrieff) of San Francisco|Kyrill (Dmitrieff)]], Archbishop of San Francisco and Western America
* [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal|Gabriel (Chemodakov)]], Archbishop of Montreal and Canada
* [[Michael (Donskoff)]], Archbishop of Geneva and Western Europe

===Bishops===
* [[Varnava (Prokofiev) of Cannes|Barnabas (Prokofiev)]], ret. Bishop of Cannes
* [[Agapit (Goratchek)]], Bishop of Stuttgart
* [[Peter (Loukianoff)]], Bishop of Cleveland
* [[John (Bērziņš)]], Bishop of Caracas and South America
* [[Jerome (Shaw)]], Bishop of Manhattan
* [[George (Schaefer)]], Bishop of Mayfield
* [[Theodosius (Ivashchenko)]], Bishop of Seattle

===former bishops===
* [[Benjamin (Rusalenko)]], went schism in 2001
* [[Eutychus (Kurochkin) of Domodedovo|Eutychus (Kurochkin)]], went Moscow Patriarchate in 2007
* [[Agafangel (Pashkovsky) of Odessa|Agafangel (Pashkovsky)]], went schism in 2007

==External links==
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orthodox-synod/message/961 Reposed Hierarchs of the ROCOR]
* [http://krotov.info/spravki/persons/20person/karlovch.html Архиереи Русской Православной Церкви Заграницей] (russian)

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Seraphim (Ivanov) of Chicago

2013-03-12T02:59:25Z

Mishakaz: /* Source */

His Eminence, the Most Reverend '''Seraphim (Ivanov)''' was a hierarch of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]] and the second ruling bishop of the Diocese of Chicago and Detroit (now the [[Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America (ROCOR)|Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America]]).

==Life==
Leonid Georgievich Ivanov was born in Kursk, Russia in 1897. After completing his elementary and secondary education, graduating in 1915, from the Kursk Gymnasium (High School) in Kursk, Leonid entered the Philosophy Faculty of Moscow University. His education was interrupted by World War I when he was called to serve in the Imperial Russian Army. After taking part in offensive action with the First Siberian Corps, he was assigned to the Sergievsky Artillery School in Odessa, Russia.
In late 1918, he visited Kursk for the funeral of his mother before joining the White Army following the Bolshevik takeover of the government of Russia in early November 1917. While serving with the Kornilov regiment, he contracted typhus during the retreat to the Black Sea. After recovering from the illness, he was evacuated with the White Army and emigrated to Yugoslavia.
After arriving in Yugoslavia, Leonid entered the Philosophy Faculty of Belgrade University, but soon changed to the Theology Faculty. After graduating he taught the Law of God at a Serbian high school in Skopje. In 1926, Leonid undertook a pilgrimage to [[Mount Athos]] where he sought guidance about his future from a holy elder. After visiting and praying with the Elder Theodossy of Karoulia and the blind Hieroschemamonk Elder Ignaty, Leonid returned to Yugoslavia before entering St. Panteleimon Monastery on [[Mount Athos]]. There he received his [[tonsure]] as a [[monk]] on [[August 1]], 1926, the [[feast day]] of the Opening of the [[relics]] of St Seraphim of Sarov, and thus received the name Seraphim.

Returning to Skopje, the [[monk]] Seraphim was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[priest]] by [[Metropolitan]] Varnava of Skopje, later [[Patriarch]] of Serbia. Seraphim served until 1928 as a [[parish]] priest in Skopje before joining the [[Monastery]] of St. Job of Pochaev in Ladomirova, Czechoslovakia (present day Slovakia).

In 1934, [[hieromonk]] Seraphim was raised to the rank of [[archimandrite]] and appointed [[abbot]] of the monastery by Metr. Anthony (Khrapovitsky) to replace Archimandrite [[Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City|Vitaly (Maximenko)]] who had been [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] [[bishop]] and had moved to America. During the years Archimandrite Seraphim led St. Job of Pochaev Monastery he placed great importance on its printing capabilities, developing it to the most important printing center of ROCOR. During World War II, the monastery press produced Orthodox literature for distribution in German occupied areas of the Soviet Union.

In 1944, after the war turned against the German forces. Archimandrite Seraphim and the brotherhood of the monastery fled before the advancing Soviet forces. After first going to Berlin, they fled to Switzerland. In February 1946, in Switzerland, Archimandrite Seraphim was consecrated Bishop of Santiago and Chile at the Cathedral of the Elevation of the Cross in Geneva by Metr. Anastassy (Gribanovsky) who assisted by Bps. Ieromin (Chernov) of Montreal and Nafanail (Lvov) of Brussels and Western Europe.

Not being able to assume his post in Chile, Bp. Seraphim then emigrated to the United States with the brotherhood from St. Job monastery, where they joined the [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] at Jordanville, New York. Bp. Seraphim was then named abbot of the monastery with the title of Bishop of Holy Trinity and [[vicar]] of the [[Diocese]] of Eastern America.

In 1948, Bp. Seraphim initiated the founding of the New Kursk Root Hermitage in Mahopac, New York to serve as the home for the [[Kursk Root Icon]] and as headquarters of the [[Holy Synod|Synod of Bishops]] from 1951 to 1958. Then, both moved to 75 East 93rd Street in New York City. Between 1951 and 1957 Bp. Seraphim headed the Hermitage and was a permanent member of the Synod of Bishops.

In October 1957, Bp. Seraphim was appointed ruling bishop of the [[Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America (ROCOR)|Diocese of Chicago, Detroit, and Midwest]] succeeding Abp. [[Gregory (Borishkevitch) of Chicago|Gregory (Borishkevitch)]] who had reposed. In 1959, he was elevated to [[archbishop]].

In 1969, Abp. Seraphim and Abp. Theophil (Ionscu), a Romanian [[bishop]] who was a member of ROCOR, consecrated Archimandrite Akakios, a member of the Greek Old Calendar Church, a bishop. Metr. [[Anastasy (Gribanovsky) of Kishinev|Anastassy]] and the Holy Synod, however, did not sanction the consecration. In late 1969, however, Metr. [[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret]] and the Synod confirmed the consecration.

Being very interested in the youth of the [[church]], Abp. Seraphim established the Organization of Russian Orthodox Pathfinders which established a summer camp in a rural area west of Chicago, called Vladimirovo, This led to his appointment by the Holy Synod to oversee the youth programs for all of ROCOR.

In 1974, at the request of Abp. Seraphim, Igumen [[Alypy (Gramanovich) of Chicago|Alypy (Gammanovich)]] was consecrated Bishop of Cleveland a vicar to the Diocese of Chicago and Detroit. Igumen Alypy was consecrated in October 1974 in the Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral in Chicago. In 1976, Abp. Seraphim became the first deputy to Metr. Philaret.

As age began to take its toll on his physical strength, in the mid 1980s, Abp. Seraphim retired to the New Kursk Root Hermitage in Mahopac with Archimandrite Feofan where he reposed in 1987. He was buried in the hermitage's cemetery..

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==Source==
*[http://www.roca.org/life_of_archbishop_seraphim.htm The Life of Archbishop Seraphim (Ivanov)]

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St. Elizabeth the New Martyr Convent (Mohawk, New York)

2013-03-12T01:16:55Z

Mishakaz: /* Daily Life */

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jurisdiction=[[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia|ROCOR]]|
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superior= Abbess Elisabeth (Czwikla)‎|
size=6 monastics|
hq=Mohawk, New York|
language=Slavonic, English|
music=[[Russian Chant]]|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
feasts=[[Elizabeth the New Martyr#Glorification|New Martyrs Grand Duchess Elizabeth and Nun Barbara]]|
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'''Saint Elizabeth Skete''' is a female [[monastic]] community in the [[jurisdiction]] of [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]], located in Mohawk, New York. It is located adjacent to [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] in Jordanville. It is named in honor of St. [[Elizabeth the New Martyr]].
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==History==
In 1984, the widowed professor Natalia Sergeevna Markov was invited by [[Archbishop]] [[Laurus (Škurla) of New York|Laurus (Škurla) of Syracuse and Holy Trinity]] to teach Russian language and history at [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary]] in Jordanville, New York. After many talks with her father-in-law, [[Protopresbyter]] [[Michael Pomazansky]], she decided to enter the monastic life. Abp. Laurus gave for her disposal a small house down the road from the monastery, and invited a young woman by the name of Maria Czwikla to join her. On the eve of the [[Feast]] of St. [[Nicholas of Myra]], 1984, both women were made [[novice|novices]].

Two years later, Abp. Laurus tonsured them [[Monastic Ranks#Rassaphore|rassaphore]] nuns gave them a larger house next door to use as a dormitory. Nun Natalia decided to name the community after the [[New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia|Russian New Martyr]] Grand Duchess Elizabeth, and the sisters' spiritual father, [[Archimandrite]] [[Luke (Murianka)]], painted an icon of her for them. A chapel was built on the second floor for daily prayer services, and blessed by Abp. Laurus to have the [[Divine Liturgy]] served occasionally. On the eve of the Feast of the [[Kursk Root Icon]] in 1993, Nun Natalia was tonsured into the [[Little Schema]] and given the name Ioanna in memory of the resposed Abp. [[John (Maximovitch) the Wonderworker|John of San Fransisco]].

The first Divine Liturgy was served in the chapel on the Feast of St. Elizabeth in 1993. In April of 2010, the community was finally granted the status of [[skete]] by the Synod of Bishops. Mother Ioanna fell asleep in the Lord on the Feast of [[Theophany]] in 2011, after [[Matins]] for the [[Synaxis of the Baptist]]. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the skete was celebrated with a Divine Liturgy officiated by Archbishop [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal]] on the Feast of St. Elizabeth, during which Nun Elisabeth was elevated to abbess.

The skete now occupies four buildings on its property and is remodeling the chapel. On [[December 14]], 2012, the expanded chapel was blessed and on the Feast of St. Nicholas five days later, Archimandrite Luke with Archpriest Vladimir Tsurikov served the first Divine Liturgy there.

==Iconography==
St. Elizabeth Skete has a small studio with two iconographers: Nun Theodora (Livchitz) and Nun Sophronia (Hofstead). Icons are painted the traditional way with egg tempera on wooden boards.

==Store==
St. Elizabeth Skete runs a small store, in which it sells incense, beeswax candles, herbal tea, skin cream, face cream, lip balm, solid perfume, and herbal salts. All produces are hand-made by the sisters.

==Daily Life==
*5:00 am - [[Midnight Office]]
*6:00 am - Divine Liturgy (at Holy Trinity Monastery unless otherwise stated)
*12:00 pm - Lunch
*6:00 pm - [[Vespers]] and [[Compline]]
**[[Akathist]] to St. Nicholas on Wednesdays after Vespers
**Akathist to the [[Mother of God]] on Fridays after Vespers and Compline
**Akathist to the New Martyr Elizabeth on Sundays after Vespers

==Sources==
*[http://www.saintelizabethskete.org/nun_ioanna_pomazansky.html Nun Ioanna Pomazansky]
*[http://www.saintelizabethskete.org/history.html St. Elizabeth Skete: Our History]
*[http://saintelizabethskete.org/schedule.html St. Elizabeth Skete Schedule]
*[http://jordanville.org/schedule.html Holy Trinity Monastery Schedule of Divine Services and Meals]
*[http://jordanville.org/news_120729_1.html 25th Anniversary at St. Elizabeth Skete in Jordanville, NY] ''Holy Trinity Monastery'', News & Events.
*[http://www.eadiocese.org/News/2012/sept/steliz.en.htm Jordanville, NY: St. Elizabeth Skete has undertaken a remodeling project] ''Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese'', September 13, 2012.
*[http://www.eadiocese.org/News/2012/aug/steliz.en.htm Jordanville: Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal led the 25th Anniversary Celebrations in St. Elizabeth Skete] ''Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese'', August 15, 2012.

==Links==
*[http://saintelizabethskete.org Official Site]
*[http://eadiocese.org/Parishes/newyork/en.jordanvilleconvent.htm Eastern American Diocese Directory Listing]

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2013-03-12T01:15:17Z

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The servant of God '''Michael''', born 3 August 1986 in Brooklyn, New York; baptised in the [http://www.holytrinityastoria.com Holy Trinity Church] in Astoria, Queens, NY and a parishioner of the [http://www.stalexandernevskycathedral.com St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral] in Howell (Lakewood), NJ. While studying in Buffalo, New York, a member of the [http://www.ststheodore.org Ss Theodore Church] in Williamsville. My patron saint is [[Archangel_Michael|Archangel Michael]], celebrating on 8 November (21 NS).

I am currently majoring in Linguistics, but I am trying to get a minor in Russian (though I'd like a major in it as well). I have taken two courses in German, but I remember very little, though I would like to continue pursuing it; also I once took a class on Irish Gaelic, though it wasn't for credits and the price went up, so I had to drop it - I would like to pursue that language as well, but it is quite hard, as the English did a good job in dissuading the Irish from speaking their own language.

I wasn't really planning on becoming much of a contributor to OrthodoxWiki, but writing articles seems to become quite addictive.

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===Biographies===
Very Rev. [[Raphael Morgan]] (authored) 
Archbishop [[James (Toombs) of Manhattan]] (authored)

===Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Saints===
Our venerable and God-bearing Father [[Kingsmark]] (authored) 
Our father among the [[saint]]s [[Dubricius of Caerleon]] (authored) 
The holy and right-believing King [[Brychan of Brecknock]] (authored) 
Our venerable and God-bearing Father [[Donald of Ogilvy]] (authored) 
Our venerable Mothers, the [[Nine Maidens]] (authored)

===Places===
[[Holy Dormition Convent (Nanuet, New York)]] "Novo-Diveevo" (authored) 
[[St. Elizabeth the New Martyr Convent (Mohawk, New York)]] (authored)

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2013-03-12T01:14:30Z

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The servant of God '''Michael''', born 3 August 1986 in Brooklyn, New York; baptised in the [http://www.holytrinityastoria.com Holy Trinity Church] in Astoria, Queens, NY and a parishioner of the [http://www.stalexandernevskycathedral.com St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral] in Howell (Lakewood), NJ. While studying in Buffalo, New York, a member of the [http://www.ststheodore.org Ss Theodore Church] in Williamsville. My patron saint is [[Archangel_Michael|Archangel Michael]], celebrating on 8 November (21 NS).

I am currently majoring in Linguistics, but I am trying to get a minor in Russian (though I'd like a major in it as well). I have taken two courses in German, but I remember very little, though I would like to continue pursuing it; also I once took a class on Irish Gaelic, though it wasn't for credits and the price went up, so I had to drop it - I would like to pursue that language as well, but it is quite hard, as the English did a good job in dissuading the Irish from speaking their own language.

I wasn't really planning on becoming much of a contributor to OrthodoxWiki, but writing articles seems to become quite addictive.

==Works==
===Biographies===
Very Rev. [[Raphael Morgan]] (authored) 
Archbishop [[James (Toombs) of Manhattan]] (authored)

===Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Saints===
Our venerable and God-bearing Father [[Kingsmark]] (authored) 
Our father among the [[saint]]s [[Dubricius of Caerleon]] (authored) 
The holy and right-believing King [[Brychan of Brecknock]] (authored) 
Our venerable and God-bearing Father [[Donald of Ogilvy]] (authored) 
Our venerable Mothers, the [[Nine Maidens]] (authored)

===Places===
[[Holy Dormition Convent (Nanuet, New York)]] "Novo-Diveevo" (authored)
[[St. Elizabeth the New Martyr Convent (Mohawk, New York)]] (authored)

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St. Elizabeth the New Martyr Convent (Mohawk, New York)

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{{monastery|
name=Saint Elizabeth Skete|
jurisdiction=[[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia|ROCOR]]|
type=Female Monastery|
founded=1987|
superior= Abbess Elisabeth (Czwikla)‎|
size=6 monastics|
hq=Mohawk, New York|
language=Slavonic, English|
music=[[Russian Chant]]|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
feasts=[[Elizabeth the New Martyr#Glorification|New Martyrs Grand Duchess Elizabeth and Nun Barbara]]|
website=[http://www.saintelizabethskete.org Official Website]
}}
'''Saint Elizabeth Skete''' is a female [[monastic]] community in the [[jurisdiction]] of [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]], located in Mohawk, New York. It is located adjacent to [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] in Jordanville. It is named in honor of St. [[Elizabeth the New Martyr]].
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==History==
In 1984, the widowed professor Natalia Sergeevna Markov was invited by [[Archbishop]] [[Laurus (Škurla) of New York|Laurus (Škurla) of Syracuse and Holy Trinity]] to teach Russian language and history at [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary]] in Jordanville, New York. After many talks with her father-in-law, [[Protopresbyter]] [[Michael Pomazansky]], she decided to enter the monastic life. Abp. Laurus gave for her disposal a small house down the road from the monastery, and invited a young woman by the name of Maria Czwikla to join her. On the eve of the [[Feast]] of St. [[Nicholas of Myra]], 1984, both women were made [[novice|novices]].

Two years later, Abp. Laurus tonsured them [[Monastic Ranks#Rassaphore|rassaphore]] nuns gave them a larger house next door to use as a dormitory. Nun Natalia decided to name the community after the [[New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia|Russian New Martyr]] Grand Duchess Elizabeth, and the sisters' spiritual father, [[Archimandrite]] [[Luke (Murianka)]], painted an icon of her for them. A chapel was built on the second floor for daily prayer services, and blessed by Abp. Laurus to have the [[Divine Liturgy]] served occasionally. On the eve of the Feast of the [[Kursk Root Icon]] in 1993, Nun Natalia was tonsured into the [[Little Schema]] and given the name Ioanna in memory of the resposed Abp. [[John (Maximovitch) the Wonderworker|John of San Fransisco]].

The first Divine Liturgy was served in the chapel on the Feast of St. Elizabeth in 1993. In April of 2010, the community was finally granted the status of [[skete]] by the Synod of Bishops. Mother Ioanna fell asleep in the Lord on the Feast of [[Theophany]] in 2011, after [[Matins]] for the [[Synaxis of the Baptist]]. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the skete was celebrated with a Divine Liturgy officiated by Archbishop [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal]] on the Feast of St. Elizabeth, during which Nun Elisabeth was elevated to abbess.

The skete now occupies four buildings on its property and is remodeling the chapel. On [[December 14]], 2012, the expanded chapel was blessed and on the Feast of St. Nicholas five days later, Archimandrite Luke with Archpriest Vladimir Tsurikov served the first Divine Liturgy there.

==Iconography==
St. Elizabeth Skete has a small studio with two iconographers: Nun Theodora (Livchitz) and Nun Sophronia (Hofstead). Icons are painted the traditional way with egg tempera on wooden boards.

==Store==
St. Elizabeth Skete runs a small store, in which it sells incense, beeswax candles, herbal tea, skin cream, face cream, lip balm, solid perfume, and herbal salts. All produces are hand-made by the sisters.

==Daily Life==
*5:00 am - [[Midnight Office]]
*6:00 am - Divine Liturgy (at Holy Trinity Monastery unless otherwise stated)
*12:00 pm - Lunch
*6:00 pm - [[Vespers]] and [[Compline]]
**[[Akathist]] to St. Nicholas on Wednesdays after Vespers
**Akathist to the Mother of God on Fridays after Vespers and Compline
**Akathist to the New Martyr Elizabeth on Sundays after Vespers

==Sources==
*[http://www.saintelizabethskete.org/nun_ioanna_pomazansky.html Nun Ioanna Pomazansky]
*[http://www.saintelizabethskete.org/history.html St. Elizabeth Skete: Our History]
*[http://saintelizabethskete.org/schedule.html St. Elizabeth Skete Schedule]
*[http://jordanville.org/schedule.html Holy Trinity Monastery Schedule of Divine Services and Meals]
*[http://jordanville.org/news_120729_1.html 25th Anniversary at St. Elizabeth Skete in Jordanville, NY] ''Holy Trinity Monastery'', News & Events.
*[http://www.eadiocese.org/News/2012/sept/steliz.en.htm Jordanville, NY: St. Elizabeth Skete has undertaken a remodeling project] ''Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese'', September 13, 2012.
*[http://www.eadiocese.org/News/2012/aug/steliz.en.htm Jordanville: Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal led the 25th Anniversary Celebrations in St. Elizabeth Skete] ''Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese'', August 15, 2012.

==Links==
*[http://saintelizabethskete.org Official Site]
*[http://eadiocese.org/Parishes/newyork/en.jordanvilleconvent.htm Eastern American Diocese Directory Listing]

[[Category:ROCOR Monasteries]]
[[Category:American Monasteries]]
[[Category:Monasteries]]

List of American monasteries

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The following is a list of [[monasticism|monasteries]] and [[skete]]s, both [[monk|male]] and [[nun|female]], in America.



==Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America==
*[[St. Paul Skete (Grand Junction, Tennessee)|St. Paul Skete]], Grand Junction, Tennessee. Female skete. [[Superior]]: Mother Nektaria.


==Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia==
===Male===
*[[St. Sabbas the Sanctified Monastery (Harper Woods, Michigan)|St. Sabbas the Sanctified Monastery]], Harper Woods, Michigan. Abbot [[Pachomy (Bellkoff)]]. [http://www.stsabbas.org/] [http://omna.malf.net/sabbas.html]

==Ecumenical Patriarchate Institutions in America==
===Male===
*[[Patriarchal Monastery of St. Irene Chrysovalantou (Astoria, New York)|Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Monastery of St. Irene Chrysovalantou]], Astoria, New York. [http://www.stirene.org]. Metropolitan Paisios.
*[[Holy Theotokos Monastery (North Fort Myers, Florida)|Holy Theotokos Monastery]], North Fort Myers, Florida. Archimandrite John.

==Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America==
This archdiocese has had a small number of formerly Athonite monks who were given a blessing to start monasteries. In recognition of this, any such spiritual father of a monastery will be listed.

===Male===
*[[St. Gregory Palamas Monastery (Hayesville, Ohio)|St. Gregory Palamas Monastery]], Hayesville, Ohio. Abbot, Metr. [[Maximos (Aghiorgoussis) of Pittsburgh|Maximos]]. Superior: Archimandrite Joseph ).
*[[St. Theodore House (Galion, Ohio)|St. Theodore House]], Galion, Ohio. Spiritual Father: Metr. [[Maximos (Aghiorgoussis) of Pittsburgh|Maximos]]. Superior: Archimandrite Nicholas Closed on [[October 31]], 2012.[http://sttheodoremonks.oh.goarch.org/]
*[[St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery (Florence, Arizona)|St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery]], Florence, Arizona. Abbot: Archimandrite Paisios. Spiritual Father: Elder [[Ephrem of Philotheou|Ephrem]].
*[[Holy Archangels Greek Orthodox Monastery (Kendalia, Texas)|Holy Archangels Greek Orthodox Monastery]], Kendalia, Texas. Archimandrite Dositheos. Spiritual Father: Elder [[Ephrem of Philotheou|Ephrem]]
*[[Panagia Vlahernon Greek Orthodox Monastery (Williston, Florida)|Panagia Vlahernon Greek Orthodox Monastery]], Williston, Florida. Monk Modestos. Spiritual Father: Elder [[Ephrem of Philotheou|Ephrem]]
*[[Holy Trinity Monastery Greek Orthodox Monastery (Smith Creek, Michigan)|Holy Trinity Monastery Greek Orthodox Monastery]], Smith Creek, Michigan. Hieromonk Joseph. Spiritual Father: Elder [[Ephrem of Philotheou|Ephrem]]
*[[Panagia Pammakaristou Greek Orthodox Monastery (Lawsonville, North Carolina)|Panagia Pammakaristou Greek Orthodox Monastery]], Lawsonville, North Carolina. Hieromonk Nektarios. Spiritual Father: Elder [[Ephrem of Philotheou|Ephrem]]
*[[St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Monastery (Roscoe, New York)|St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Monastery]], Roscoe, New York. Hieromonk Joseph. Spiritual Father: Elder [[Ephrem of Philotheou|Ephrem]]
*[[Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Monastery (Harvard, Illinois)|Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Monastery]], Harvard, Illinois. Archimandrite Akakios. Spiritual Father: Elder [[Ephrem of Philotheou|Ephrem]]

===Female===
*[[Entrance of the Mother of God into the Temple Skete (Hayesville, Ohio)|Entrance of the Mother of God into the Temple Skete]], Hayesville, Ohio. Abbess Theadelphi. Spiritual Father: Hmk Ambrose]
*[[Nativity of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Monastery (Saxonburg, Pennsylvania)|Nativity of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Monastery]], Saxonburg, Pennsylvania. Abbess Theophano. Spiritual Father: Elder [[Ephrem of Philotheou|Ephrem]]
*[[St. John Chrysostom Greek Orthodox Monastery (Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin)|St. John Chrysostom Greek Orthodox Monastery]], Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. [http://www.hellenicheartbeat.com/monastery/] Abbess Melanie. Spiritual Father: Elder [[Ephrem of Philotheou|Ephrem]]
*[[Holy Protection Greek Orthodox Monastery (Weatherly, Philadelphia)|Holy Protection Greek Orthodox Monastery]], Weatherly, Pennsylvania. Abbess Olympiada. Spiritual Father: Elder [[Ephrem of Philotheou|Ephrem]]
*[[The Living Spring Greek Orthodox Monastery (Dunlap, California)|The Living Spring Greek Orthodox Monastery]], Dunlap, California. Abbess Markella. Spiritual Father: Elder [[Ephrem of Philotheou|Ephrem]]
*[[St. John the Forerunner Greek Orthodox Monastery (Goldendale, Washington|St. John the Forerunner Greek Orthodox Monastery]], Goldendale, Washington. [http://www.stjohnmonastery.org/] Abbess Efpraxia. Spiritual Father: Elder [[Ephrem of Philotheou|Ephrem]]
*[[Holy Annunciation Greek Orthodox Monastery (Reddick, Florida)|Holy Annunciation Greek Orthodox Monastery]], Reddick, Florida. [http://www.holyannunciation.org/] Abbess Agapia. Spiritual Father: Elder [[Ephrem of Philotheou|Ephrem]]
*[[Panagia Prousiotissa Greek Orthodox Monastery (Troy, North Carolina)|Panagia Prousiotissa Greek Orthodox Monastery]], Troy, North Carolina. [http://www.panagiaprousiotissa.org/] Abbess Agne. Spiritual Father: Elder [[Ephrem of Philotheou|Ephrem]]
*[[St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Monastery (Washington, Texas)|St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Monastery]], Washington, Texas. [http://www.saintparaskevi.org/] Abbess Paraskevi. Spiritual Father: Elder [[Ephrem of Philotheou|Ephrem]]

==Orthodox Church in America==
*[[New Skete (Cambridge, New York)|Companions of New Skete (Emmaus House)]], Cambridge, Superior: Sr Melanie Updike.
*[[Ss. Sergius and Herman of Valaam Chapel (Spruce Island, Alaska)|Ss. Sergius and Herman of Valaam Chapel]], Spruce Island, Alaska.
*[[Protecting Veil of the Theotokos Orthodox Community (Anchorage, Alaska)|Protecting Veil of the Theotokos Orthodox Community]], Anchorage, Alaska.
===Female===
*[[Holy Assumption Monastery (Calistoga, California)|Holy Assumption Monastery]], Calistoga, California. Hieromonk Sergious.
*[[Ss. Mary and Martha Monastery (Wagener, South Carolina)|Ss. Mary and Martha Monastery]], Wagener, South Carolina. Mother Thekla.
*[[Presentation of the Virgin Mary Monastery (Marshfield, Missouri)|Presentation of the Virgin Mary Monastery]], Marshfield, MO. Mother Sergia.
*[[Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery (Otego, New York)|Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery]], Otego, New York. Mother Raphaela.
*[[New Skete (Cambridge, New York)|Our Lady of the Sign Monastery]] (Nuns of New Skete), Cambridge, New York. Mother Cecelia.
*[[Monastery of the Transfiguration (Ellwood City, Pennsylvania)|Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration]], Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. Mother Christophora.
*[[Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God (Rives Junction, Michigan)|Dormition of the Mother of God Monastery]] (Romanian Episcopate), Rives Junction, Michigan. Mother Gabriella.
*[[Protection of the Holy Virgin Monastery (Lake George, Colorado)|Protection of the Holy Virgin Monastery]], Lake George, Colorado. Mother Cassiana.
*[[St. Barbara Monastery (Santa Barbara, California)|St Barbara Monastery]], Santa Barbara, California.
*[[Our Lady of Kazan Skete (Santa Rosa, California)|Our Lady of Kazan Skete]], Santa Rosa, California. Mother Barbara.

===Male===
*[[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery]], South Canaan, Pennsylvania. Superior: Igumen [[Sergius (Bowyer)]].
*[[Monastery of St. John the Theologian (Hiram, Ohio)|Monastery of St. John the Theologian]], Hiram, Ohio. Archimandrite [[Alexander (Cutler)]].
*[[New Skete (Cambridge, New York)|Monks of New Skete]], Cambridge, New York. Father Laurence.
*[[Holy Ascension Romanian Orthodox Monastery (Detroit, Michigan)|The Ascension of Our Lord Monastery]], Detroit, Michigan. Superior: Archimandrite Mihail.
*[[St. Michael Skete (Canones, New Mexico)|St. Michael Skete]], Canones, New Mexico. Monk Siloan.
*[[St. John of Shanghai Monastery (Point Reyes Station, California)|St. John of Shanghai Monastery]], Manton, California. Archimandrite [[Meletios (Webber)]].
*[[Protection of the Theotokos Monastery (Weaverville, North Carolina)|Protection of the Theotokos Monastery]], Weaverville, North Carolina. Archimandrite [[Gregory (Wendt)]].
*[[Holy Cross Monastery (Castro Valley, California)|Holy Cross Monastery]], Castro Valley, California. Archimandrite Theodor (Micka). [http://www.holycrossmonastery.org]

==Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America and Canada==
===Male===
*[[St. Dumitru Retreat and Monastic Centre (Middletown, New York)|St. Dumitru Retreat and Monastic Centre]], Middletown, New York, USA. Hieromonk Theoctist. [http://www.sfdumitru.org/]
*[[St. Columba of Iona Orthodox Monastery (Southbridge, Massachusetts)| St. Columba of Iona Orthodox Monastery]], Southbridge, Massachusetts USA. Hieromonk Peter. [http://www.stcolumbamonastery.org]

===Female===
*[[Protection of the Mother of God Monastery (Ellenville, New York)|Protection of the Mother of God Monastery]], Ellenville, New York, USA. Rev. Mother Ambrozia.

==Russian Orthodox Church in the USA==
*[[Our Lady of Mercy Monastery (New York City, New York)|Our Lady of Mercy Monastery]] (Mercy House), New York City, New York. Igumen Joachim.
:*[[Holy Trinity Monastery (Baltimore, Maryland)|Holy Trinity Monastery]], Baltimore, Maryland. Dependency of Our Lady of Mercy Monastery.

==Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia==
===Male===
*[[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Stavropegial Monastery]], Jordanville, New York. Superior: Archimandrite [[Luke (Murianka)]] [http://www.jordanville.org/]
*[[Holy Cross Skete (Wayne, West Virginia)|Holy Cross Monastery]], Wayne, West Virginia. Superior: Bishop [[George (Schaefer) of Mayfield]]. [http://www.holycross-hermitage.com/]
*[[All-Merciful Saviour Monastery (Vashon Island, Washington)|All-Merciful Saviour Monastery]], Vashon Island, Washington. Superior: Igumen Tryphon. [http://vashonmonks.com/vashon.htm]
*[[New Kursk-Root Hermitage (Mahopac, New York)|New Kursk-Root Stavropegial Hermitage]], Mahopac, New York. Superior: Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York]] [http://www.ourladyofkursk.org/]
*[[Monastery of the Assumption of Our Lady of Mount Royal (Jacksonville, Florida)|Monastery of the Assumption of Our Lady of Mount Royal]], "Holyrood". Jacksonville, Florida. Western Rite. Superior: Dom [[David (Pierce)]]
*[[Holy Zion Orthodox Hermitage in Exile (Watertown, Wisconsin)|Holy Zion Stavropegial Orthodox Hermitage in Exile]], Watertown, Wisconsin. Western Rite. Superior: Archimandrite Anthony (Good).
*[[Monastery of the Glorious Ascension (Resaca, Georgia)|Monastery of the Glorious Ascension]], Resaca, Georgia. Administrator: Archpriest Steven Ritter. [http://www.monastery.org]
*[[Brotherhood of the Holy Cross (East Setauket, New York)|Brotherhood of the Holy Cross]], East Setauket, New York. Superior: Archimandrite Maximos (Weimar). [http://holycrossmonasterysetauket.blogspot.com]

===Female===
*[[Holy Dormition Convent (Nanuet, New York)|Holy Dormition Stavropegial Convent]] "Novo-Diveevo". Nanuet, New York. Superior: Abbess Irene (Alexeev). [http://www.travelingtreby.org/novo-diveyevo/]
*[[St. Elizabeth the New Martyr Convent (Mohawk, New York)|St. Elizabeth the New Martyr Convent]], Mohawk, New York. Superior: Abbess Elisabeth (Czwikla) [http://www.saintelizabethskete.org/]
*[[Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (Wayne, West Virginia|Convent of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary]], Wayne, West Virginia. Superior: Nun Theodora.

==Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA and Canada==
*[[Nativity of the Mother of God Serbian Orthodox Patriarchal Monastery (New Carlisle, Indiana)|Nativity of the Mother of God Serbian Orthodox Patriarchal Monastery]], New Carlisle, Indiana. Double monastery: Igumanija Evpraksija and Igumen Gavrilo.
*[[Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Skete (Fallbrook, California)|Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Skete]], Fallbrook, California. Associated with St. Herman of Alaska Monastery.
*[[Most Holy Mother of God Monastery (Shadeland, Pennsylvania)|Most Holy Mother of God Monastery]], Shadeland, Pennsylvania.
===Male===
*[[St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood|St. Herman of Alaska Monastery]], Platina, California. Abbot Gerasim.
:*[[Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Skete (Ouzinkie, Alaska)|St. Archangel Michael Orthodox Skete]], Ouzinkie, Alaska. Associated with St. Herman of Alaska Monastery.
*[[St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Monastery (Libertyville, Illinois)|St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Monastery]], Libertyville, Illinois.
*[[Most Holy Mother of God Monastery (Grayslake, Illinois)|Most Holy Mother of God Monastery]], Grayslake, Illinois.
*[[St. Mark Monastery (Sheffield Lake, Ohio)|St. Mark Monastery]], Sheffield Lake, Ohio. Archimandrite Gavrilo.

===Female===
*[[St. Xenia Serbian Orthodox Skete (Wildwood, California)|St. Xenia Serbian Orthodox Skete]], Wildwood, California. Sister monastery of St. Herman of Alaska.
**[[St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Skete (Ouzinkie, Alaska)|St. St. Nilus Serbian Orthodox Skete]], Ouzinkie, Alaska. Associated with St. Herman of Alaska Monastery.
*[[Monastery Marcha (Richfield, Ohio)|Monastery Marcha]], Richfield, Ohio. Mother Anna.
*[[St. Paisius Serbian Orthodox Monastery (Safford, Arizona)|St. Paisius Serbian Orthodox Monastery]], Safford, Arizona. Mother Michaila.

==Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA==
===Male===
*[[Monastery of St. Herman (Cleveland, Ohio)|Monastery of St. Herman]], Cleveland, Ohio. Igumen John (Henry).
*[[Monastery of St. Elijah (Dover, Florida)|St. Elijah Monastery]], Dover, Florida. Abbot Anastasie.

==Coptic Orthodox Church in North America==
:''The Coptic Orthodox Church is not currently in communion with the above jurisdictions. For more information, see [[Oriental Orthodox]].''
===Male===
*St. Antony Coptic Orthodox Monastery, Los Angeles, California [http://www.stantonymonastery.org/]
*St. Mary and St. Moses Abbey, Corpus Christi, Texas [http://abbey.suscopts.org/]

==See also==
*[[List of Canadian monasteries]]

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[[Category:American Monasteries]]
[[Category:Directories]]

Holy Dormition Convent (Nanuet, New York)

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{{monastery|
name=Holy Dormition Convent|
jurisdiction=[[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia|ROCOR]]|
type=Female Monastery|
founded=1949|
superior=Abbess Irene (Alexeev)‎|
size=4 monastics|
hq=Nanuet, New York|
language=Slavonic|
music=[[Russian Chant]]|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
feasts=[[Dormition]]|
website=[http://novo-diveevo.org Official Website]
}}
'''Holy Dormition Stavropegial Convent''' (Novo-Diveevo) is a female [[monastic]] community in the [[jurisdiction]] of [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]], located in Nanuet, New York. It is home to the largest cemetery in the Russian Diaspora, and also operates the ROC Old Peoples Home (OPH). It is named for the [[Holy Trinity St. Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent|Holy Trinity Serafimo-Diveyevsky Monastery]] in Russia, where St. [[Seraphim of Sarov]] served as an [[elder]].
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==History==
===Foundation===
The concept of a Russian [[convent]] in America was formulated in 1946 by the newly-arrived Bishops [[Nikon (Rklitski) of Florida|Nikon (Rklitzky) of Florida]] and [[Seraphim (Ivanov) of Chicago|Seraphim (Ivanov)]] of [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity]] as a home for displaced female monastics in the Russian Diaspora. The [[Diocese of Eastern American and New York (ROCOR)|Diocese of North America and Canada]] prepared measures for its implementation, but nothing concrete occurred until the arrival of a group of Russian and Ukrainian refugees led by [[Archpriest]] [[Andrei (Rymarenko) of Rockland|Adrian Rymarenko]] on August 31, 1949 in Rockland County, New York via the [[Tolstoy Foundation]]. The flock included such notable figures as Prince Dmitry Vladimirovich Myshetsky, Dr. A.P. Timofievich, choir director P.P. Didenko, and [[Subdeacon]] [[Nektary (Kontzevitch) of Seattle|Oleg Mikhailovich Kontzevitch]]. Before the Revolution, Fr. Adrian had studied at the St. Petersburg Polytechnical Institute in Russia, and was the son of an industrialist. [[Archbishop]] [[Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City|Vitaly (Maximenko) of Detroit]] blessed him to work under the supervision of Bishop Nikon to create the new spiritual center and to serve as its spiritual father. Bishop Seraphim styled it Novo-Diveevo (New Diveevo).

Upper Nyack resident and renowned yogi Dr. Pierre Arnold Bernard (better known as The Omnipotent Oom or Theos Bernard) took pity on the refugee's plight, and offered his empty elephant stable at the Clarkstown Country Club for their uses, known as the Elephant House. The expansive structure allowed for Fr. Adrian set up a temporary church and construct [[cell|monastic cells]]. The [[iconostasis]] was built out of cardboard and the only [[icon]] hanging on the wall was an original portrait of St. Seraphim of Sarov that Fr. Adrian had recovered and taken with him into exile from Kiev. The first service held was the [[Divine Liturgy]] on the [[Feast]] of the [[Protection of the Mother of God]].

The parish savings added up to 50 cents, but as word spread of a new spiritual center being built north of New York City, volunteers began arriving on a regular basis to help in any way possible. The arrival from Germany of [[Abbess]] Emilia with a group of elderly nuns and her novices the Countess Golovina and Yulia Popova began monastic life in the convent. Soon Russian émigrés began settling Nyack and bolstered the number of volunteers. One of the first secular residents was established immigrant K.N. Maleev, who donated his entire $5,000 retirement fund to the convent's cause. Fr. Adrian moved the community into a large house on Midland Avenue, paying $200 a month in rent. This property still did not meet the needs of the convent, so a daily [[akathist]] and other prayers were said before St. [[Ambrose of Optina]]'s copy of the [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/7424.htm Vladimir icon of the Mother of God], which had been rescued from destruction by Fr. Adrian.

===Establishment===
Refugee nuns on the Island of Samar and from [[Gorny Convent]] in [[Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem|Jerusalem]] were invited to Novo-Diveevo, and Abbess [[Elizabeth (Ampenoff)]] appointed [[superior]]. The official opening of the monastery took place on the Feast of the [[Presentation of the Theotokos]], 1949. Bishop Nikon officiated the Divine Liturgy in the Chapel of the Dormition, with Fr. Adrian, Archpriest [[John (Legky) of Rockland|John Legky]], and [[hierodeacon]] Pimen (Kachan) as concelebrants. Prominent figures in attendance included President Sophia Mikhailovna Dragomirov-Lukomsky of the Russian Christian Labor Movement, Baroness Elena Petrovna Meyendorff (née Wrangel), and ''Rossiya'' newspaper editor N. Rybakov. Countess Golovina and Yulia Popova were soon [[Tonsure#Monasticism|tonsured]] as Catherine and Barbara, respectively.

In 1950 it became known that a piece of land belonging to the [[Roman Catholic]] Institution of Mercy in Nanuet, New York, was being sold for only $30,000, with the only stipulation for acquisition that its historical sanctity be respected in the future development of the property, to which the nature of Novo-Diveevo obliged. Fr. Adrian travelled to New York City to secure a loan, with Prince Dmitry as his translator. They visited ten banks on foot in the rain, but were denied interest-free loans because they could provide no financial guarantee. Finally, Charles W. Hawkins, president of the First National Bank in Spring Valley, agreed on a $15,000 loan. The remaining half was donated by Maleev. The land was officially purchased in May of 1951.

The severity of the Arab-Israeli Conflict effectively stranded Abbess Elizabeth and her nuns from Gorny inside East Jerusalem. In January of 1951, Metropolitan [[Anastasy (Gribanovsky) of Kishinev]] released her from rectoral duties, appointing Nun Catherine (Golovina) as temporary administrator. A superior was found in the newly-immigrated [[Schema]]-abbess Mikhaila (Mertsalova), who had fled the [[Moscow Patriarchate]]'s takeover of her convent in Peking. Mother Mikhaila and her nuns were halted in San Francisco due to the failing health of the elderly Mother Juliana, only arriving upon the Feast of the [[Meeting of the Lord]]. They were welcomed by Abp. Nikon, who served a [[Moleben]] of Thanksgiving.

===Expansion and Influence===
Through the generous donations of the churchwarden Prince Sergei Sergeievich and Princess Florence Beloselsky-Belozersky, A.A. Pashkov, and others, Fr. Adrian was able to build a cemetery for the Russian Diaspora, divided into five tracts and able to fit approximately 5,000 graves. On August 24, 1952, Metropolitan Anastasy led the blessing of the cemetery before the [[Kursk Root icon]] of the [[Mother of God]], co-served by Archbishop [[James (Toombs) of Manhattan]], Bishop Seraphim of Holy Trinity, Bishop Nikon of Florida, Archimandrite [[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]], Fr. Adrian, and Priest [[Serafim Slobodskoy|Seraphim Slobodskoy]], among others. An [[antiphonal]] liturgy was served, with the monastic choir under the direction of P.P. Didenko and neighboring Nyack choir under M.M. Rodzianko. Approximately 500 faithful attended the services, travelling anywhere from Washington DC to Seattle. The rite was researched by Abp. Vitaly through Serbian sources.

After the festal celebrations, Fr. Adrian saw a need to build a larger, freestanding church dedicated to St. Seraphim of Sarov. He enlisted [[Protodeacon]] Cornelius Chigrinov as head architect, whose occupation was house painting. The impoverished émigré artist Nicholas Alexandrovich Popkov painted the frescoes and designed the iconostasis and chandelier, asking only for a roof over his head and a bowl of soup in return. After the completion of St. Seraphim Church, Popkov became a well-respected [[iconographer]] and was invited to fresco many more ROCOR churches.

On October 3, 1963, [[Protopresbyter]] Adrian Rymarenko's wife Matushka Eugenia Grigorievna fell asleep in the Lord, and was buried in the Novo-Diveevo Cemetery. On October 14, he was tonsured a monk with the name Andrew and elevated to Bishop of Rockland in 1968, all the while continuing to reside in the convent next to the new church. That same year, the New York Transit Authority had publicized their intent to transform Ramapo Valley Airport, a neighboring flight school and small airport, into a hub for jet planes and other large air taxi services. The Transit Authority's plan included the requisition of a sizable chunk of monastery property, which would have made it near impossible to live in a monastic fashion. The invested financiers had made it very clear that the convent grounds could not be extricated.

A court battle between the NY Transport Authority and Novo-Diveevo Convent ensued. Bishop Andrew rallied Rockland County locals, and both church and secular circles of Russian society, through which eventually came support from influential figures in New York City, providing the convent the ability to hire expert lawyers. Under their experienced advocacy, the New York State Assembly unanimously agreed to kill the project in 1970. The influence and prestige of Novo-Diveevo and Bishop Andrew had grown from this event to such that a stream of letters and congratulations came to them from New York State assemblymen, Rockland County locals and officials, and celebratory and interest articles written in local newspapers. The amount of nuns grew to 40, and as many as 50,000 Orthodox made pilgrimage to Novo-Diveevo a year. During this time, Mother Mikhaila reposed in the Lord in 1969 and her assistant Mother Christina was appointed superior and elevated to the rank of abbess.

By this time, Russian Émigré society experienced a growing population of elderly people left without family. In 1972, Bp. Andrew took to erecting a main building for Novo-Diveevo, with an attached old peoples home. The structure of the complex would allow for the nuns to live on one side, and the elderly on the other. The cost of the center would cost $600,000 dollars, most of which was borrowed from local banks, though much was accumulated by the deaness. The convent fell short of the price, but the contractor agreed to complete construction on credit. For his accomplishments, Bp. Andrew was raised to the rank of Archbishop of Rockland, and was congratulated by President Richard M. Nixon and Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, who remembered his accomplishments in preserving Novo-Diveevo. In 1973, P.P. Didenko succumbed to illness and Boris I. Mitrohin was appointed to temporarily fill the position of choir conductor, which he did until his death in 2012.

In 1975, Novo-Diveevo was visited by the exiled Soviet activist [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]]. Archbishop Andrew of Rockland fell asleep in the Lord on [[July 12]], 1978. A second wing of the old peoples home was constructed in May of 1982 under the supervision of Fr. Alexander Fedorowski. Plans for the addition had been drawn up but never realized in Abp. Andrew's time. The current superior, Abbess Irene (Alexeeva) was appointed in 1992.

===Today===
Novo-Diveevo was selected as one of three hosts for the first Joint Pastoral Conference of the Eastern American Diocese (ROCOR) and [[Russian Orthodox Church in the USA]] in celebration of the fifth anniversary of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia#Rapprochement with Moscow|Reunification of the Russian Church]] and appearance of the [[Myrrh-streaming]] [[Orthodoxy in Hawaii#A Miracle in the Islands|Hawaiian-Iveron icon of the Mother of God]] from October 11-13, 2012. Participants in the conference celebrated the All-Night Vigil before the Hawaiian icon at Novo-Diveevo on the evening of [[October 12]]. The service was led by Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York]], who was co-served by Archbishop [[Justinian (Ovchinnikov) of Naro-Fominsk]], Bishops [[George (Schaefer) of Mayfield]] and [[Jerome (Shaw) of Manhattan]]. Metropolitan [[Pavel (Ponomarev) of Ryazan]] was also in attendance as a representative of His Holiness, [[Patriarch]] [[Kyrill (Gundyayev) of Moscow]]. The service was sung by a combined choir from [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary]], [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary]], and the Eastern American Diocesan Youth Choir.

==Relics==
The convent has many sacred items including:
*A full-length portrait of St. Seraphim of Sarov painted during his lifetime
*A cross from the Ipatiev House, where the Royal [[passion-bearers]] were killed
*A copy of the Vladimir icon of the Mother of God which was gifted by St. Ambrose of [[Optina Monastery|Optina]] to Kiev
*Two icons of [[Christ]] belonging to [[Nicholas II of Russia]]
**A rounded ancient hand-painted icon encased in silver which was an heirloom that he kept with him at all times.
**A copy of the [[Image Not-made-by-hands]] painted on wood.

==Daily Life==
===Weekday Schedule===
*8:30 am - Hours
*8:50 am - Liturgy
*12:00pm - Lunch
*6:00 pm - Vespers & Matins (with an Akathist to St. Seraphim on Wednesdays)
===Sunday & Vigil-rank Feast Schedule===
Evening before
*6:00 pm - Vigil
Sunday
*9:00 am - Hours
*9:20 am - Akathist to the Holy Theotokos
*10:00 am - Liturgy
Major Feasts
*9:40 am - Hours
*10:00 am - Liturgy
===Office Hours===
Convent/Cemetary Main Office Hours
*Weekdays: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (closed for lunch)
*Saturdays: 10:15 am - 2:00 pm
ROC Old Peoples Home Main Office
*Weekdays: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

==Sources==
*[http://www.pravoslavie.ru/put/33568.htm Обитель преподобного Серафима] Веселкина, Татьяна. ''Православие.Ru'', Встреча с Православием: Святые и святыни. 15 января 2010 г..
*[http://www.russkiymir.ru/russkiymir/en/magazines/archive/2009/01/article0003.html Novo Diveevo: Lest We Forget] Lunina, Lyudmila. ''РУССКИЙ МИР.RU'', №1. 18 January 2009.
*Архiепископъ Никонъ (Рклицкiй). (1975). ''Мой трудъ въ виногадникѣ Христовомъ'', томъ I. Diocesan Publishing House, Bronx. pp 241-254.
*Moss, Vladimir. (2010). ''The Golden Chain''. pp.89-93 [http://www.orthodoxchristianbooks.com/downloads/300_THE_GOLDEN_CHAIN.pdf PDF]
*[http://www.russian-inok.org/page.php?page=monastery2&dir=monastery&month=0303 У ВРАТ НОВОГО ДИВЕЕВА В США] Немировский, П.. ''Монастырская Хроника'', №7 (170). Март 2003.
*«Хроника Церковной Жизни: Изъ жизни Новодивѣевскаго Монастыря въ Наякъ». ''Православная Русь'', №1 (475). 1 января 1951 г..
*«Хроника Церковной Жизни: Прибытiе монахинь съ о. Тубабао въ Новодивѣевскую обитель». ''Православная Русь'', №4 (479). 28 февраля 1951 г..
*[http://www.holyvirginprotectionchurch.org The Russian Community and The Holy Virgin Protection Church in Nyack, NY]
*[http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NY/Airfields_NY_SE.htm#springvalley Spring Valley Airport / Ramapo Valley Airport (N24), Spring Valley, NY] Freeman, Paul. ''Abandoned & Little Known Airfields'', Southeastern New York State. Revised 4 February 2013.
*[http://eadiocese.org/News/2012/jan/abbssirene.en.htm Nanuet, NY: Met. Hilarion awarded the Synodal Order of the Sign 1st Class, to the Abbess of the Holy Dormition Convent "Novo-Diveevo"] ''Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese'', January 25, 2012.
*[http://eadiocese.org/News/2012/aug/mitrohin.en.htm Novo-Diveevo, NY: Holy Dormition Convent’s Longtime Choir Director Boris I. Mitrohin reposed in the Lord] ''Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese'', August 7, 2012.
*[http://www.eadiocese.org/News/2011/july/novodiveevo.en.htm Novo-Diveevo: Metropolitan Hilarion led the 50th anniversary of Archpriest Alexander Fedorowski's clerical service] ''Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese'', July 14, 2011.
*[http://www.eadiocese.org/News/2012/oct/novodiveevo.en.htm Novo-Diveevo: On the Second Day of the Joint Pastoral Conference, Metropolitan Hilarion led the All-Night Vigil in Holy Dormition Convent] ''Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese'', October 13, 2012.
*[http://www.eadiocese.org/News/2012/oct/confschedule.en.htm Program of the Joint Pastoral Conference of the Eastern American Diocese & the Moscow Patriarchate (October 11-13, 2012)]
*[http://www.eadiocese.org/News/2012/sept/hawicon.en.htm Visitation Schedule of the Hawaiian Iveron Icon of the Mother of God within the Eastern American Diocese] ''Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese'', September 28, 2012.
*[http://www.russian-inok.org/page.php?page=monastery1&dir=monastery&month=0903 УДEЛ ПРEПOДOБНAГO СEРAФИМA СAРOВСКAГO В СEВEРНOЙ AМEРИКE] Инок Всеволод (Филипьев). ''Монастырская Хроника'', №13 (176). Сентябрь, 2003.

==Further Reading==
*[http://www.wise-travel.ru/north_america/usa/otzyv-2563.html Ново-Дивеево. Штат Нью-Йорк. США.] kotoshka, ''Wise-Travel.Ru'', 2009. '''(Russian)'''

==External Links==
*[http://novo-diveevo.org Offical Website]
*[http://www.facebook.com/NovoDiveevo Official Facebook Page]
*[http://eadiocese.org/Parishes/newyork/en.nanuet.htm Eastern American Diocese Directory Listing]

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Holy Dormition Convent (Nanuet, New York)

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name=Holy Dormition Convent|
jurisdiction=[[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia|ROCOR]]|
type=Female Monastery|
founded=1949|
superior=Abbess Irene (Alexeev)‎|
size=4 monastics|
hq=Nanuet, New York|
language=Slavonic|
music=[[Russian Chant]]|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
feasts=[[Dormition]]|
website=[http://novo-diveevo.org Official Website]
}}
'''Holy Dormition Stavropegial Convent''' (Novo-Diveevo) is a female [[monastic]] community in the [[jurisdiction]] of [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]], located in Nanuet, New York. It is home to the largest cemetery in the Russian Diaspora, and also operates the ROC Old Peoples Home (OPH). It is named for the [[Holy Trinity St. Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent|Holy Trinity Serafimo-Diveyevsky Monastery]] in Russia, where St. [[Seraphim of Sarov]] served as an [[elder]].
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==History==
===Foundation===
The concept of a Russian [[convent]] in America was formulated in 1946 by the newly-arrived Bishops [[Nikon (Rklitski) of Florida|Nikon (Rklitzky) of Florida]] and [[Seraphim (Ivanov) of Chicago|Seraphim (Ivanov)]] of [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity]] as a home for displaced female monastics in the Russian Diaspora. The [[Diocese of Eastern American and New York (ROCOR)|Diocese of North America and Canada]] prepared measures for its implementation, but nothing concrete occurred until the arrival of a group of Russian and Ukrainian refugees led by [[Archpriest]] [[Andrei (Rymarenko) of Rockland|Adrian Rymarenko]] on August 31, 1949 in Rockland County, New York via the [[Tolstoy Foundation]]. The flock included such notable figures as Prince Dmitry Vladimirovich Myshetsky, Dr. A.P. Timofievich, choir director P.P. Didenko, and [[Subdeacon]] [[Nektary (Kontzevitch) of Seattle|Oleg Mikhailovich Kontzevitch]]. Before the Revolution, Fr. Adrian had studied at the St. Petersburg Polytechnical Institute in Russia, and was the son of an industrialist. [[Archbishop]] [[Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City|Vitaly (Maximenko) of Detroit]] blessed him to work under the supervision of Bishop Nikon to create the new spiritual center and to serve as its spiritual father. Bishop Seraphim styled it Novo-Diveevo (New Diveevo).

Upper Nyack resident and renowned yogi Dr. Pierre Arnold Bernard (better known as The Omnipotent Oom or Theos Bernard) took pity on the refugee's plight, and offered his empty elephant stable at the Clarkstown Country Club for their uses, known as the Elephant House. The expansive structure allowed for Fr. Adrian set up a temporary church and construct [[cell|monastic cells]]. The [[iconostasis]] was built out of cardboard and the only [[icon]] hanging on the wall was an original portrait of St. Seraphim of Sarov that Fr. Adrian had recovered and taken with him into exile from Kiev. The first service held was the [[Divine Liturgy]] on the [[Feast]] of the [[Protection of the Mother of God]].

The parish savings added up to 50 cents, but as word spread of a new spiritual center being built north of New York City, volunteers began arriving on a regular basis to help in any way possible. The arrival from Germany of [[Abbess]] Emilia with a group of elderly nuns and her novices the Countess Golovina and Yulia Popova began monastic life in the convent. Soon Russian émigrés began settling Nyack and bolstered the number of volunteers. One of the first secular residents was established immigrant K.N. Maleev, who donated his entire $5,000 retirement fund to the convent's cause. Fr. Adrian moved the community into a large house on Midland Avenue, paying $200 a month in rent. This property still did not meet the needs of the convent, so a daily [[akathist]] and other prayers were said before St. [[Ambrose of Optina]]'s copy of the [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/7424.htm Vladimir icon of the Mother of God], which had been rescued from destruction by Fr. Adrian.

===Establishment===
Refugee nuns on the Island of Samar and from [[Gorny Convent]] in [[Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem|Jerusalem]] were invited to Novo-Diveevo, and Abbess [[Elizabeth (Ampenoff)]] appointed [[superior]]. The official opening of the monastery took place on the Feast of the [[Presentation of the Theotokos]], 1949. Bishop Nikon officiated the Divine Liturgy in the Chapel of the Dormition, with Fr. Adrian, Archpriest [[John (Legky) of Rockland|John Legky]], and [[hierodeacon]] Pimen (Kachan) as concelebrants. Prominent figures in attendance included President Sophia Mikhailovna Dragomirov-Lukomsky of the Russian Christian Labor Movement, Baroness Elena Petrovna Meyendorff (née Wrangel), and ''Rossiya'' newspaper editor N. Rybakov. Countess Golovina and Yulia Popova were soon [[Tonsure#Monasticism|tonsured]] as Catherine and Barbara, respectively.

In 1950 it became known that a piece of land belonging to the [[Roman Catholic]] Institution of Mercy in Nanuet, New York, was being sold for only $30,000, with the only stipulation for acquisition that its historical sanctity be respected in the future development of the property, to which the nature of Novo-Diveevo obliged. Fr. Adrian travelled to New York City to secure a loan, with Prince Dmitry as his translator. They visited ten banks on foot in the rain, but were denied interest-free loans because they could provide no financial guarantee. Finally, Charles W. Hawkins, president of the First National Bank in Spring Valley, agreed on a $15,000 loan. The remaining half was donated by Maleev. The land was officially purchased in May of 1951.

The severity of the Arab-Israeli Conflict effectively stranded Abbess Elizabeth and her nuns from Gorny inside East Jerusalem. In January of 1951, Metropolitan [[Anastasy (Gribanovsky) of Kishinev]] released her from rectoral duties, appointing Nun Catherine (Golovina) as temporary administrator. A superior was found in the newly-immigrated [[Schema]]-abbess Mikhaila (Mertsalova), who had fled the [[Moscow Patriarchate]]'s takeover of her convent in Peking. Mother Mikhaila and her nuns were halted in San Francisco due to the failing health of the elderly Mother Juliana, only arriving upon the Feast of the [[Meeting of the Lord]]. They were welcomed by Abp. Nikon, who served a [[Moleben]] of Thanksgiving.

===Expansion and Influence===
Through the generous donations of the churchwarden Prince Sergei Sergeievich and Princess Florence Beloselsky-Belozersky, A.A. Pashkov, and others, Fr. Adrian was able to build a cemetery for the Russian Diaspora, divided into five tracts and able to fit approximately 5,000 graves. On August 24, 1952, Metropolitan Anastasy led the blessing of the cemetery before the [[Kursk Root icon]] of the [[Mother of God]], co-served by Archbishop [[James (Toombs) of Manhattan]], Bishop Seraphim of Holy Trinity, Bishop Nikon of Florida, Archimandrite [[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]], Fr. Adrian, and Priest [[Serafim Slobodskoy|Seraphim Slobodskoy]], among others. An [[antiphonal]] liturgy was served, with the monastic choir under the direction of P.P. Didenko and neighboring Nyack choir under M.M. Rodzianko. Approximately 500 faithful attended the services, travelling anywhere from Washington DC to Seattle. The rite was researched by Abp. Vitaly through Serbian sources.

After the festal celebrations, Fr. Adrian saw a need to build a larger, freestanding church dedicated to St. Seraphim of Sarov. He enlisted [[Protodeacon]] Cornelius Chigrinov as head architect, whose occupation was house painting. The impoverished émigré artist Nicholas Alexandrovich Popkov painted the frescoes and designed the iconostasis and chandelier, asking only for a roof over his head and a bowl of soup in return. After the completion of St. Seraphim Church, Popkov became a well-respected [[iconographer]] and was invited to fresco many more ROCOR churches.

On October 3, 1963, [[Protopresbyter]] Adrian Rymarenko's wife Matushka Eugenia Grigorievna fell asleep in the Lord, and was buried in the Novo-Diveevo Cemetery. On October 14, he was tonsured a monk with the name Andrew and elevated to Bishop of Rockland in 1968, all the while continuing to reside in the convent next to the new church. That same year, the New York Transit Authority had publicized their intent to transform Ramapo Valley Airport, a neighboring flight school and small airport, into a hub for jet planes and other large air taxi services. The Transit Authority's plan included the requisition of a sizable chunk of monastery property, which would have made it near impossible to live in a monastic fashion. The invested financiers had made it very clear that the convent grounds could not be extricated.

A court battle between the NY Transport Authority and Novo-Diveevo Convent ensued. Bishop Andrew rallied Rockland County locals, and both church and secular circles of Russian society, through which eventually came support from influential figures in New York City, providing the convent the ability to hire expert lawyers. Under their experienced advocacy, the New York State Assembly unanimously agreed to kill the project in 1970. The influence and prestige of Novo-Diveevo and Bishop Andrew had grown from this event to such that a stream of letters and congratulations came to them from New York State assemblymen, Rockland County locals and officials, and celebratory and interest articles written in local newspapers. The amount of nuns grew to 40, and as many as 50,000 Orthodox made pilgrimage to Novo-Diveevo a year. During this time, Mother Mikhaila reposed in the Lord in 1969 and her assistant Mother Christina was appointed superior and elevated to the rank of abbess.

By this time, Russian Émigré society experienced a growing population of elderly people left without family. In 1972, Bp. Andrew took to erecting a main building for Novo-Diveevo, with an attached old peoples home. The structure of the complex would allow for the nuns to live on one side, and the elderly on the other. The cost of the center would cost $600,000 dollars, most of which was borrowed from local banks, though much was accumulated by the deaness. The convent fell short of the price, but the contractor agreed to complete construction on credit. For his accomplishments, Bp. Andrew was raised to the rank of Archbishop of Rockland, and was congratulated by President Richard M. Nixon and Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, who remembered his accomplishments in preserving Novo-Diveevo. In 1973, P.P. Didenko succumbed to illness and Boris I. Mitrohin was appointed to temporarily fill the position of choir conductor, which he did until his death in 2012.

In 1975, Novo-Diveevo was visited by the exiled Soviet activist [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]]. Archbishop Andrew of Rockland fell asleep in the Lord on [[July 12]], 1978. A second wing of the old peoples home was constructed in May of 1982 under the supervision of Fr. Alexander Fedorowski. Plans for the addition had been drawn up but never realized in Abp. Andrew's time. The current superior, Abbess Irene (Alexeeva) was appointed in 1992.

===Today===
Novo-Diveevo was selected as one of three hosts for the first Joint Pastoral Conference of the Eastern American Diocese (ROCOR) and [[Russian Orthodox Church in the USA]] in celebration of the fifth anniversary of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia#Rapprochement with Moscow|Reunification of the Russian Church]] and appearance of the [[Myrrh-streaming]] [[Orthodoxy in Hawaii#A Miracle in the Islands|Hawaiian-Iveron icon of the Mother of God]] from October 11-13, 2012. Participants in the conference celebrated the All-Night Vigil before the Hawaiian icon at Novo-Diveevo on the evening of [[October 12]]. The service was led by Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York]], who was co-served by Archbishop [[Justinian (Ovchinnikov) of Naro-Fominsk]], Bishops [[George (Schaefer) of Mayfield]] and [[Jerome (Shaw) of Manhattan]]. Metropolitan [[Pavel (Ponomarev) of Ryazan]] was also in attendance as a representative of His Holiness, [[Patriarch]] [[Kyrill (Gundyayev) of Moscow]]. The service was sung by a combined choir from [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary]], [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary]], and the Eastern American Diocesan Youth Choir.

==Relics==
The convent has many sacred items including:
*A full-length portrait of St. Seraphim of Sarov painted during his lifetime
*A cross from the Ipatiev House, where the Royal [[passion-bearers]] were killed
*A copy of the Vladimir icon of the Mother of God which was gifted by St. Ambrose of [[Optina Monastery|Optina]] to Kiev
*Two icons of [[Christ]] belonging to [[Nicholas II of Russia]]
**A rounded ancient hand-painted icon encased in silver which was an heirloom that he kept with him at all times.
**A copy of the [[Image Not-made-by-hands]] painted on wood.

==Daily Life==
===Weekday Schedule===
*8:30 am - Hours
*8:50 am - Liturgy
*12:00pm - Lunch
*6:00 pm - Vespers & Matins (with an Akathist to St. Seraphim on Wednesdays)
===Sunday & Vigil-rank Feast Schedule===
Evening before
*6:00 pm - Vigil
Sunday
*9:00 am - Hours
*9:20 am - Akathist to the Holy Theotokos
*10:00 am - Liturgy
Major Feasts
*9:40 am - Hours
*10:00 am - Liturgy
===Office Hours===
Convent/Cemetary Main Office Hours
*Weekdays: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (closed for lunch)
*Saturdays: 10:15 am - 2:00 pm
ROC Old Peoples Home Main Office
*Weekdays: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

==Sources==
*[http://www.pravoslavie.ru/put/33568.htm Обитель преподобного Серафима] Веселкина, Татьяна. ''Православие.Ru'', Встреча с Православием: Святые и святыни. 15 января 2010 г..
*[http://www.russkiymir.ru/russkiymir/en/magazines/archive/2009/01/article0003.html Novo Diveevo: Lest We Forget] Lunina, Lyudmila. ''РУССКИЙ МИР.RU'', №1. 18 January 2009.
*Архiепископъ Никонъ (Рклицкiй). (1975). ''Мой трудъ въ виногадникѣ Христовомъ'', томъ I. Diocesan Publishing House, Bronx. pp 241-254.
*Moss, Vladimir. (2010). ''The Golden Chain''. pp.89-93 [http://www.orthodoxchristianbooks.com/downloads/300_THE_GOLDEN_CHAIN.pdf PDF]
*[http://www.russian-inok.org/page.php?page=monastery2&dir=monastery&month=0303 У ВРАТ НОВОГО ДИВЕЕВА В США] Немировский, П.. ''Монастырская Хроника'', №7 (170). Март 2003.
*«Хроника Церковной Жизни: Изъ жизни Новодивѣевскаго Монастыря въ Наякъ». ''Православная Русь'', №1 (475). 1 января 1951 г..
*«Хроника Церковной Жизни: Прибытiе монахинь съ о. Тубабао въ Новодивѣевскую обитель». ''Православная Русь'', №4 (479). 28 февраля 1951 г..
*[http://www.holyvirginprotectionchurch.org The Russian Community and The Holy Virgin Protection Church in Nyack, NY]
*[http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NY/Airfields_NY_SE.htm#springvalley Spring Valley Airport / Ramapo Valley Airport (N24), Spring Valley, NY] Freeman, Paul. ''Abandoned & Little Known Airfields'', Southeastern New York State. Revised 4 February 2013.
*[http://eadiocese.org/News/2012/jan/abbssirene.en.htm Nanuet, NY: Met. Hilarion awarded the Synodal Order of the Sign 1st Class, to the Abbess of the Holy Dormition Convent "Novo-Diveevo"] ''Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese'', January 25, 2012.
*[http://eadiocese.org/News/2012/aug/mitrohin.en.htm Novo-Diveevo, NY: Holy Dormition Convent’s Longtime Choir Director Boris I. Mitrohin reposed in the Lord] ''Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese'', August 7, 2012.
*[http://www.eadiocese.org/News/2011/july/novodiveevo.en.htm Novo-Diveevo: Metropolitan Hilarion led the 50th anniversary of Archpriest Alexander Fedorowski's clerical service] ''Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese'', July 14, 2011.
*[http://www.eadiocese.org/News/2012/oct/novodiveevo.en.htm Novo-Diveevo: On the Second Day of the Joint Pastoral Conference, Metropolitan Hilarion led the All-Night Vigil in Holy Dormition Convent] ''Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese'', October 13, 2012.
*[http://www.eadiocese.org/News/2012/oct/confschedule.en.htm Program of the Joint Pastoral Conference of the Eastern American Diocese & the Moscow Patriarchate (October 11-13, 2012)]
*[http://www.eadiocese.org/News/2012/sept/hawicon.en.htm Visitation Schedule of the Hawaiian Iveron Icon of the Mother of God within the Eastern American Diocese] ''Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese'', September 28, 2012.

==Further Reading==
*[http://www.wise-travel.ru/north_america/usa/otzyv-2563.html Ново-Дивеево. Штат Нью-Йорк. США.] kotoshka, ''Wise-Travel.Ru'', 2009. '''(Russian)'''

==External Links==
*[http://novo-diveevo.org Offical Website]
*[http://www.facebook.com/NovoDiveevo Official Facebook Page]
*[http://eadiocese.org/Parishes/newyork/en.nanuet.htm Eastern American Diocese Directory Listing]

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Holy Dormition Convent (Nanuet, New York)

2013-03-11T22:33:40Z

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{{monastery|
name=Holy Dormition Convent|
jurisdiction=[[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia|ROCOR]]|
type=Female Monastery|
founded=1949|
superior=Abbess Irene (Alexeev)‎|
size=4 monastics|
hq=Nanuet, New York|
language=Slavonic|
music=[[Russian Chant]]|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
feasts=[[Dormition]]|
website=[http://novo-diveevo.org Official Website]
}}
'''Holy Dormition Stavropegial Convent''' (Novo-Diveevo) is a female [[monastic]] community in the [[jurisdiction]] of [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]], located in Nanuet, New York. It is home to the largest cemetery in the Russian Diaspora, and also operates the ROC Old Peoples Home (OPH). It is named for the [[Holy Trinity St. Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent|Holy Trinity Serafimo-Diveyevsky Monastery]] in Russia, where St. [[Seraphim of Sarov]] served as an [[elder]].
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==History==
===Foundation===
The concept of a Russian [[convent]] in America was formulated in 1946 by the newly-arrived Bishops [[Nikon (Rklitski) of Florida|Nikon (Rklitzky) of Florida]] and [[Seraphim (Ivanov) of Chicago|Seraphim (Ivanov)]] of [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity]] as a home for displaced female monastics in the Russian Diaspora. The [[Diocese of Eastern American and New York (ROCOR)|Diocese of North America and Canada]] prepared measures for its implementation, but nothing concrete occurred until the arrival of a group of Russian and Ukrainian refugees led by [[Archpriest]] [[Andrei (Rymarenko) of Rockland|Adrian Rymarenko]] on August 31, 1949 in Rockland County, New York via the [[Tolstoy Foundation]]. The flock included such notable figures as Prince Dmitry Vladimirovich Myshetsky, Dr. A.P. Timofievich, choir director P.P. Didenko, and [[Subdeacon]] [[Nektary (Kontzevitch) of Seattle|Oleg Mikhailovich Kontzevitch]]. Before the Revolution, Fr. Adrian had studied at the St. Petersburg Polytechnical Institute in Russia, and was the son of an industrialist. [[Archbishop]] [[Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City|Vitaly (Maximenko) of Detroit]] blessed him to work under the supervision of Bishop Nikon to create the new spiritual center and to serve as its spiritual father. Bishop Seraphim styled it Novo-Diveevo (New Diveevo).

Upper Nyack resident and renowned yogi Dr. Pierre Arnold Bernard (better known as The Omnipotent Oom or Theos Bernard) took pity on the refugee's plight, and offered his empty elephant stable at the Clarkstown Country Club for their uses, known as the Elephant House. The expansive structure allowed for Fr. Adrian set up a temporary church and construct [[cell|monastic cells]]. The [[iconostasis]] was built out of cardboard and the only [[icon]] hanging on the wall was an original portrait of St. Seraphim of Sarov that Fr. Adrian had recovered and taken with him into exile from Kiev. The first service held was the [[Divine Liturgy]] on the [[Feast]] of the [[Protection of the Mother of God]].

The parish savings added up to 50 cents, but as word spread of a new spiritual center being built north of New York City, volunteers began arriving on a regular basis to help in any way possible. The arrival from Germany of [[Abbess]] Emilia with a group of elderly nuns and her novices the Countess Golovina and Yulia Popova began monastic life in the convent. Soon Russian émigrés began settling Nyack and bolstered the number of volunteers. One of the first secular residents was established immigrant K.N. Maleev, who donated his entire $5,000 retirement fund to the convent's cause. Fr. Adrian moved the community into a large house on Midland Avenue, paying $200 a month in rent. This property still did not meet the needs of the convent, so a daily [[akathist]] and other prayers were said before St. [[Ambrose of Optina]]'s copy of the [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/7424.htm Vladimir icon of the Mother of God], which had been rescued from destruction by Fr. Adrian.

===Establishment===
Refugee nuns on the Island of Samar and from [[Gorny Convent]] in [[Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem|Jerusalem]] were invited to Novo-Diveevo, and Abbess [[Elizabeth (Ampenoff)]] appointed [[superior]]. The official opening of the monastery took place on the Feast of the [[Presentation of the Theotokos]], 1949. Bishop Nikon officiated the Divine Liturgy in the Chapel of the Dormition, with Fr. Adrian, Archpriest [[John (Legky) of Rockland|John Legky]], and [[hierodeacon]] Pimen (Kachan) as concelebrants. Prominent figures in attendance included President Sophia Mikhailovna Dragomirov-Lukomsky of the Russian Christian Labor Movement, Baroness Elena Petrovna Meyendorff (née Wrangel), and ''Rossiya'' newspaper editor N. Rybakov. Countess Golovina and Yulia Popova were soon [[Tonsure#Monasticism|tonsured]] as Catherine and Barbara, respectively.

In 1950 it became known that a piece of land belonging to the [[Roman Catholic]] Institution of Mercy in Nanuet, New York, was being sold for only $30,000, with the only stipulation for acquisition that its historical sanctity be respected in the future development of the property, to which the nature of Novo-Diveevo obliged. Fr. Adrian travelled to New York City to secure a loan, with Prince Dmitry as his translator. They visited ten banks on foot in the rain, but were denied interest-free loans because they could provide no financial guarantee. Finally, Charles W. Hawkins, president of the First National Bank in Spring Valley, agreed on a $15,000 loan. The remaining half was donated by Maleev. The land was officially purchased in May of 1951.

The severity of the Arab-Israeli Conflict effectively stranded Abbess Elizabeth and her nuns from Gorny inside East Jerusalem. In January of 1951, Metropolitan [[Anastasy (Gribanovsky) of Kishinev]] released her from rectoral duties, appointing Nun Catherine (Golovina) as temporary administrator. A superior was found in the newly-immigrated [[Schema]]-abbess Mikhaila (Mertsalova), who had fled the [[Moscow Patriarchate]]'s takeover of her convent in Peking. Mother Mikhaila and her nuns were halted in San Francisco due to the failing health of the elderly Mother Juliana, only arriving upon the Feast of the [[Meeting of the Lord]]. They were welcomed by Abp. Nikon, who served a [[Moleben]] of Thanksgiving.

===Expansion and Influence===
Through the generous donations of the churchwarden Prince Sergei Sergeievich and Princess Florence Beloselsky-Belozersky, A.A. Pashkov, and others, Fr. Adrian was able to build a cemetery for the Russian Diaspora, divided into five tracts and able to fit approximately 5,000 graves. On August 24, 1952, Metropolitan Anastasy led the blessing of the cemetery before the [[Kursk Root icon]] of the [[Mother of God]], co-served by Archbishop [[James (Toombs) of Manhattan]], Bishop Seraphim of Holy Trinity, Bishop Nikon of Florida, Archimandrite [[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]], Fr. Adrian, and Priest [[Serafim Slobodskoy|Seraphim Slobodskoy]], among others. An [[antiphonal]] liturgy was served, with the monastic choir under the direction of P.P. Didenko and neighboring Nyack choir under M.M. Rodzianko. Approximately 500 faithful attended the services, travelling anywhere from Washington DC to Seattle. The rite was researched by Abp. Vitaly through Serbian sources.

After the festal celebrations, Fr. Adrian saw a need to build a larger, freestanding church dedicated to St. Seraphim of Sarov. He enlisted [[Protodeacon]] Cornelius Chigrinov as head architect, whose occupation was house painting. The impoverished émigré artist Nicholas Alexandrovich Popkov painted the frescoes and designed the iconostasis and chandelier, asking only for a roof over his head and a bowl of soup in return. After the completion of St. Seraphim Church, Popkov became a well-respected [[iconographer]] and was invited to fresco many more ROCOR churches.

On October 3, 1963, [[Protopresbyter]] Adrian Rymarenko's wife Matushka Eugenia Grigorievna fell asleep in the Lord, and was buried in the Novo-Diveevo Cemetery. On October 14, he was tonsured a monk with the name Andrew and elevated to Bishop of Rockland in 1968, all the while continuing to reside in the convent next to the new church. That same year, the New York Transit Authority had publicized their intent to transform Ramapo Valley Airport, a neighboring flight school and small airport, into a hub for jet planes and other large air taxi services. The Transit Authority's plan included the requisition of a sizable chunk of monastery property, which would have made it near impossible to live in a monastic fashion. The invested financiers had made it very clear that the convent grounds could not be extricated.

A court battle between the NY Transport Authority and Novo-Diveevo Convent ensued. Bishop Andrew rallied Rockland County locals, and both church and secular circles of Russian society, through which eventually came support from influential figures in New York City, providing the convent the ability to hire expert lawyers. Under their experienced advocacy, the New York State Assembly unanimously agreed to kill the project in 1970. The influence and prestige of Novo-Diveevo and Bishop Andrew had grown from this event to such that a stream of letters and congratulations came to them from New York State assemblymen, Rockland County locals and officials, and celebratory and interest articles written in local newspapers. The amount of nuns grew to 40, and as many as 50,000 Orthodox made pilgrimage to Novo-Diveevo a year. During this time, Mother Mikhaila reposed in the Lord in 1969 and her assistant Mother Christina was appointed superior and elevated to the rank of abbess.

By this time, Russian Émigré society experienced a growing population of elderly people left without family. In 1972, Bp. Andrew took to erecting a main building for Novo-Diveevo, with an attached old peoples home. The structure of the complex would allow for the nuns to live on one side, and the elderly on the other. The cost of the center would cost $600,000 dollars, most of which was borrowed from local banks, though much was accumulated by the deaness. The convent fell short of the price, but the contractor agreed to complete construction on credit. For his accomplishments, Bp. Andrew was raised to the rank of Archbishop of Rockland, and was congratulated by President Richard M. Nixon and Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, who remembered his accomplishments in preserving Novo-Diveevo. In 1973, P.P. Didenko succumbed to illness and Boris I. Mitrohin was appointed to temporarily fill the position of choir conductor, which he did until his death in 2012.

In 1975, Novo-Diveevo was visited by the exiled Soviet activist [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]]. Archbishop Andrew of Rockland fell asleep in the Lord on [[July 12]], 1978. A second wing of the old peoples home was constructed in May of 1982 under the supervision of Fr. Alexander Fedorowski. Plans for the addition had been drawn up but never realized in Abp. Andrew's time. The current superior, Abbess Irene (Alexeeva) was appointed in 1992.

===Today===
Novo-Diveevo was selected as one of three hosts for the first Joint Pastoral Conference of the Eastern American Diocese (ROCOR) and [[Russian Orthodox Church in the USA]] in celebration of the fifth anniversary of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia#Rapprochement with Moscow|Reunification of the Russian Church]] and appearance of the [[Myrrh-streaming]] [[Orthodoxy in Hawaii#A Miracle in the Islands|Hawaiian-Iveron icon of the Mother of God]] from October 11-13, 2012. Participants in the conference celebrated the All-Night Vigil before the Hawaiian icon at Novo-Diveevo on the evening of [[October 12]]. The service was led by Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York]], who was co-served by Archbishop [[Justinian (Ovchinnikov) of Naro-Fominsk]], Bishops [[George (Schaefer) of Mayfield]] and [[Jerome (Shaw) of Manhattan]]. Metropolitan [[Pavel (Ponomarev) of Ryazan]] was also in attendance as a representative of His Holiness, [[Patriarch]] [[Kyrill (Gundyayev) of Moscow]]. The service was sung by a combined choir from [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary]], [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary]], and the Eastern American Diocesan Youth Choir.

==Relics==
The convent has many sacred items brought to America by Abp. Andrew, including:
*A full-length portrait of St. Seraphim of Sarov painted during his lifetime
*A cross from the Ipatiev House
*A copy of the Vladimir icon of the Mother of God which was gifted by St. Ambrose of [[Optina Monastery|Optina]] to Kiev

==Daily Life==
===Weekday Schedule===
*8:30 am - Hours
*8:50 am - Liturgy
*12:00pm - Lunch
*6:00 pm - Vespers & Matins (with an Akathist to St. Seraphim on Wednesdays)
===Sunday & Vigil-rank Feast Schedule===
Evening before
*6:00 pm - Vigil
Sunday
*9:00 am - Hours
*9:20 am - Akathist to the Holy Theotokos
*10:00 am - Liturgy
Major Feasts
*9:40 am - Hours
*10:00 am - Liturgy
===Office Hours===
Convent/Cemetary Main Office Hours
*Weekdays: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (closed for lunch)
*Saturdays: 10:15 am - 2:00 pm
ROC Old Peoples Home Main Office
*Weekdays: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

==Sources==
*[http://www.pravoslavie.ru/put/33568.htm Обитель преподобного Серафима] Веселкина, Татьяна. ''Православие.Ru'', Встреча с Православием: Святые и святыни. 15 января 2010 г..
*[http://www.russkiymir.ru/russkiymir/en/magazines/archive/2009/01/article0003.html Novo Diveevo: Lest We Forget] Lunina, Lyudmila. ''РУССКИЙ МИР.RU'', №1. 18 January 2009.
*Архiепископъ Никонъ (Рклицкiй). (1975). ''Мой трудъ въ виногадникѣ Христовомъ'', томъ I. Diocesan Publishing House, Bronx. pp 241-254.
*Moss, Vladimir. (2010). ''The Golden Chain''. pp.89-93 [http://www.orthodoxchristianbooks.com/downloads/300_THE_GOLDEN_CHAIN.pdf PDF]
*[http://www.russian-inok.org/page.php?page=monastery2&dir=monastery&month=0303 У ВРАТ НОВОГО ДИВЕЕВА В США] Немировский, П.. ''Монастырская Хроника'', №7 (170). Март 2003.
*«Хроника Церковной Жизни: Изъ жизни Новодивѣевскаго Монастыря въ Наякъ». ''Православная Русь'', №1 (475). 1 января 1951 г..
*«Хроника Церковной Жизни: Прибытiе монахинь съ о. Тубабао въ Новодивѣевскую обитель». ''Православная Русь'', №4 (479). 28 февраля 1951 г..
*[http://www.holyvirginprotectionchurch.org The Russian Community and The Holy Virgin Protection Church in Nyack, NY]
*[http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NY/Airfields_NY_SE.htm#springvalley Spring Valley Airport / Ramapo Valley Airport (N24), Spring Valley, NY] Freeman, Paul. ''Abandoned & Little Known Airfields'', Southeastern New York State. Revised 4 February 2013.
*[http://eadiocese.org/News/2012/jan/abbssirene.en.htm Nanuet, NY: Met. Hilarion awarded the Synodal Order of the Sign 1st Class, to the Abbess of the Holy Dormition Convent "Novo-Diveevo"] ''Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese'', January 25, 2012.
*[http://eadiocese.org/News/2012/aug/mitrohin.en.htm Novo-Diveevo, NY: Holy Dormition Convent’s Longtime Choir Director Boris I. Mitrohin reposed in the Lord] ''Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese'', August 7, 2012.
*[http://www.eadiocese.org/News/2011/july/novodiveevo.en.htm Novo-Diveevo: Metropolitan Hilarion led the 50th anniversary of Archpriest Alexander Fedorowski's clerical service] ''Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese'', July 14, 2011.
*[http://www.eadiocese.org/News/2012/oct/novodiveevo.en.htm Novo-Diveevo: On the Second Day of the Joint Pastoral Conference, Metropolitan Hilarion led the All-Night Vigil in Holy Dormition Convent] ''Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese'', October 13, 2012.
*[http://www.eadiocese.org/News/2012/oct/confschedule.en.htm Program of the Joint Pastoral Conference of the Eastern American Diocese & the Moscow Patriarchate (October 11-13, 2012)]
*[http://www.eadiocese.org/News/2012/sept/hawicon.en.htm Visitation Schedule of the Hawaiian Iveron Icon of the Mother of God within the Eastern American Diocese] ''Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese'', September 28, 2012.

==Further Reading==
*[http://www.wise-travel.ru/north_america/usa/otzyv-2563.html Ново-Дивеево. Штат Нью-Йорк. США.] kotoshka, ''Wise-Travel.Ru'', 2009. '''(Russian)'''

==External Links==
*[http://novo-diveevo.org Offical Website]
*[http://www.facebook.com/NovoDiveevo Official Facebook Page]
*[http://eadiocese.org/Parishes/newyork/en.nanuet.htm Eastern American Diocese Directory Listing]

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Holy Dormition Convent (Nanuet, New York)

2013-03-11T22:28:13Z

Mishakaz: Finished!!!

{{monastery|
name=Holy Dormition Convent|
jurisdiction=[[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia|ROCOR]]|
type=Female Monastery|
founded=1949|
superior=Abbess Irene (Alexeev)‎|
size=4 monastics|
hq=Nanuet, New York|
language=Slavonic|
music=[[Russian Chant]]|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
feasts=[[Dormition]]|
website=[http://novo-diveevo.org Official Website]
}}
'''Holy Dormition Stavropegial Convent''' (Novo-Diveevo) is a female [[monastic]] community in the [[jurisdiction]] of [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]], located in Nanuet, New York. It is home to the largest cemetery in the Russian Diaspora, and also operates the ROC Old Peoples Home (OPH). It is named for the [[Holy Trinity St. Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent|Holy Trinity Serafimo-Diveyevsky Monastery]] in Russia, where St. [[Seraphim of Sarov]] served as an [[elder]].
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==History==
===Foundation===
The concept of a Russian [[convent]] in America was formulated in 1946 by the newly-arrived Bishops [[Nikon (Rklitski) of Florida|Nikon (Rklitzky) of Florida]] and [[Seraphim (Ivanov) of Chicago|Seraphim (Ivanov)]] of [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity]] as a home for displaced female monastics in the Russian Diaspora. The [[Diocese of Eastern American and New York (ROCOR)|Diocese of North America and Canada]] prepared measures for its implementation, but nothing concrete occurred until the arrival of a group of Russian and Ukrainian refugees led by [[Archpriest]] [[Andrei (Rymarenko) of Rockland|Adrian Rymarenko]] on August 31, 1949 in Rockland County, New York via the [[Tolstoy Foundation]]. The flock included such notable figures as Prince Dmitry Vladimirovich Myshetsky, Dr. A.P. Timofievich, choir director P.P. Didenko, and [[Subdeacon]] [[Nektary (Kontzevitch) of Seattle|Oleg Mikhailovich Kontzevitch]]. Before the Revolution, Fr. Adrian had studied at the St. Petersburg Polytechnical Institute in Russia, and was the son of an industrialist. [[Archbishop]] [[Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City|Vitaly (Maximenko) of Detroit]] blessed him to work under the supervision of Bishop Nikon to create the new spiritual center and to serve as its spiritual father. Bishop Seraphim styled it Novo-Diveevo (New Diveevo).

Upper Nyack resident and renowned yogi Dr. Pierre Arnold Bernard (better known as The Omnipotent Oom or Theos Bernard) took pity on the refugee's plight, and offered his empty elephant stable at the Clarkstown Country Club for their uses, known as the Elephant House. The expansive structure allowed for Fr. Adrian set up a temporary church and construct [[cell|monastic cells]]. The [[iconostasis]] was built out of cardboard and the only [[icon]] hanging on the wall was an original portrait of St. Seraphim of Sarov that Fr. Adrian had recovered and taken with him into exile from Kiev. The first service held was the [[Divine Liturgy]] on the [[Feast]] of the [[Protection of the Mother of God]].

The parish savings added up to 50 cents, but as word spread of a new spiritual center being built north of New York City, volunteers began arriving on a regular basis to help in any way possible. The arrival from Germany of [[Abbess]] Emilia with a group of elderly nuns and her novices the Countess Golovina and Yulia Popova began monastic life in the convent. Soon Russian émigrés began settling Nyack and bolstered the number of volunteers. One of the first secular residents was established immigrant K.N. Maleev, who donated his entire $5,000 retirement fund to the convent's cause. Fr. Adrian moved the community into a large house on Midland Avenue, paying $200 a month in rent. This property still did not meet the needs of the convent, so a daily [[akathist]] and other prayers were said before St. [[Ambrose of Optina]]'s copy of the [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/7424.htm Vladimir icon of the Mother of God], which had been rescued from destruction by Fr. Adrian.

===Establishment===
Refugee nuns on the Island of Samar and from [[Gorny Convent]] in [[Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem|Jerusalem]] were invited to Novo-Diveevo, and Abbess [[Elizabeth (Ampenoff)]] appointed [[superior]]. The official opening of the monastery took place on the Feast of the [[Presentation of the Theotokos]], 1949. Bishop Nikon officiated the Divine Liturgy in the Chapel of the Dormition, with Fr. Adrian, Archpriest [[John (Legky) of Rockland|John Legky]], and [[hierodeacon]] Pimen (Kachan) as concelebrants. Prominent figures in attendance included President Sophia Mikhailovna Dragomirov-Lukomsky of the Russian Christian Labor Movement, Baroness Elena Petrovna Meyendorff (née Wrangel), and ''Rossiya'' newspaper editor N. Rybakov. Countess Golovina and Yulia Popova were soon [[Tonsure#Monasticism|tonsured]] as Catherine and Barbara, respectively.

In 1950 it became known that a piece of land belonging to the [[Roman Catholic]] Institution of Mercy in Nanuet, New York, was being sold for only $30,000, with the only stipulation for acquisition that its historical sanctity be respected in the future development of the property, to which the nature of Novo-Diveevo obliged. Fr. Adrian travelled to New York City to secure a loan, with Prince Dmitry as his translator. They visited ten banks on foot in the rain, but were denied interest-free loans because they could provide no financial guarantee. Finally, Charles W. Hawkins, president of the First National Bank in Spring Valley, agreed on a $15,000 loan. The remaining half was donated by Maleev. The land was officially purchased in May of 1951.

The severity of the Arab-Israeli Conflict effectively stranded Abbess Elizabeth and her nuns from Gorny inside East Jerusalem. In January of 1951, Metropolitan [[Anastasy (Gribanovsky) of Kishinev]] released her from rectoral duties, appointing Nun Catherine (Golovina) as temporary administrator. A superior was found in the newly-immigrated [[Schema]]-abbess Mikhaila (Mertsalova), who had fled the [[Moscow Patriarchate]]'s takeover of her convent in Peking. Mother Mikhaila and her nuns were halted in San Francisco due to the failing health of the elderly Mother Juliana, only arriving upon the Feast of the [[Meeting of the Lord]]. They were welcomed by Abp. Nikon, who served a [[Moleben]] of Thanksgiving.

===Expansion and Influence===
Through the generous donations of the churchwarden Prince Sergei Sergeievich and Princess Florence Beloselsky-Belozersky, A.A. Pashkov, and others, Fr. Adrian was able to build a cemetery for the Russian Diaspora, divided into five tracts and able to fit approximately 5,000 graves. On August 24, 1952, Metropolitan Anastasy led the blessing of the cemetery before the [[Kursk Root icon]] of the [[Mother of God]], co-served by Archbishop [[James (Toombs) of Manhattan]], Bishop Seraphim of Holy Trinity, Bishop Nikon of Florida, Archimandrite [[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]], Fr. Adrian, and Priest [[Serafim Slobodskoy|Seraphim Slobodskoy]], among others. An [[antiphonal]] liturgy was served, with the monastic choir under the direction of P.P. Didenko and neighboring Nyack choir under M.M. Rodzianko. Approximately 500 faithful attended the services, travelling anywhere from Washington DC to Seattle. The rite was researched by Abp. Vitaly through Serbian sources.

After the festal celebrations, Fr. Adrian saw a need to build a larger, freestanding church dedicated to St. Seraphim of Sarov. He enlisted [[Protodeacon]] Cornelius Chigrinov as head architect, whose occupation was house painting. The impoverished émigré artist Nicholas Alexandrovich Popkov painted the frescoes and designed the iconostasis and chandelier, asking only for a roof over his head and a bowl of soup in return. After the completion of St. Seraphim Church, Popkov became a well-respected [[iconographer]] and was invited to fresco many more ROCOR churches.

On October 3, 1963, [[Protopresbyter]] Adrian Rymarenko's wife Matushka Eugenia Grigorievna fell asleep in the Lord, and was buried in the Novo-Diveevo Cemetery. On October 14, he was tonsured a monk with the name Andrew and elevated to Bishop of Rockland in 1968, all the while continuing to reside in the convent next to the new church. That same year, the New York Transit Authority had publicized their intent to transform Ramapo Valley Airport, a neighboring flight school and small airport, into a hub for jet planes and other large air taxi services. The Transit Authority's plan included the requisition of a sizable chunk of monastery property, which would have made it near impossible to live in a monastic fashion. The invested financiers had made it very clear that the convent grounds could not be extricated.

A court battle between the NY Transport Authority and Novo-Diveevo Convent ensued. Bishop Andrew rallied Rockland County locals, and both church and secular circles of Russian society, through which eventually came support from influential figures in New York City, providing the convent the ability to hire expert lawyers. Under their experienced advocacy, the New York State Assembly unanimously agreed to kill the project in 1970. The influence and prestige of Novo-Diveevo and Bishop Andrew had grown from this event to such that a stream of letters and congratulations came to them from New York State assemblymen, Rockland County locals and officials, and celebratory and interest articles written in local newspapers. The amount of nuns grew to 40, and as many as 50,000 Orthodox made pilgrimage to Novo-Diveevo a year. During this time, Mother Mikhaila reposed in the Lord in 1969 and her assistant Mother Christina was appointed superior and elevated to the rank of abbess.

By this time, Russian Émigré society experienced a growing population of elderly people left without family. In 1972, Bp. Andrew took to erecting a main building for Novo-Diveevo, with an attached old peoples home. The structure of the complex would allow for the nuns to live on one side, and the elderly on the other. The cost of the center would cost $600,000 dollars, most of which was borrowed from local banks, though much was accumulated by the deaness. The convent fell short of the price, but the contractor agreed to complete construction on credit. For his accomplishments, Bp. Andrew was raised to the rank of Archbishop of Rockland, and was congratulated by President Richard M. Nixon and Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, who remembered his accomplishments in preserving Novo-Diveevo. In 1973, P.P. Didenko succumbed to illness and Boris I. Mitrohin was appointed to temporarily fill the position of choir conductor, which he did until his death in 2012.

In 1975, Novo-Diveevo was visited by the exiled Soviet activist [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]]. Archbishop Andrew of Rockland fell asleep in the Lord on [[July 12]], 1978. A second wing of the old peoples home was constructed in May of 1982 under the supervision of Fr. Alexander Fedorowski. Plans for the addition had been drawn up but never realized in Abp. Andrew's time. The current superior, Abbess Irene (Alexeeva) was appointed in 1992.

===Today===
Novo-Diveevo was selected as one of three hosts for the first Joint Pastoral Conference of the Eastern American Diocese (ROCOR) and [[Russian Orthodox Church in the USA]] in celebration of the fifth anniversary of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia#Rapprochement with Moscow|Reunification of the Russian Church]] and appearance of the [[Myrrh-streaming]] [[Orthodoxy in Hawaii#A Miracle in the Islands|Hawaiian-Iveron icon of the Mother of God]] from October 11-13, 2012. Participants in the conference celebrated the All-Night Vigil before the Hawaiian icon at Novo-Diveevo on the evening of [[October 12]]. The service was led by Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York]], who was co-served by Archbishop [[Justinian (Ovchinnikov) of Naro-Fominsk]], Bishops [[George (Schaefer) of Mayfield]] and [[Jerome (Shaw) of Manhattan]]. Metropolitan [[Pavel (Ponomarev) of Ryazan]] was also in attendance as a representative of His Holiness, [[Patriarch]] [[Kyrill (Gundyayev) of Moscow]]. The service was sung by a combined choir from [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary]], [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary]], and the Eastern American Diocesan Youth Choir.

==Relics==
The convent has many sacred items brought to America by Abp. Andrew, including:
*A full-length portrait of St. Seraphim of Sarov painted during his lifetime
*A cross from the Ipatiev House
*A copy of the Vladimir icon of the Mother of God which was gifted by St. Ambrose of [[Optina Monastery|Optina]] to Kiev

==Daily Life==
===Weekday Schedule===
*8:30 am - Hours
*8:50 am - Liturgy
*12:00pm - Lunch
*6:00 pm - Vespers & Matins (with an Akathist to St. Seraphim on Wednesdays)
===Sunday & Vigil-rank Feast Schedule===
Evening before
*6:00 pm - Vigil
Sunday
*9:00 am - Hours
*9:20 am - Akathist to the Holy Theotokos
*10:00 am - Liturgy
Major Feasts
*9:40 am - Hours
*10:00 am - Liturgy
===Office Hours===
Convent/Cemetary Main Office Hours
*Weekdays: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (closed for lunch)
*Saturdays: 10:15 am - 2:00 pm
ROC Old Peoples Home Main Office
*Weekdays: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

==Sources==
*[http://www.pravoslavie.ru/put/33568.htm Обитель преподобного Серафима] Веселкина, Татьяна. ''Православие.Ru'', Встреча с Православием: Святые и святыни. 15 января 2010 г..
*[http://www.russkiymir.ru/russkiymir/en/magazines/archive/2009/01/article0003.html Novo Diveevo: Lest We Forget] Lunina, Lyudmila. ''РУССКИЙ МИР.RU'', №1. 18 January 2009.
*Архiепископъ Никонъ (Рклицкiй). (1975). ''Мой трудъ въ виногадникѣ Христовомъ'', томъ I. Diocesan Publishing House, Bronx. pp 241-254.
*Moss, Vladimir. (2010). ''The Golden Chain''. pp.89-93 [http://www.orthodoxchristianbooks.com/downloads/300_THE_GOLDEN_CHAIN.pdf PDF]
*[http://www.russian-inok.org/page.php?page=monastery2&dir=monastery&month=0303 У ВРАТ НОВОГО ДИВЕЕВА В США] Немировский, П.. ''Монастырская Хроника'', №7 (170). Март 2003.
*«Хроника Церковной Жизни: Изъ жизни Новодивѣевскаго Монастыря въ Наякъ». ''Православная Русь'', №1 (475). 1 января 1951 г..
*«Хроника Церковной Жизни: Прибытiе монахинь съ о. Тубабао въ Новодивѣевскую обитель». ''Православная Русь'', №4 (479). 28 февраля 1951 г..
*[http://www.holyvirginprotectionchurch.org The Russian Community and The Holy Virgin Protection Church in Nyack, NY]
*[http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NY/Airfields_NY_SE.htm#springvalley Spring Valley Airport / Ramapo Valley Airport (N24), Spring Valley, NY] Freeman, Paul. ''Abandoned & Little Known Airfields'', Southeastern New York State. Revised 4 February 2013.
*[http://eadiocese.org/News/2012/jan/abbssirene.en.htm Nanuet, NY: Met. Hilarion awarded the Synodal Order of the Sign 1st Class, to the Abbess of the Holy Dormition Convent "Novo-Diveevo"] ''EAD Media Office'', January 25, 2012.
*[http://eadiocese.org/News/2012/aug/mitrohin.en.htm Novo-Diveevo, NY: Holy Dormition Convent’s Longtime Choir Director Boris I. Mitrohin reposed in the Lord] ''EAD Media Office'', August 7, 2012.
*[http://www.eadiocese.org/News/2011/july/novodiveevo.en.htm Novo-Diveevo: Metropolitan Hilarion led the 50th anniversary of Archpriest Alexander Fedorowski's clerical service] ''EAD Media Office'', July 14, 2011.
*[

==Further Reading==
*[http://www.wise-travel.ru/north_america/usa/otzyv-2563.html Ново-Дивеево. Штат Нью-Йорк. США.] kotoshka, ''Wise-Travel.Ru'', 2009. '''(Russian)'''

==External Links==
*[http://novo-diveevo.org Offical Website]
*[http://www.facebook.com/NovoDiveevo Official Facebook Page]
*[http://eadiocese.org/Parishes/newyork/en.nanuet.htm Eastern American Diocese Directory Listing]

[[Category:ROCOR Monasteries]]
[[Category:American Monasteries]]
[[Category:Monasteries]]

Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City

2013-03-08T04:42:50Z

Mishakaz: fixed succession box: Diocese of Eastern America and Jersey City dates back at least as far as 1955 http://zarubezhje.narod.ru/av/b_044.htm

Archbishop '''Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City''' was the [[ROCOR]] Archbishop of North America and the Abbot of [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]], Jordanville.

==Biographical timeline==
[[Image:maximenko.jpg|frame|Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko)]]
*1873 [[August 8]]: Vasily was born on the shores of Azov Sea to [[Deacon]] John Vasilievich Maximenko and Evfrosinia Feodorovna Maximenko as the fourth child of a seven child family.
*1879: Vasily's father, Dcn John, reposed as a result of pleurisy contracted while fishing.
*1880: Vasily's mother reposed from grief. Vasily's orphan wanderings began.
*He went to school at Mariupol Theological School, feeding himself in his first year with wild plants. He graduated with honours and was accepted into Kiev Theological Academy.
*Due to participation in a protest against an unfair administrator, Vasily was expelled without right to enroll in another school. He took a teaching job, and the mothers of his students fed him.
*Vasily then met Bp [[Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev|Anthony (Khrapovitsky)]], and through his aid was reaccepted to Kazan Theological Academy. Beset by tuberculosis, he was then [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] by Bp Anthony and given the name Vitaly.
*1898: Fr Vitaly [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[priest]]hood.
*At St Alexander Missionary Academy, Hmk Vitaly taught liturgics, pastoral theology, homiletics and physics. Hmk Vitaly once rescued a student who had spilled kerosene on himself and ignited, despite receiving severe burns. The student died soon afterwards, however.
*Hmk Vitaly then taught at the Ardon Theological Seminary for three years.
*Bp Anthony arrived at Volynia cathedral, and seeing [[Pochaev Lavra of the Dormition of the Theotokos|Pochaev Lavra]], offered to transfer Hmk Vitaly to organise a missionary and ecclesiastical press. Hmk Vitaly accepted.
*1902 [[November 29]]: By decree of the [[Holy Synod]], Hmk Vitaly was released from his teaching position, transferred to the [[bishop]] of Volynia and elevated to [[archimandrite]].
::[[December 2]]: Fr Vitaly appointed a teacher of the law of God, head of the printing press and a member of the spiritual court of Pochaev Lavra.
*1903: Archimandrite Vitaly appointed editor of the Pochaev Newsletter (Pochaevskii Listok) and the official section of the Volynia Diocesan Bulletin (Volynskie eparkhial'niye vedomosti).
*1908: Fr. Vitaly established a memorial skete and church at the spot of the "Cossack Graves" near Berestechko where the cossacks of Hetman Bogdon Khmelnitsky fell in 1651 in a battle with the Poles.
*1910: Archim. Vitaly appointed editor of Russian Monk (Russkiy inok).
*Archim. Vitaly organised a publishing brotherhood and expanded Pochaev's publishing work.
*Archim. Vitaly became de facto head of the ecclesiastical-patriotic organisation, Union of Russian People ([[Soyuz Russkogo Naroda]]), which figured in independence from economic exploitation and alcoholism, and established a People's Bank, providing low-interest credit to peasants.
*1917: Revolution stunned Archim. Vitaly, who left for Movilev, wishing to serve a [[Divine Liturgy]] in the presence of the Tsar. He was denied access.
*Archim. Vitaly arrested twice. First imprisoned with Metropolitan Anthony and Archbishop Evlogy in the [[Unis|Uniate]] [[monastery]] of Buchach, then inside the walls of the church of the Cossack Graves, which he had built. Not allowing him to finish serving the Liturgy, his arresters led him to the underwater dungeon in Demblin, where he suffered interrogation and beatings. Fr Vitaly performed the Liturgy there, using his chest in place of an antimension. Through intercessions of other kind people, he evaded execution. On release, he served in the [[diocese]] of Belostok under Bp Vladimir.
*Met. Anthony, through the help of the Serbian [[Patriarch]], sponsored Archim. Vitaly to come to Serbia; from there, he went to Ladomirovo, Chezhoslovakia, called Vladimirovo by the Russians. He settled in a peasant hut, but a monastery formed around him. A printing press was given to him by the Lemkovo Student Committee.
*1928: In Vladimirovo, Fr. Vitaly baptized [[Laurus (Škurla) of New York|Vasily Škurla]].
*1932: A Serbian bishop, Bp Damascene, consecrated the premises where Archim. Vitaly lived.
*1933: The Russian Church Press of St Job of Pochaev was incorporated and registered with the government - having been founded in 1618 and being run until 1918, it was reestablished in 1933. At the same time, he worked with formerly-Uniate parishes. The [[Church of Serbia]] had jurisdiction over these parishes, while the ROCOR had jurisdiction over the monastery and press.
*1933: Abp [[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco|Apollinary of North America and Canada]] reposed. After approximately six times that Archim. Vitaly refused the episcopacy, Met. Anthony told Archim. Vitaly that unless he accepted consecration as the bishop of America to replace Abp Apollinary, Met. Anthony would refuse to be his spiritual father. Archim. Vitaly accepted the consecration.
*1934: Abp. Vitaly, for the sake of peace, removed the suspensions on [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Metropolitan Platon]] and his vicars.
::[[May 6]]: Archimandrite Vitaly [[Consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Bishop of Detroit in the United States.
::[[October 15]], Bp. Vitaly arrived in New York City.
::[[December 27]], he incorporated the diocese.
*1935: Through the efforts of Abp Vitaly, the Metropolia enters/returns to ROCOR. Bp. Vitaly participated in the ROCOR council of bishops in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
*1936: Participated in the consecration of [[Antony (Bashir) of New York|Antony (Bashir)]] of the Antiochian diocese in America.
*1948: Abp. Vitaly became the [[abbot]] of the [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] in Jordanville, New York.
::October 13, he opened the [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Theological Seminary]] at the monastery. Participated in the consecration of Archimandrite [[Michael (Konstantinides) of America|Michael (Konstantinides)]] as the Archbishop of the Greek Archdiocese of America.
*1960 March 21: Archbishop Vitaly of Eastern America and Jersey City reposed peacefully.

 
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{{succession|
before=—|
title=Bishop of [[Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America (ROCOR)|Detroit]] (ROCOR)|
years=1934-1946|
after=[[Jeronim (Chernov) of Detroit|Jeronim (Chernov)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Seraphim (Ivanov) of Chicago|Seraphim (Ivanov)]]|
title=Abbot of [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] (ROCOR)|
years=1948-1960|
after=[[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]]}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Rector of [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Seminary]] (ROCOR)|
years=1948-1952|
after=[[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco|Apollinary (Koshevoy)]]|
title=Archbishop of North America and Canada (ROCOR)|
years=1947-1955|
after=—}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Archbishop of [[Diocese of Eastern American and New York (ROCOR)|Eastern America and Jersey City]] (ROCOR)|
years=1955-1960|
after=[[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]]}}
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==Source==
*[http://eadiocese.org/Archbishop%20Vitaly%20EN.pdf Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko)]
*[http://eadiocese.org/History/hierarchs.en.htm Timeline of Hierarchs of the Eastern American & New York Diocese]

==External link==
*[http://www.roca.org/OA/98-99/98f.htm Builder of the Church – Archbishop Vitaly Maximenko]

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[[Category:Bishops of Jersey City]]
[[Category:20th-century bishops]]

James (Toombs) of Manhattan

2013-03-08T02:24:08Z

Mishakaz: Abp. James was recieved as an Archbishop, it seems

His Grace, the Most Reverend [[Archbishop]] '''James (Toombs) of Manhattan''' ([[August 30]], 1887 – [[November 1]], 1970) chartered the Orthodox American Church of which he was hierarch from 1959-1970. He had earlier served as head of the American Orthodox Mission and vicar of the Eastern American [[diocese]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (ROCOR) from 1951-1959. Archbishop James is believed to have served the first [[Pascha|Paschal]] Liturgy in America entirely in English.
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==Life==
===Early Life===
Archbishop James was born Roy C. Toombs, the ninth of ten children, on August 30, 1887 in Winfield, Kansas to American Civil War veteran Anson Toombs and Canadian immigrant Hannah Elizabeth Nichols. His parents were Baptist, though Roy never showed much interest in religion during his youth. Roy was a farm boy, but in his time Winfield had become the rail hub of the Kansas Flint Hills with a bustling population of 5,000 people by 1900. Fascinated by trains, young Roy was well known to hop freights and visit different parts of the country.

Roy's first wife was Mary E. Toombs. They married in 1910, and by the next year produced a son named Farrell. The family relocated first to Missouri but by 1920 were situated in Chicago's seventh ward. He was co-owner of Toombs-Daley brokerage house on LaSalle Street, and an investment banker in Downers Grove. In 1927, he was made president of the International Life Insurance Company of St. Louis, Missouri. However, by August of the next year, Roy was embroiled in scandal when $3,500,000 in securities was found to have been sent from International Life Insurance Company to Toombs in interlocking $1,000,000 loans, along with irregularities in the Toombs-Daley brokerage firm and the bank in Downers Grove exposed in bankruptcy court. Though released after his initial arrest, Roy was arrested a second time and extradited to Missouri where in 1929 he was sentenced to pay a $3,000 fine and serve three years in the Missouri State Penitentiary. He was also convicted of mail fraud by a Federal Court and by 1931 was an inmate of the Federal Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. It's unknown whether the federal and state sentences were serves concurrently or if Roy was granted an early release from state prison. This affair followed his as late as 1936 when we was sued for $600,000 in connection with the International Life Insurance Company affair.

Around this time, there is evidence of inquiry by Roy Toombs into the Episcopalian Church and instruction under a Jesuit priest for conversion to the Roman Catholicism. The banking profession of that era was predominantly made up of Episcopalians and Freemasons, and it is theorized that Roy's interest in the Episcopalian faith may have taken place in the early 1920s during his stint in Chicago. The latter is suggest to have possibly taken place during his time served in jail.

===Initial Involvement in "Independent Orthodoxy"===
In 1942 Roy Toombs registered for the draft, listing his profession as "priest of the Holy Orthodox Church in America," an [[Independent_Orthodox_churches|independent Orthodox church]] led by George Winslow Plummer out of New York City. For the duration of the Second World War, Toombs is said to have worked intelligence for the US Government. Around this time, articles by Toombs appear in Plummer's Rosicrucian periodical "Mercury". HOCiA claimed succession from the [[American Orthodox Catholic Church]] of [[Aftimios Ofiesh]] through [[Ignatius (Nichols) of Washington]]. Plummer consecrated Theodotus S. DeWitow (Stanislaus Witowski) in 1936, who in turn consecrated Toombs on January 30, 1944, at which point Archbishop James became primate of the HOCiA. By this time Toombs had remarried to a woman named Maryangela, who'd founded the Better Human Resources Movement based on analysis of the Hawthorne Studies her stepson Farrell helped conduct.

Archbishop James moved to New York City and incorporated his mission into the Cathedral of Our Saviour at 226 West 69th Street, Manhattan, by 1947. He affiliated himself with [[Episcopi vagantes|''episcopus vagans'']] John Chrysostom More-Moreno (consecrated in 1933 by [[Bishop]] [[Sophronios (Beshara) of Los Angeles]]) and founded the Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church in 1951, with John and Gregory R.P. Adair as his priests. Around this time, Toombs had somehow met and come under the mentorship of Archbishop [[Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City]]. It is believed that after the events of the [[ROCOR_and_OCA#1946-1970:_Open_Hostility|Cleveland Sobor]], Toombs was pivotal through his old war contacts in swaying the opinion of the Federal Government away from acknowledging the complaints of the [[Orthodox Church in America|North American Metropolia]] against the relocation of [[Metropolitan]] [[Anastasy (Gribanovsky) of Kishinev]] and ROCOR's Synod of Bishops to the United States from Europe in 1949. During this time, Farrell was ordained a priest by his father under the name Thomas.

===Conversion to Canonical Orthodoxy and Episcopacy===
Archbishop Vitaly's mentoring culminating in the question of the EOCC's canonicity, which prompted Toombs and his second wife Maryangela to be tonsured monastics at [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] in Jordanville, New York in early July of 1951. A few days later Fr. James (Toombs) was consecrated on the [[feast day|Feast]] of the Holy [[Apostles]] [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] and [[Apostle Paul|Paul]] on July 21 as vicar the Diocese of Eastern America and Jersey City at the [[New Kursk-Root Hermitage (Mahopac, New York)|New Kursk-Root Hermitage]] in Mahopac, New York. Concelebrating with Metropolitan Anastasy were Archbishop Vitaly, Archbishop [[John (Maximovitch) the Wonderworker|John (Maximovich) of Paris]], Bishop [[Nikon (Rklitski) of Florida|Nikon (Rklitzky) of Florida]], and Bishop [[Seraphim (Ivanov) of Chicago|Seraphim (Ivanov) of Holy Trinity]]. Archbishop James was installed as the first Archbishop of Manhattan and was tasked with heading a completely autonomous American Orthodox Mission within ROCOR, insofar that he was allowed by the Synod to stay short-haired and clean-shaven to adequately perform his duty. In 1953, Bishop James single-handedly changed the practice of receiving [[Roman Catholic|Roman Catholics]] into the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] when he delivered a report stating that the American Orthodox Mission received all [[convert|converts]] by [[baptism]], where prior to the Russian Revolution, Catholic converts were accepted simply through [[confession]]. The change garnered no opposition.

Upon his entry into ROCOR, Gregory and John Adair engaged Archbishop James in a lawsuit over the Cathedral of Our Saviour on West 69th Street. Fearing that he would take the church with him, the Adair Brothers claimed rather that it was property of the Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church. There is speculation that a canon lawyer from the North American Metropolia came to the EOCC's aid and helped them win rights to the church in 1952, which was later sold for a great sum to make way for Lincoln Center. For the remainder of his life, Archbishop James would serve in the Chapel of the Holy Apostles, built into his apartment.

Though not part of the Synod of Bishops, during his tenure in ROCOR, Archbishop James was very active. He was a concelebrant at the consecration of Bishop [[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse]] on the [[Pentecost#After Pentecost|Feast of the Holy Spirit]] in 1953 alongside Metropolitan Anastasy and others, attended Hierarchical Council meetings and celebrations at Holy Trinity Monastery and New Kurk-Root Hermitage, and in so doing, meeting most of the Synod of Bishops. Archishop James attained a flock, but the language barrier between American and Émigré made much of anything outside the Mission difficult. Those who wished to study at [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Seminary]] in Jordanville could only be instructed by Archpriest [[Andrei (Rymarenko) of Rockland|Adrian Rymarenko]], with Archimandrite [[Lazarus (Moore)]] helping translate seminary materials. Archbishop James's former wife Maryangela couldn't join the Russian-speaking [[Holy Dormition Convent (Nanuet, New York)|Holy Dormition Convent]] "Novo-Diveevo" in Nanuet, New York, and so was allowed to live separately on the second floor of his apartment.

However, his episcopacy was not without controversy. Archbishop James's past connections with the esoteric masonic Christianity of George Winslow Plummer, reminiscent of the Theosophy movement which raged in Pre-Revolutionary Russia, and association with wayward and wandering bishops led to rumors of occultist practices taking place within the Mission. Another sore point came with the inconvenient living arrangement of the formerly-married bishop and nun. Furthermore, to many of the Russian émigré mindset, English-language translations of services were seen as very taboo, compounded by the seeming isolationism of the American Orthodox Mission. [[Protopresbyter]] [[Gregory (Grabbe) of Washington|George Grabbe]] led the opposition against Archbishop James, drawing several members of the Synod of Bishops to his side. By 1955, Archbishop James expressed his desire to Metropolitan Anastasy to continue missionary work as hierarch of an independent American Church.

===The Orthodox American Church, Death, and Legacy===
In 1959 Archbishop James dissociated himself with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and founded the Orthodox American Church (formally, The Holy Orthodox Catholic Apostolic American Church), incorporating concepts of the Better Human Relations Movement. For the next decade Archbishop James continued his two-fold mission of bringing Americans to Orthodox Christianity and translating every text of the Church into English. He was known to be a very kind, patient, and loving pastor, and accepted the responsibility of being father confessor to a number of Orthodox bishops in New York.

One of Archbishop James's successes is the second and current primate of the OAC, Metropolitan John Schneyder, who joined the mission in 1952, was baptized and christmated in 1953, studied at Holy Trinity Seminary under Archpriest Adrian Rymarenko from 1953-55, and under Archpriest Damian Krehel at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] from 1955-57. In November of 1961, Archbishop James ordained him a deacon, and in July of 1962 a priest. On April 25th, 1970, before his death, Archbishop James consecrated Fr. John to the episcopacy.

Once the weakness of his advanced age set in, Maryangela took care of Archbishop James until his repose on November 1, 1970. Though no representatives of ROCOR attended his funeral, Metropolitan [[Andrei (Petkov) of New York]] of the [[Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia]] did. To this day, the Orthodox American Church considers itself an autonomous mission of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.

 
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title=Primate of the Holy Orthodox Church in America|
years=1944-1947|
after=Theodotus S. DeWitow}}
{{succession|
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{{succession|
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==Sources==
*[http://orthodoxamericanchurch.com/about_history.htm '''About Us: History'''] from Orthodox American Church
*[http://orthodoxamericanchurch.com/about_bio_mjs.htm '''About Us: Bio: Metropolitan John Schneyder'''] from Orthodox American Church
*[http://www.rocorstudies.org/church-people/lives-of-bishops/2011/12/07/archbishop-james-roy-c-toombs-of-manhattan-head-of-the-american-orthodox-mission-vicar-of-the-diocese-of-eastern-america-and-jersey-city/ '''Archbishop James (Roy C. Toombs) of Manhattan, Head of the American Orthodox Mission, Vicar of the Diocese of Eastern America and Jersey City'''] by Michael Woerl, October 2010 from ROCOR Studies
*[http://www3.telus.net/oldfolk/farrell.htm '''Farrell''']
*[http://abbeysanluigi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/aecyearbook.pdf '''Yearbook of American Churches''']
*Архiепископъ Никонъ (Рклицкiй). (1975). Мой трудъ въ виногадникѣ Христовомъ, томъ I. Diocesan Publishing House, Bronx.

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[[Category:20th-century bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of New York]]
[[Category:Bishops of Manhattan]]
[[Category:Converts to Orthodox Christianity]]
[[Category:Missionaries]]
[[Category:Orthodoxy in America]]

Diocese of Eastern American and New York (ROCOR)

2013-03-05T04:52:38Z

Mishakaz: /* Archbishop of Rockland */

'''Diocese of Eastern American and New York''' is a [[diocese]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]] that is the [[see]] of its First Hierarch. it was established in 1985 during the term of [[Metropolitan]] Philaret (Voznesensky) as First Hierarch.

==Bishops of Eastern America and New York==
===Metropolitans of Eastern America and New York===
*[[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion (Kapral)]] First Hierarch of ROCOR May 18, 2008 - present
*[[Laurus (Skurla) of New York|Laurus (Skurla)]] First Hierarch of ROCOR October 27, 2001 - March 16, 2008
*[[Vitaly (Ustinov) of New York|Vitaly (Ustinov)]] First Hierarch of ROCOR January 22, 1986 - August 10, 2001
*[[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]] First Hierarch of ROCOR May 31, 1964 - November 21, 1985

===Ruling Bishops===
*Laurus (Skurla) Archbishop of Syracuse July 18, 1976 - October 25, 2001
*Averky (Taushev) Archbishop of Syracuse and Holy Trinity May 25, 1953 - April 13, 1976

*[[Nikon (Rklitski) of Florida|Nikon (Rklitsky)]] Archbishop of Washington 1960 - September 4, 1976

*Vitaly (Maximemnko) Archbishop of North America and Canada/Archbishop of Eastern America and Jersey City 1959 - March 21, 1960
*[[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco|Apollinary (Koshevoy)]] Archbishop of North America and Canada 1929 - June 19, 1933

==Vicars==
===Bishop of Mayfield===
*[[George (Schaefer) of Mayfield |George (Schaefer)]] December 7, 2008 - Present

===Bishop of Erie===
*Daniel (Alexandrov) August 14, 1988 - Present

===Bishops of Manhattan===
*[[Jerome (Shaw) of Manhattan|Jerome (Shaw)]] December 10, 2008 - Present
*[[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal |Gabriel (Chemodakov)]] July 7, 1996 - May 14, 2008
*Hilarion (Kapral) 1984 - 1995
*[[Gregory (Grabbe) of Washington and Florida|Gregory (Grabbe)]] 1979 - 1981
*Laurus (Skurla) August 13, 1967 - June 18, 1976
*[[James (Toombs) of Manhattan|James (Toombs)]] July 12, 1951 - 1959

===Bishop of Boston===
*[[Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky) of Boston|Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky)]] November 24, 1992 - February 15, 2002

===Archbishop of Rockland===
*[[John (Legky) of Rockland|John (Legky)]] 1994-1995
*[[Andrei (Rymarenko) of Rockland|Andrei (Rymarenko)]] 1968 - July 12, 1978

===Bishop/Archbishop of Washington===
*[[Nikon (Rklitski) of Florida|Nikon (Rklitzky)]] 1967 - September 17, 1976
*[[Gregory (Grabbe) of Washington|Gregory (Grabbe)]] 1981 - 1985

===Bishop/Archbishop of Florida===
*[[Nikon (Rklitski) of Florida|Nikon (Rklitzky)]] June 27, 1948 - September 17, 1967

===Bishop of Detroit===
*[[Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City|Vitaly (Maximemnko)]] May 6, 1934 - 1959

==Sources==
*[http://www.eadiocese.org/History/hierarchs.en.htm ROCOR: Eastern American and New York Diocese]
*[http://www.rocorstudies.org/church-people/lives-of-bishops/2011/12/07/archbishop-james-roy-c-toombs-of-manhattan-head-of-the-american-orthodox-mission-vicar-of-the-diocese-of-eastern-america-and-jersey-city/ ROCOR Studies: Bishops]
*[http://krotov.info/spravki/history_bio/20_bio/karlovch.html Архиереи Русской Православной Церкви Заграницей]

[[Category: Dioceses|Eastern]]
[[Category: ROCOR Dioceses|Eastern]]

Jeronim (Chernov) of Detroit

2013-03-05T03:34:01Z

Mishakaz: /* Sources */ added a source

His Eminence, the Most Reverend '''Jeronim (Chernov)''' was an [[archbishop]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]] and the ruling [[bishop]] of the Diocese of Detroit (now part of the [[Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America (ROCOR)|Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America)]] from 1946 to 1957.

==Life==
Ioann (John) Chernov was born on [[November 29]], 1878 in the town of Sudodga in Vladimir Province, Russia, into a family of [[clergy]]. Still a pre-school aged child, the family moved to the city of Vladimir. After attending the local church schools, Ioann attended the [[seminary]] in Vladimir from 1895 to 1899. After graduating from the seminary, he taught religion in his home district from 1899 to 1902.

In 1902, Ioann was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] on [[April 28]] and a [[priest]] on [[May 5]]. After serving in a number of different [[parish]]es, Fr. Iaonn entered the [[Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary|Moscow Theological Academy]] where he studied from 1909 to 1913. On [[November 3]], 1912, Fr. Ioann was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] by the Rector of the Academy, [[Archimandrite]] Feodor (Pozdeyevsky) and given the name Jeronim. In 1913, he received a Master of Divinity degree by the Moscow Theological Academy. In 1914, he entered the Kursk Monastery of the Sign and joined the Kursk Theological Seminary where he taught Sacred History. On [[October 9]], 1915, he was appointed inspector at the seminary, a position he held until the Kursk Seminary was closed by the Bolsheviks in 1919.

He was also appointed deputy [[abbot]] of the Kursk Znamensky [[Monastery]] at which the Holy [[Kursk Root Icon]] of the Mother of God (Kursk-Korennaya Icon) was kept. Fr. Jeronim was also secretary to Bishop Theophan (Gavrilov) of the Kursk-Oboyansk [[Diocese]]. Fr. Jeronim was elevated to the dignity of archimandrite in 1919.

[[Image:Kursk Root Icon of the Theotokos.jpg|left|thumb|75px|Kursk-Korennaya Icon)]]
In 1919, the Bolsheviks were actively attacking the Orthodox [[clergy]] and destroying church facilities as they came to dominate the country. As the White Army retreated from Kursk, Bp. Theophan, with Archim. Jeronim, took the Holy Kursk Root Icon for safekeeping and left Kursk in September 1919. They traveled through southern Russia, Constantinople, and Thessalonkia to Yugoslavia, arriving there in March 1920. In Yugoslavia, Archim. Jeronim served a number of communities and directed the [[monasticism|monastic]] school at Rakovche.

In 1923, Archim. Jeronim moved to Palestine to administer the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem for a year, but remained in Palestine serving as a priest until 1935. In 1935, he was invited the United States by Bp. [[Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City|Vitaly (Maximenko)]] of Detroit. On [[August 18]], 1935, Archim. Jeronim was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] to the [[episcopate]] as Bishop of Detroit and Cleveland. In 1936, during a period of co-operation between the Russian [[OCA|Diocese of North America and Canada]] and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, Bp. Jeronim was named Bishop of Montreal and Eastern Canada a position he held until 1946. He returned to ROCOR after the two groups separated following the Seventh [[All-American Sobor]] of 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio.

After the sober, Bp. Jeronim was elevated to [[archbishop]] and appointed, by the ROCOR [[Synod]] of Bishops, the ruling hierarch of the Diocese of Detroit and Flint. Abp. Jeronim reposed on [[May 14]], 1957 in Detroit, Michigan, after which his diocese of four parishes was merged with the Diocese of Chicago and Cleveland.

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{{succession|
before=[[Paul (Gavrilov) of Chicago|Paul (Gavrilov)]]|
title=Bishop of Detroit and Cleveland Metropolia|
years=1935-1936|
after=[[John (Garklavs) of Chicago|John (Garklavs)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Emmanuel (Abo-Hatab) of Brooklyn|Emmanuel (Abo-Hatab)]]|
title=Bishop of Montreal and Eastern Canada Metropolia|
years=1936-1946|
after=Anatoloy (Apostlov)}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Archbishop of Detroit and Flint ROCOR|
years=1946-1957|
after=—}}
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==Sources==
*[http://rocorstudies.org/?sid=135&aid=11028&idpage=lives_of_bishops Archbishop Ieronim (Ioann Chernov) of Flint]]
*[http://roca.org/life_of_archbishop_ieronim.htm Life of Archbishop Ieronim (Chernov) of Detroit]
*[http://www.archdiocese.ca/e_history/bishops.htm List of Canadian Bishops]
*[http://www.rusdm.ru/history.php?item=14 ИСТОРИЯ РУССКОЙ ДУХОВНОЙ МИССИИ В ИЕРУСАЛИМЕ. ЗАКЛЮЧЕНИЕ] (Russian)

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[[Category:20th-century bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Detroit]]
[[Category: Moscow Academy and Seminary Graduates]]

James (Toombs) of Manhattan

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His Grace, the Most Reverend [[Archbishop]] '''James (Toombs) of Manhattan''' ([[August 30]], 1887 – [[November 1]], 1970) chartered the Orthodox American Church of which he was hierarch from 1959-1970. He had earlier served as head of the American Orthodox Mission and vicar of the Eastern American [[diocese]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (ROCOR) from 1951-1959. Archbishop James is believed to have served the first [[Pascha|Paschal]] Liturgy in America entirely in English.
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==Life==
===Early Life===
Archbishop James was born Roy C. Toombs, the ninth of ten children, on August 30, 1887 in Winfield, Kansas to American Civil War veteran Anson Toombs and Canadian immigrant Hannah Elizabeth Nichols. His parents were Baptist, though Roy never showed much interest in religion during his youth. Roy was a farm boy, but in his time Winfield had become the rail hub of the Kansas Flint Hills with a bustling population of 5,000 people by 1900. Fascinated by trains, young Roy was well known to hop freights and visit different parts of the country.

Roy's first wife was Mary E. Toombs. They married in 1910, and by the next year produced a son named Farrell. The family relocated first to Missouri but by 1920 were situated in Chicago's seventh ward. He was co-owner of Toombs-Daley brokerage house on LaSalle Street, and an investment banker in Downers Grove. In 1927, he was made president of the International Life Insurance Company of St. Louis, Missouri. However, by August of the next year, Roy was embroiled in scandal when $3,500,000 in securities was found to have been sent from International Life Insurance Company to Toombs in interlocking $1,000,000 loans, along with irregularities in the Toombs-Daley brokerage firm and the bank in Downers Grove exposed in bankruptcy court. Though released after his initial arrest, Roy was arrested a second time and extradited to Missouri where in 1929 he was sentenced to pay a $3,000 fine and serve three years in the Missouri State Penitentiary. He was also convicted of mail fraud by a Federal Court and by 1931 was an inmate of the Federal Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. It's unknown whether the federal and state sentences were serves concurrently or if Roy was granted an early release from state prison. This affair followed his as late as 1936 when we was sued for $600,000 in connection with the International Life Insurance Company affair.

Around this time, there is evidence of inquiry by Roy Toombs into the Episcopalian Church and instruction under a Jesuit priest for conversion to the Roman Catholicism. The banking profession of that era was predominantly made up of Episcopalians and Freemasons, and it is theorized that Roy's interest in the Episcopalian faith may have taken place in the early 1920s during his stint in Chicago. The latter is suggest to have possibly taken place during his time served in jail.

===Initial Involvement in "Independent Orthodoxy"===
In 1942 Roy Toombs registered for the draft, listing his profession as "priest of the Holy Orthodox Church in America," an [[Independent_Orthodox_churches|independent Orthodox church]] led by George Winslow Plummer out of New York City. For the duration of the Second World War, Toombs is said to have worked intelligence for the US Government. Around this time, articles by Toombs appear in Plummer's Rosicrucian periodical "Mercury". HOCiA claimed succession from the [[American Orthodox Catholic Church]] of [[Aftimios Ofiesh]] through [[Ignatius (Nichols) of Washington]]. Plummer consecrated Theodotus S. DeWitow (Stanislaus Witowski) in 1936, who in turn consecrated Toombs on January 30, 1944, at which point Archbishop James became primate of the HOCiA. By this time Toombs had remarried to a woman named Maryangela, who'd founded the Better Human Resources Movement based on analysis of the Hawthorne Studies her stepson Farrell helped conduct.

Archbishop James moved to New York City and incorporated his mission into the Cathedral of Our Saviour at 226 West 69th Street, Manhattan, by 1947. He affiliated himself with [[Episcopi vagantes|''episcopus vagans'']] John Chrysostom More-Moreno (consecrated in 1933 by [[Bishop]] [[Sophronios (Beshara) of Los Angeles]]) and founded the Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church in 1951, with John and Gregory R.P. Adair as his priests. Around this time, Toombs had somehow met and come under the mentorship of Archbishop [[Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City]]. It is believed that after the events of the [[ROCOR_and_OCA#1946-1970:_Open_Hostility|Cleveland Sobor]], Toombs was pivotal through his old war contacts in swaying the opinion of the Federal Government away from acknowledging the complaints of the [[Orthodox Church in America|North American Metropolia]] against the relocation of [[Metropolitan]] [[Anastasy (Gribanovsky) of Kishinev]] and ROCOR's Synod of Bishops to the United States from Europe in 1949. During this time, Farrell was ordained a priest by his father under the name Thomas.

===Conversion to Canonical Orthodoxy and Episcopacy===
Archbishop Vitaly's mentoring culminating in the question of the EOCC's canonicity, which prompted Toombs and his second wife Maryangela to be tonsured monastics at [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] in Jordanville, New York in early July of 1951. A few days later James (Toombs) was consecrated on the [[feast day|Feast]] of the Holy [[Apostles]] [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] and [[Apostle Paul|Paul]] on July 21 as the Bishop of Manhattan in the Diocese of Eastern America and Jersey City at the [[New Kursk-Root Hermitage (Mahopac, New York)|New Kursk-Root Hermitage]] in Mahopac, New York. Concelebrating with Metropolitan Anastasy were Archbishop Vitaly, Archbishop [[John (Maximovitch) the Wonderworker|John (Maximovich) of Paris]], Bishop [[Nikon (Rklitski) of Florida|Nikon (Rklitzky) of Florida]], and Bishop [[Seraphim (Ivanov) of Chicago|Seraphim (Ivanov) of Holy Trinity]]. James was installed at the first Bishop of Manhattan and was tasked with heading a completely autonomous American Orthodox Mission within ROCOR, insofar that we was allowed by the Synod to stay short-haired and clean-shaven to adequately perform his duty. In 1953, Bishop James single-handedly changed the practice of receiving [[Roman Catholic|Roman Catholics]] into the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] when he delivered a report stating that the American Orthodox Mission received all [[convert|converts]] by [[baptism]], where prior to the Russian Revolution, Catholic converts were accepted simply through [[confession]]. The change garnered no opposition.

Upon his entry into ROCOR, Gregory and John Adair engaged Bishop James in a lawsuit over the Cathedral of Our Saviour on West 69th Street. Fearing that he would take the church with him, the Adair Brothers claimed rather that it was property of the Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church. There is speculation that a canon lawyer from the North American Metropolia came to the EOCC's aid and helped them win rights to the church in 1952, which was later sold for a great sum to make way for Lincoln Center. For the remainder of his life, Bishop James would serve in the Chapel of the Holy Apostles, built into his apartment.

Though not part of the Synod of Bishops, during his tenure in ROCOR, Bishop James was very active. He was a concelebrant at the consecration of Bishop [[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse]] on the [[Pentecost#After Pentecost|Feast of the Holy Spirit]] in 1953 alongside Metropolitan Anastasy and others, attended Hierarchical Council meetings and celebrations at Holy Trinity Monastery and New Kurk-Root Hermitage, and in so doing, meeting most of the Synod of Bishops. Bishop James's attained a flock, but the language barrier between American and Émigré made much of anything outside the Mission difficult. Those who wished to study at [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Seminary]] in Jordanville could only be instructed by Archpriest [[Andrei (Rymarenko) of Rockland|Adrian Rymarenko]], with Archimandrite [[Lazarus (Moore)]] helping translate seminary materials. Bishop James's former wife Maryangela couldn't join the Russian-speaking [[Holy Dormition Convent (Nanuet, New York)|Holy Dormition Convent]] "Novo-Diveevo" in Nanuet, New York, and so was allowed to live separately on the second floor of his apartment.

However, his episcopacy was not without controversy. Bishop James's past connections with the esoteric masonic Christianity of George Winslow Plummer, reminiscent of the Theosophy movement which raged in Pre-Revolutionary Russia, and association with wayward and wandering bishops led to rumors of occultist practices taking place within the Mission. Another sore point came with the inconvenient living arrangement of the formerly-married bishop and nun. Furthermore, to many of the Russian émigré mindset, English-language translations of services were seen as very taboo, compounded by the seeming isolationism of the American Orthodox Mission. [[Protopresbyter]] [[Gregory (Grabbe) of Washington|George Grabbe]] led the opposition against Bishop James, drawing several members of the Synod of Bishops to his side. By 1955, Bishop James expressed his desire to Metropolitan Anastasy to continue missionary work as hierarch of an independent American Church.

===The Orthodox American Church, Death, and Legacy===
In 1959 Archbishop James dissociated himself with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and founded the Orthodox American Church (formally, The Holy Orthodox Catholic Apostolic American Church), incorporating concepts of the Better Human Relations Movement. For the next decade Archbishop James continued his two-fold mission of bringing Americans to Orthodox Christianity and translating every text of the Church into English. He was known to be a very kind, patient, and loving pastor, and accepted the responsibility of being father confessor to a number of Orthodox bishops in New York.

One of Archbishop James's successes is the second and current primate of the OAC, Metropolitan John Schneyder, who joined the mission in 1952, was baptized and christmated in 1953, studied at Holy Trinity Seminary under Archpriest Adrian Rymarenko from 1953-55, and under Archpriest Damian Krehel at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] from 1955-57. In November of 1961, Archbishop James ordained him a deacon, and in July of 1962 a priest. On April 25th, 1970, before his death, Archbishop James consecrated Fr. John to the episcopacy.

Once the weakness of his advanced age set in, Maryangela took care of Archbishop James until his repose on November 1, 1970. Though no representatives of ROCOR attended his funeral, Metropolitan [[Andrei (Petkov) of New York]] of the [[Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia]] did. To this day, the Orthodox American Church considers itself an autonomous mission of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.

 
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{{succession|
before=George Winslow Plummer|
title=Primate of the Holy Orthodox Church in America|
years=1944-1947|
after=Theodotus S. DeWitow}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Primate of the Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church|
years=1947-1951|
after=John Chrysostom More-Moreno}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Bishop of Manhattan (ROCOR)|
years=1951-1959|
after=[[Laurus (Skurla) of New York|Laurus (Škurla)]]}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Head of the American Orthodox Misson (ROCOR)|
years=1951-1959|
after=—}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Primate of the Orthodox American Church|
years=1959-1970|
after=[[John Schneyder]]}}
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==Sources==
*[http://orthodoxamericanchurch.com/about_history.htm '''About Us: History'''] from Orthodox American Church
*[http://orthodoxamericanchurch.com/about_bio_mjs.htm '''About Us: Bio: Metropolitan John Schneyder'''] from Orthodox American Church
*[http://www.rocorstudies.org/church-people/lives-of-bishops/2011/12/07/archbishop-james-roy-c-toombs-of-manhattan-head-of-the-american-orthodox-mission-vicar-of-the-diocese-of-eastern-america-and-jersey-city/ '''Archbishop James (Roy C. Toombs) of Manhattan, Head of the American Orthodox Mission, Vicar of the Diocese of Eastern America and Jersey City'''] by Michael Woerl, October 2010 from ROCOR Studies
*[http://www3.telus.net/oldfolk/farrell.htm '''Farrell''']
*[http://abbeysanluigi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/aecyearbook.pdf '''Yearbook of American Churches''']

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[[Category:Bishops of New York]]
[[Category:Bishops of Manhattan]]
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[[Category:Missionaries]]
[[Category:Orthodoxy in America]]

Philip Ludwell III

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'''Colonel Philip Ludwell III''' was a Virginian who in the mid eighteenth century lived in colonial America. He was received into [[Orthodoxy]] in London, England. His [[conversion]] represented one of the earliest examples of the presence of Orthodox Christians in what is now the United States of America.
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==Life==
Philip Ludwell III was born on [[December 28]], 1716 in Carter's Creek, Surrey, Virginia.[http://www.anusha.com/pafg543.htm] He was a third generation Virginian whose grandfather, Philip Ludwell I, was the first governor of the Carolinas and father, Philip Ludwell II, was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses as well as rector of the College of William and Mary. He married Frances Grymes on [[July 29]], 1737 in Surrey county, Virginia. [http://pennock.ws/surnames/fam/fam28399.html ]

Born of an impressive political heritage in Virginia, Philip was involved in the government of the colony. He was appointed to the Virginia Council in 1752. As a colonel, he commissioned George Washington in 1753 into the British/colonial army. He was a cousin of Martha Washington and was related to Robert E. Lee and the two President Harrisons.

His business interests led to frequent travel between Virginia and England. While in England, Philip Ludwell was received into the Orthodox Church by Fr. Bartholomew Cassano of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] in London on [[January 11]], 1738.

The [[Apostolic Governing Synod|Holy Synod]] of the [[Church of Russia]] authorized his reception into the Orthodox Church and blessed his taking the Holy Gifts back to Virginia. The Synod also approved his translation into English of the “Orthodox Confession” that was written by [[Peter Mogila]], Metropolitan of Kiev, one hundred years earlier. The [[Synod]] also granted him a dispensation to continue attending the Anglican church in Virginia. The London [[parish]] register documents his participating in the sacraments of [[confession]] and Holy [[Communion]] on twelve occasions between [[August 16]], 1760 and his death. On [[April 14]], 1762, he brought his three daughters to be chrismated, and he also stood as their sponsor.

Col. Ludwell's health began to fail him during 1766. On [[September 28]], 1766, Philip Ludwell received Holy Communion in his house. On [[March 5]], 1767, the ailing Philip confessed, received Communion, and was anointed with oil at his home. Philip died on [[March 25]], 1767 in London, Middlesex, England and was buried in the [[crypt]] of the [[church]] of St. Mary-le-Bow, outside London, now Cheapside.

==Sources==
*[http://orthodoxhistory.org/2009/11/orthodoxy-in-colonial-virginia/ Orthodoxy in Colonial Virginia]
*[http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/View/index.cfm?doc=ResearchReports%5C%5CRR1528.xml Ludwell Mansion (NB) Historical Report]
*[http://pennock.ws/surnames/fam/fam28399.html Philip III Ludwell/Frances Grymes]

==External links==
*[http://www.ecrsa.org/members/tsapina.html Eighteenth-Century Russian Studies Association: Olga A. Tsapina]
*[http://ancientfaith.com/podcasts/history/orthodoxy_in_colonial_virginia Ancient Faith Radio: Podcast: Orthodoxy in Colonial Virginia]
*[http://orthodoxhistory.org/tag/philip-ludwell-iii/ Unsolved mysteries of American Orthodoxy]

[[Category:Church Life|Ludwell III, Philip]]
[[Category:Converts to Orthodox Christianity|Ludwell III, Philip]]
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[[Category:People|Ludwell III, Philip]]

Philip Ludwell III

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'''Philip Ludwell III''' was a Virginian who in the mid eighteenth century lived in colonial America. He was received into [[Orthodoxy]] in London, England. His [[conversion]] represented one of the earliest examples of the presence of Orthodox Christians in what is now the United States of America.
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==Life==
Philip Ludwell III was born on [[December 28]], 1716 in Carter's Creek, Surrey, Virginia.[http://www.anusha.com/pafg543.htm] He was a third generation Virginian whose grandfather, Philip Ludwell I, was the first governor of the Carolinas and father, Philip Ludwell II, was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses as well as rector of the College of William and Mary. He married Frances Grymes on [[July 29]], 1737 in Surrey county, Virginia. [http://pennock.ws/surnames/fam/fam28399.html ]

Born of an impressive political heritage in Virginia, Philip was involved in the government of the colony. He was appointed to the Virginia Council in 1752. As a colonel, he commissioned George Washington in 1753 into the British/colonial army. He was a cousin of Martha Washington and was related to Robert E. Lee and the two President Harrisons.

His business interests led to frequent travel between Virginia and England. While in England, Philip Ludwell was received into the Orthodox Church by Fr. Bartholomew Cassano of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] in London on [[January 11]], 1738.

The [[Apostolic Governing Synod|Holy Synod]] of the [[Church of Russia]] authorized his reception into the Orthodox Church and blessed his taking the Holy Gifts back to Virginia. The Synod also approved his translation into English of the “Orthodox Confession” that was written by [[Peter Mogila]], Metropolitan of Kiev, one hundred years earlier. The [[Synod]] also granted him a dispensation to continue attending the Anglican church in Virginia. The London [[parish]] register documents his participating in the sacraments of [[confession]] and Holy [[Communion]] on twelve occasions between [[August 16]], 1760 and his death. On [[April 14]], 1762, he brought his three daughters to be chrismated, and he also stood as their sponsor.

Col. Ludwell's health began to fail him during 1766. On [[September 28]], 1766, Philip Ludwell received Holy Communion in his house. On [[March 5]], 1767, the ailing Philip confessed, received Communion, and was anointed with oil at his home. Philip died on [[March 25]], 1767 in London, Middlesex, England and was buried in the [[crypt]] of the [[church]] of St. Mary-le-Bow, outside London, now Cheapside.

==Sources==
*[http://orthodoxhistory.org/2009/11/orthodoxy-in-colonial-virginia/ Orthodoxy in Colonial Virginia]
*[http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/View/index.cfm?doc=ResearchReports%5C%5CRR1528.xml Ludwell Mansion (NB) Historical Report]
*[http://pennock.ws/surnames/fam/fam28399.html Philip III Ludwell/Frances Grymes]

==External links==
*[http://www.ecrsa.org/members/tsapina.html Eighteenth-Century Russian Studies Association: Olga A. Tsapina]
*[http://ancientfaith.com/podcasts/history/orthodoxy_in_colonial_virginia Ancient Faith Radio: Podcast: Orthodoxy in Colonial Virginia]
*[http://orthodoxhistory.org/tag/philip-ludwell-iii/ Unsolved mysteries of American Orthodoxy]

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[[Category:Converts to Orthodox Christianity|Ludwell III, Philip]]
[[Category:Converts to Orthodox Christianity from Protestantism|Ludwell III, Philip]]
[[Category:People|Ludwell III, Philip]]

Philip Ludwell III

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Bishop of San Francisco

2013-03-04T23:14:54Z

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In North America, one of the most important and major [[see]]s in the Orthodox Church belongs to the Bishop of San Francisco. Up until the 1920s, only one see with this title "bishop of San Francisco" existed, under the [[omophorion]] of the Russian Orthodox Church. When communism came to power in Russia, the Orthodox Church in the Americas was left to fend for itself. To further complicate things, the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] established a Diocese of San Francisco in the context of the 1922 charter of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America|Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America]]. Years later the [[Metropolia]] (later the [[OCA]]) and the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] broke into two jurisdictions in America and the diocese in San Francisco was divided into two amongst the Russians. There is also a Serbian bishop of Western America whose seat is in Alhambra and an Antiochian bishop of Western America whose seat is in Los Angeles.

==Bishops of San Francisco==
''Recognised as such by the OCA, the ROCOR and the Patriarchate of Moscow.''

*Bp. [[John (Mitropolsky) of the Aleutians|John (Mitropolsky)]] 1870-1876 Transferred the [[Cathedra]] from Sitka to San Francisco in 1872, unnofficial)

*Bp. [[Nestor (Zakkis) of the Aleutians|Nestor (Zakkis)]] 1879 - 1882 (In his time the Holy Synod in St. Petersburg officially recognizes the move to San Francisco, thus, Bp. Nestor was the first "Bishop of San Francisco" He died at sea whilst sailing to Alaska from San Francisco. His body was found at the mouth of the Yukon river and was buried at Unalaska.)

*Abp. [[Vladimir (Sokolovsky-Avtonomov) of the Aleutians|Vladimir (Sokolovsky-Avtonomov)]] 1888-1891 (Received St. [[Alexis Toth]] into Orthodoxy, translated and served in English at the Cathdral in San Francisco)

*Bp. [[Nicholas (Ziorov) of Warsaw|Nicholas (Ziorov)]] (1891- 1898)

*St. [[Tikhon of Moscow|Tikhon (Belavin)]] of Moscow (1898- 1907) American Cathedra transferred from San Francisco to New York. American Archdiocese given two auxiliaries, Bishop [[Innocent (Pustynsky) of Alaska|Innocent (Pustynsky)]] for Alaska and St. [[Raphael of Brooklyn|Raphael Hawaweeny]] for the Syrians.

*Archbishop [[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco]] (1926-33) In 1927, the diocese (and the Russian Church in America) would split in two, he was at that time expelled from the [http://www.holy-trinity.org Holy Trinity Cathedral] on Green Street in San Francisco. He and half of the community of Holy Trinity started a seperate parish, which would later become [http://www.sfsobor.com Holy Virgin Cathdral] (ROCOR) on Geary Blvd.

===The ROCOR Bishop of San Francisco===
*Abp. [[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco]] (1927-33)

*Abp. [[Tikhon (Troitsky) of San Francisco]] (1934-1962)

*St. [[John Maximovitch]] of San Francisco (1962-1966)

*Bp. [[Nektary (Kontzevitch) of Seattle]] Administrator of the diocese in San Francisco, 1966-1968

*Abp. [[Anthony (Medvedev) of San Francisco]] (1968-2000)

*Abp. [[Kyrill (Dmitrieff) of San Francisco]] (2000 - present)

===The OCA Bishop of San Francisco===
''In 1922, a Sobor was held that ultimately decided on autonomy for the American Archdiocese. In 1927, due to large protests for and against the [[Metropolia]]'s decision, the diocese (and the Russian church in America) was divided in two, along those loyal to the [[Russian Orthodox Church Abroad]] and those loyal to what would later become the [[OCA]].''

*Abp. [[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco]] (1926-27)

*Abp. [[Alexis (Panteleev) of Alaska|Alexis (Panteleev)]] (1927-1931)

*Metr. [[Theophilus (Pashkovsky) of San Francisco|Theophilus (Pashkovsky)]] (1931 - 1950) (He was Archbishop of San Francisco from 1931 until his repose in 1950 in SF.

*Abp. [[John (Shahovskoy) of San Francisco|John (Shahovskoy)]] (1950-1973, 1975-1979).

*Metr. [[Vladimir (Nagosky) of San Francisco|Vladimir (Nagosky) of Tokyo and San Francisco]] Administrator of the diocese, 1974-1975

*Bp. [[Basil (Rodzianko) of San Francisco|Basil (Rodzianko)]] (1980-1984).

*Bp. [[Tikhon (Fitzgerald) of San Francisco and Los Angeles|Tikhon (Fitzgerald)]] (1987-2007)

*Bp. [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco|Benjamin (Peterson)]] (2007 - present).

===Ecumenical Patriarchate - Metropolis of San Francisco===
''The initial Charter of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America provided for diocesan sees in New York, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco. A new charter issued in 1930 abolished these dioceses; however, an auxiliary bishop continued to reside in San Francisco and oversaw the western parishes of the Archdiocese until the reestablishment of the Diocese of San Francisco in 1979. In 2002, the Greek Orthodox Diocese of San Francisco was elevated to the rank of Metropolis.''

*Bp. [[Kallistos (Papageorgapoulos) of San Francisco]] (1927-1940)
*Bp. [[Eirinaios (Tsourounakis) of San Francisco]] (1941-1944)
*Bp. [[Athenagoras (Kokkinakis) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Athenagoras (Kokkinakis) of Eleia]] (1950-1955)
*Bp. [[Demetrios (Makris) of Olympos]] (1955-1960)
*Bp. [[Meletios (Tripodakis) of Christianoupolis]] (1960-1978)
*Met. [[Anthony (Gergiannakis) of San Francisco]] (1978-2004)
*Met. [[Gerasimos (Michaleas) of San Francisco]] (2005-present)

== External Links ==
*[http://www.wadiocese.com Diocese of San Francisco and Western America] - Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco (Russian Orthodox Church Abroad)

*[http://www.ocadow.org Diocese of the West] - Bishop Benjamin of San Francisco (Orthodox Church in America)

*[http://www.sf.goarch.org Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco] - Met. Gerasimos of San Francisco (Greek Archdiocese of North America)

*[http://www.antiochianladiocese.org Diocese of Los Angeles and the West] - Bishop Joseph of Los Angeles (Antiochian Archdiocese of North America)

*[http://www.westsrbdio.org Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western America] - Bishop Maxim of Alhambra (Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA and Canada)

== Sources==
* ''Orthodox America 1794-1976 Development of the Orthodox Church in America'', C. J. Tarasar, Gen. Ed. 1975, The Orthodox Church in America, Syosett, New York

== References ==
*"A Brief History of Holy Trinity Cathedral" - Archpriest V. Sokolov [http://www.holy-trinity.org/about/history.html Link]
*"Bishops of San Francisco" - by N. Yangson
*"About the Metropolis of San Francisco" - Official website of the Metropolis of San Francisco [http://www.sf.goarch.org/about_sf.htm Link]
*"Former Hierarchs of the Orthodox Church in America" - Orthodox Research Institute [http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/oca/former_hierarchs.htm Link]
*"A History of the Russian Church Abroad and the events leading to the American Metropolia's Autocephaly, 1917-1971" - N.S. Palassis, Saint Nectarios Press, 1972. ISBN:0913026042

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Kyrill (Dmitrieff) of San Francisco

2013-03-04T23:11:28Z

Mishakaz:

[[Image:kyrillofsanfrancisco.gif|frame|right|Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America]]
His Grace, '''Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America''', is the ruling [[bishop]] of the [[Diocese of San Francisco and Western America (ROCOR)|Western American Diocese]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]].

==Life==
Abp. Kyrill was born Boris Mikhailovich Dmitriev on [[November 24]], 1954 in San Francisco, California. At the age of 18, he was [[tonsure]]d [[reader]] by [[Anthony (Medvedev) of San Francisco|Archbishop Anthony (Medvedev)]]. In 1976 he graduated from University with a degree in theology. He then attended [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|Saint Vladimir's Seminary]], where he received his masters degree. In 1981 he was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] and [[ordination|ordained]] a [[hierodeacon]] and then a [[hieromonk]] by [[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky)]]. The same year he was appointed to the Russian Ecclesiastic Mission in Jerusalem as a teacher of Russian and English at the Bethany School. In 1982 he was transferred to the Western American [[diocese]]. In 1987, he was appointed [[rector]] of the Ss Cyrill and Methodius Russian Church school at the Joy of all Who Sorrow [[Cathedral]] in San Francisco and was elevated to the rank of [[abbot]]. In 1992 he was consecrated [[bishop]] of Seattle, [[auxiliary bishop|Vicar]] of the Western American Diocese. After the repose of Archbishop Anthony in 2000, he was appointed ruling hierarch of the Western American Diocese. In 2003 he was elevated to the rank of [[archbishop]]. The same year he participated in the first official delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia to Russia, which opened the process of reconcilliation with the [[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]].

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title=Bishop of Seattle (ROCOR)|
years=1992-2000|
after=[[Theodosius (Ivashchenko)]]}}
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before=[[Anthony (Medvedev) of San Francisco|Anthony (Medvedev)]]|
title=Archbishop of San Francisco and Western America (ROCOR)|
years=2000-present|
after=—}}
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== External Links ==
* [http://www.wadiocese.com Official website of the Diocese of San Francisco and Western America]
* [http://www.synod.com/synod/engdocuments/enep_akposlaniye.html Epistle of His Grace Archbishop Kyrill]

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Kyrill (Dmitrieff) of San Francisco

2013-03-04T23:11:11Z

Mishakaz: Bp. Nektary's last name was spelt 'Kontzevitch'

[[Image:kyrillofsanfrancisco.gif|frame|right|Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America]]
His Grace, '''Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America''', is the ruling [[bishop]] of the [[Diocese of San Francisco and Western America (ROCOR)|Western American Diocese]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]].

==Life==
Abp. Kyrill was born Boris Mikhailovich Dmitriev on [[November 24]], 1954 in San Francisco, California. At the age of 18, he was [[tonsure]]d [[reader]] by [[Anthony (Medvedev) of San Francisco|Archbishop Anthony (Medvedev)]]. In 1976 he graduated from University with a degree in theology. He then attended [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|Saint Vladimir's Seminary]], where he received his masters degree. In 1981 he was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] and [[ordination|ordained]] a [[hierodeacon]] and then a [[hieromonk]] by [[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky)]]. The same year he was appointed to the Russian Ecclesiastic Mission in Jerusalem as a teacher of Russian and English at the Bethany School. In 1982 he was transferred to the Western American [[diocese]]. In 1987, he was appointed [[rector]] of the Ss Cyrill and Methodius Russian Church school at the Joy of all Who Sorrow [[Cathedral]] in San Francisco and was elevated to the rank of [[abbot]]. In 1992 he was consecrated [[bishop]] of Seattle, [[auxiliary bishop|Vicar]] of the Western American Diocese. After the repose of Archbishop Anthony in 2000, he was appointed ruling hierarch of the Western American Diocese. In 2003 he was elevated to the rank of [[archbishop]]. The same year he participated in the first official delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia to Russia, which opened the process of reconcilliation with the [[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]].

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title=Bishop of Seattle (ROCOR)|
years=1992-2000|
after=[[Theodosius (Ivashchenko)]]}}
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before=[[Anthony (Medvedev) of San Francisco|Anthony (Medvedev)]]|
title=Archbishop of San Francisco and Western America (ROCOR)|
years=2000-present|
after=—}}
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== External Links ==
* [http://www.wadiocese.com Official website of the Diocese of San Francisco and Western America]
* [http://www.synod.com/synod/engdocuments/enep_akposlaniye.html Epistle of His Grace Archbishop Kyrill]

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Our Lady of Kazan Convent (Kentlyn, New South Wales)

2013-03-04T18:12:42Z

Mishakaz:

{{monastery|
name=Holy Convent of Our Lady of Kazan|
jurisdiction=[[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|ROCOR ANZ]]|
type=Female Monastery|
founded=1956|
superior=Abbess Maria|
size=7 nuns|
hq=Kentlyn, New South Wales, Australia|
language=Slavonic, English|
music=[[Russian Chant]]|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
feasts=[[July 8|8/21 July]]|
website=none advertised
}}

The '''Our Lady of Kazan Convent''' (New-Shamordino) is a [[monasticism|monastic]] community for [[nun|women]] under the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]. The monastery is located in Kentlyn, New South Wales, was established in 1956 under the [[omophorion]] of His Grace Bishop [[Sava (Rayevsky) of Sydney|Sava of Sydney]] by Mother Elena (Ustinov). Following the repose of Mother [[Evpraxia (Pustovalov)|Evpraksia]], Mother Maria was elected Abbess in 2007.

At the arrival of Hmk [[Joachim (Ross)]], Abbess Evpraksia allowed the use of the former monastery Church of All Saints to be used on Sunday and feastdays by [[St. John the Baptist Skete (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|St. John the Baptist Skete]].

==Brief history==
*1956 Jun 10: Mother Elena (Ustinov) and Novice Tatiana (Skorniakov) attended a ceremony where the foundations of the Russian Orthodox church in Cabramatta were laid.
:After this, Fr. [[Rostislav Gan]], previously a spiritual director of a convent in Harbin, China, was invited by Bishop Sava to begin a convent, named 'New-Shamordino' («Новое Шамордино»), after the Russian convent near Optina desecrated by the Bolsheviks. The community was to be self-sufficient through looking after sick and frail; and was to be attached to the Cabramatta church.
:Between 1956 and 1960, Pdn Peter Grishaev donated 21 acres of land in Kentlyn for the establishment of a monastery. A drive to attract novices for a male monastery began, led by Hmk [[Dimitry (Obuhoff)]], yielded three novices.
*1959 Mar: By this time, it was decided that the time for a male monastery was not right. Hmk Dimitry was transferred to Melbourne, one novice went with him, one [[novice]] was made to be in charge of the diocesan workshop and [[candle]] factory, and the final novice did not persue monasticism.
*1959 Mar: At the same time, it was decided that the space provided for the convent at Cabramatta was too crowded and impractical. They were moved to Kentlyn, retaining the feast of All Saints for their patron. In addition to Fr. Rostislav Gan, Archpriests Anthony Galushko and Ilya Pijov were appointed to conduct the daily cycle of services.
*1961: Archpriest Anthony Galushko was unable to continue serving at the convent due to age. He was replaced by Fr. Timothy Klopoff.
*1983: The [[chapel]] and residence for the nuns was built. Our Lady of Kazan became the patronal feast for the convent.
*1984: Following the repose of Mother Elena, the founding abbess, the monastery chose Mother Evpraxia to assume this position.
*2006: Mother Evpraxia reposed on [[Old Calendar|6]]/[[New Calendar|19]] July 2006.

==Abbesses==
*Mother [[Elena (Ustinoff)]], 1956-1984.
*Mother [[Evpraxia (Pustovalov)]], 1984-2006.
*Mother Maria, 2006-present.

{{AusMonStub}}

==External links==
*[http://www.kazanconvent.org/ Official Website]
*[http://www.rocor.org.au/?page_id=2 Australian and New Zealand Directory: Parishes and Monasteries in Australia] (on ROCOR diocesan website)
*[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/english/pages/firsttier/monasteries.html ROCOR Directory of Monasteries]

{{AustralianMonasteries}}

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Our Lady of Kazan Convent (Kentlyn, New South Wales)

2013-03-04T18:12:24Z

Mishakaz: a few minor fixes

{{monastery|
name=Holy Convent of Our Lady of Kazan|
jurisdiction=[[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|ROCOR ANZ]]|
type=Female Monastery|
founded=1956|
superior=Abbess Maria|
size=7 nuns|
hq=Kentlyn, New South Wales, Australia|
language=Slavonic, English|
music=[[Russian Chant]]|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
feasts=[[July 8|8/21 July]]|
website=none advertised
}}

The '''Our Lady of Kazan Convent''' (New-Shamordino) is a [[monasticism|monastic]] community for [[nun|women]] under the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]. The monastery is located in Kentlyn, New South Wales, was established in 1956 under the [[omophorion]] of His Grace Bishop [[Sava (Rayevsky) of Sydney|Sava of Sydney]] by Mother Elena (Ustinov). Following the repose of Mother [[Evpraxia (Pustovalov)|Evpraksia]], Mother Maria was elected Abbess in 2007.

At the arrival of Hmk [[Joachim (Ross)]], Abbess Evpraksia allowed the use of the former monastery Church of All Saints to be used on Sunday and feastdays by [[St. John the Baptist Skete (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|St. John the Baptist Skete]].

==Brief history==
*1956 Jun 10: Mother Elena (Ustinov) and Novice Tatiana (Skorniakov) attended a ceremony where the foundations of the Russian Orthodox church in Cabramatta were laid.
:After this, Fr. [[Rostislav Gan]], previously a spiritual director of a convent in Harbin, China, was invited by Bishop Sava to begin a convent, named 'New-Shamardino' («Новое Шамордино»), after the Russian convent near Optina desecrated by the Bolsheviks. The community was to be self-sufficient through looking after sick and frail; and was to be attached to the Cabramatta church.
:Between 1956 and 1960, Pdn Peter Grishaev donated 21 acres of land in Kentlyn for the establishment of a monastery. A drive to attract novices for a male monastery began, led by Hmk [[Dimitry (Obuhoff)]], yielded three novices.
*1959 Mar: By this time, it was decided that the time for a male monastery was not right. Hmk Dimitry was transferred to Melbourne, one novice went with him, one [[novice]] was made to be in charge of the diocesan workshop and [[candle]] factory, and the final novice did not persue monasticism.
*1959 Mar: At the same time, it was decided that the space provided for the convent at Cabramatta was too crowded and impractical. They were moved to Kentlyn, retaining the feast of All Saints for their patron. In addition to Fr. Rostislav Gan, Archpriests Anthony Galushko and Ilya Pijov were appointed to conduct the daily cycle of services.
*1961: Archpriest Anthony Galushko was unable to continue serving at the convent due to age. He was replaced by Fr. Timothy Klopoff.
*1983: The [[chapel]] and residence for the nuns was built. Our Lady of Kazan became the patronal feast for the convent.
*1984: Following the repose of Mother Elena, the founding abbess, the monastery chose Mother Evpraxia to assume this position.
*2006: Mother Evpraxia reposed on [[Old Calendar|6]]/[[New Calendar|19]] July 2006.

==Abbesses==
*Mother [[Elena (Ustinoff)]], 1956-1984.
*Mother [[Evpraxia (Pustovalov)]], 1984-2006.
*Mother Maria, 2006-present.

{{AusMonStub}}

==External links==
*[http://www.kazanconvent.org/ Official Website]
*[http://www.rocor.org.au/?page_id=2 Australian and New Zealand Directory: Parishes and Monasteries in Australia] (on ROCOR diocesan website)
*[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/english/pages/firsttier/monasteries.html ROCOR Directory of Monasteries]

{{AustralianMonasteries}}

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[[Category:Monasteries]]

Our Lady of Kazan Convent (Kentlyn, New South Wales)

2013-03-04T18:10:33Z

Mishakaz:

{{monastery|
name=Holy Convent of Our Lady of Kazan|
jurisdiction=[[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|ROCOR ANZ]]|
type=Female Monastery|
founded=1956|
superior=Abbess Maria|
size=7 nuns|
hq=Kentlyn, New South Wales, Australia|
language=Slavonic, English|
music=[[Russian Chant]]|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
feasts=[[July 8|8/21 July]]|
website=none advertised
}}

The '''Our Lady of Kazan Convent''' (New-Shamordino) is a [[monasticism|monastic]] community for [[nun|women]] under the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]. The monastery is located in Kentlyn, New South Wales, was established in 1956 under the [[omophorion]] of His Grace Bishop [[Sava (Rayevsky) of Sydney|Sava of Sydney]] by Mother Elena (Ustinov). Following the repose of Mother [[Evpraxia (Pustovalov)|Evpraksia]], Mother Maria was elected Abbess in 2007.

At the arrival of Hmk [[Joachim (Ross)]], Abbess Evpraksia allowed the use of the former monastery Church of All Saints to be used on Sunday and feastdays by [[St. John the Baptist Skete (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|St. John the Baptist Skete]].

==Brief history==
*1956 Jun 10: Mother Elena (Ustinov) and Novice Tatiana (Skorniakov) attended a ceremony where the foundations of the Russian Orthodox church in Cabramatta were laid.
:After this, Fr. [[Rostislav Gan]], previously a spiritual director of a convent in Harbin, China, was invited by Bishop Sava to begin a convent, named 'Novo Shamardino', after a convent in Russia descecrated by the Bolsheviks. The community was to be self-sufficient through looking after sick and frail; and was to be attached to the Cabramatta church.
:Between 1956 and 1960, Pdn Peter Grishaev donated 21 acres of land in Kentlyn for the establishment of a monastery. A drive to attract novices for a male monastery began, led by Hmk [[Dimitry (Obuhoff)]], yielded three novices.
*1959 Mar: By this time, it was decided that the time for a male monastery was not right. Hmk Dimitry was transferred to Melbourne, one novice went with him, one [[novice]] was made to be in charge of the diocesan workshop and [[candle]] factory, and the final novice did not persue monasticism.
*1959 Mar: At the same time, it was decided that the space provided for the convent at Cabramatta was too crowded and impractical. They were moved to Kentlyn, retaining the feast of All Saints for their patron. In addition to Fr. Rostislav Gan, Archpriests Anthony Galushko and Ilya Pijov were appointed to conduct the daily cycle of services.
*1961: Archpriest Anthony Galushko was unable to continue serving at the convent due to age. He was replaced by Fr. Timothy Klopoff.
*1983: The [[chapel]] and residence for the nuns was built. Our Lady of Kazan became the patronal feast for the convent.
*1984: Following the repose of Mother Elena, the founding abbess, the monastery chose Mother Evpraxia to assume this position.
*2006: Mother Evpraxia reposed on [[Old Calendar|6]]/[[New Calendar|19]] July 2006.

==Abbesses==
*Mother [[Elena (Ustinoff)]], 1956-1984.
*Mother [[Evpraxia (Pustovalov)]], 1984-2006.
*Mother Maria, 2006-present.

{{AusMonStub}}

==External links==
*[http://www.kazanconvent.org/ Official Website]
*[http://www.rocor.org.au/?page_id=2 Australian and New Zealand Directory: Parishes and Monasteries in Australia] (on ROCOR diocesan website)
*[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/english/pages/firsttier/monasteries.html ROCOR Directory of Monasteries]

{{AustralianMonasteries}}

[[Category:Orthodoxy in Australia]]
[[Category:Australian Monasteries]]
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[[Category:Monasteries]]

Our Lady of Kazan Convent (Kentlyn, New South Wales)

2013-03-04T18:10:05Z

Mishakaz: Updated links; Fixed place name: there is no such place 'Shamarino' in Russia - Shamordino was a convent near Optina, and this is what Our Lady of Kazan is named for.

{{monastery|
name=Holy Convent of Our Lady of Kazan|
jurisdiction=[[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|ROCOR ANZ]]|
type=Female Monastery|
founded=1956|
superior=Abbess Maria|
size=7 nuns|
hq=Kentlyn, New South Wales, Australia|
language=Slavonic, English|
music=[[Russian Chant]]|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
feasts=[[July 8|8/21 July]]|
website=none advertised
}}

The '''Our Lady of Kazan Convent''' (''New-Shamordino'') is a [[monasticism|monastic]] community for [[nun|women]] under the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]. The monastery is located in Kentlyn, New South Wales, was established in 1956 under the [[omophorion]] of His Grace Bishop [[Sava (Rayevsky) of Sydney|Sava of Sydney]] by Mother Elena (Ustinov). Following the repose of Mother [[Evpraxia (Pustovalov)|Evpraksia]], Mother Maria was elected Abbess in 2007.

At the arrival of Hmk [[Joachim (Ross)]], Abbess Evpraksia allowed the use of the former monastery Church of All Saints to be used on Sunday and feastdays by [[St. John the Baptist Skete (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|St. John the Baptist Skete]].

==Brief history==
*1956 Jun 10: Mother Elena (Ustinov) and Novice Tatiana (Skorniakov) attended a ceremony where the foundations of the Russian Orthodox church in Cabramatta were laid.
:After this, Fr. [[Rostislav Gan]], previously a spiritual director of a convent in Harbin, China, was invited by Bishop Sava to begin a convent, named 'Novo Shamardino', after a convent in Russia descecrated by the Bolsheviks. The community was to be self-sufficient through looking after sick and frail; and was to be attached to the Cabramatta church.
:Between 1956 and 1960, Pdn Peter Grishaev donated 21 acres of land in Kentlyn for the establishment of a monastery. A drive to attract novices for a male monastery began, led by Hmk [[Dimitry (Obuhoff)]], yielded three novices.
*1959 Mar: By this time, it was decided that the time for a male monastery was not right. Hmk Dimitry was transferred to Melbourne, one novice went with him, one [[novice]] was made to be in charge of the diocesan workshop and [[candle]] factory, and the final novice did not persue monasticism.
*1959 Mar: At the same time, it was decided that the space provided for the convent at Cabramatta was too crowded and impractical. They were moved to Kentlyn, retaining the feast of All Saints for their patron. In addition to Fr. Rostislav Gan, Archpriests Anthony Galushko and Ilya Pijov were appointed to conduct the daily cycle of services.
*1961: Archpriest Anthony Galushko was unable to continue serving at the convent due to age. He was replaced by Fr. Timothy Klopoff.
*1983: The [[chapel]] and residence for the nuns was built. Our Lady of Kazan became the patronal feast for the convent.
*1984: Following the repose of Mother Elena, the founding abbess, the monastery chose Mother Evpraxia to assume this position.
*2006: Mother Evpraxia reposed on [[Old Calendar|6]]/[[New Calendar|19]] July 2006.

==Abbesses==
*Mother [[Elena (Ustinoff)]], 1956-1984.
*Mother [[Evpraxia (Pustovalov)]], 1984-2006.
*Mother Maria, 2006-present.

{{AusMonStub}}

==External links==
*[http://www.kazanconvent.org/ Official Website]
*[http://www.rocor.org.au/?page_id=2 Australian and New Zealand Directory: Parishes and Monasteries in Australia] (on ROCOR diocesan website)
*[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/english/pages/firsttier/monasteries.html ROCOR Directory of Monasteries]

{{AustralianMonasteries}}

[[Category:Orthodoxy in Australia]]
[[Category:Australian Monasteries]]
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Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City

2013-03-03T12:26:21Z

Mishakaz: /* Biographical timeline */

Archbishop '''Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City''' was the [[ROCOR]] Archbishop of North America and the Abbot of [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]], Jordanville.

==Biographical timeline==
[[Image:maximenko.jpg|frame|Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko)]]
*1873 [[August 8]]: Vasily was born on the shores of Azov Sea to [[Deacon]] John Vasilievich Maximenko and Evfrosinia Feodorovna Maximenko as the fourth child of a seven child family.
*1879: Vasily's father, Dcn John, reposed as a result of pleurisy contracted while fishing.
*1880: Vasily's mother reposed from grief. Vasily's orphan wanderings began.
*He went to school at Mariupol Theological School, feeding himself in his first year with wild plants. He graduated with honours and was accepted into Kiev Theological Academy.
*Due to participation in a protest against an unfair administrator, Vasily was expelled without right to enroll in another school. He took a teaching job, and the mothers of his students fed him.
*Vasily then met Bp [[Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev|Anthony (Khrapovitsky)]], and through his aid was reaccepted to Kazan Theological Academy. Beset by tuberculosis, he was then [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] by Bp Anthony and given the name Vitaly.
*1898: Fr Vitaly [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[priest]]hood.
*At St Alexander Missionary Academy, Hmk Vitaly taught liturgics, pastoral theology, homiletics and physics. Hmk Vitaly once rescued a student who had spilled kerosene on himself and ignited, despite receiving severe burns. The student died soon afterwards, however.
*Hmk Vitaly then taught at the Ardon Theological Seminary for three years.
*Bp Anthony arrived at Volynia cathedral, and seeing [[Pochaev Lavra of the Dormition of the Theotokos|Pochaev Lavra]], offered to transfer Hmk Vitaly to organise a missionary and ecclesiastical press. Hmk Vitaly accepted.
*1902 [[November 29]]: By decree of the [[Holy Synod]], Hmk Vitaly was released from his teaching position, transferred to the [[bishop]] of Volynia and elevated to [[archimandrite]].
::[[December 2]]: Fr Vitaly appointed a teacher of the law of God, head of the printing press and a member of the spiritual court of Pochaev Lavra.
*1903: Archimandrite Vitaly appointed editor of the Pochaev Newsletter (Pochaevskii Listok) and the official section of the Volynia Diocesan Bulletin (Volynskie eparkhial'niye vedomosti).
*1908: Fr. Vitaly established a memorial skete and church at the spot of the "Cossack Graves" near Berestechko where the cossacks of Hetman Bogdon Khmelnitsky fell in 1651 in a battle with the Poles.
*1910: Archim. Vitaly appointed editor of Russian Monk (Russkiy inok).
*Archim. Vitaly organised a publishing brotherhood and expanded Pochaev's publishing work.
*Archim. Vitaly became de facto head of the ecclesiastical-patriotic organisation, Union of Russian People ([[Soyuz Russkogo Naroda]]), which figured in independence from economic exploitation and alcoholism, and established a People's Bank, providing low-interest credit to peasants.
*1917: Revolution stunned Archim. Vitaly, who left for Movilev, wishing to serve a [[Divine Liturgy]] in the presence of the Tsar. He was denied access.
*Archim. Vitaly arrested twice. First imprisoned with Metropolitan Anthony and Archbishop Evlogy in the [[Unis|Uniate]] [[monastery]] of Buchach, then inside the walls of the church of the Cossack Graves, which he had built. Not allowing him to finish serving the Liturgy, his arresters led him to the underwater dungeon in Demblin, where he suffered interrogation and beatings. Fr Vitaly performed the Liturgy there, using his chest in place of an antimension. Through intercessions of other kind people, he evaded execution. On release, he served in the [[diocese]] of Belostok under Bp Vladimir.
*Met. Anthony, through the help of the Serbian [[Patriarch]], sponsored Archim. Vitaly to come to Serbia; from there, he went to Ladomirovo, Chezhoslovakia, called Vladimirovo by the Russians. He settled in a peasant hut, but a monastery formed around him. A printing press was given to him by the Lemkovo Student Committee.
*1928: In Vladimirovo, Fr. Vitaly baptized [[Laurus (Škurla) of New York|Vasily Škurla]].
*1932: A Serbian bishop, Bp Damascene, consecrated the premises where Archim. Vitaly lived.
*1933: The Russian Church Press of St Job of Pochaev was incorporated and registered with the government - having been founded in 1618 and being run until 1918, it was reestablished in 1933. At the same time, he worked with formerly-Uniate parishes. The [[Church of Serbia]] had jurisdiction over these parishes, while the ROCOR had jurisdiction over the monastery and press.
*1933: Abp [[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco|Apollinary of North America and Canada]] reposed. After approximately six times that Archim. Vitaly refused the episcopacy, Met. Anthony told Archim. Vitaly that unless he accepted consecration as the bishop of America to replace Abp Apollinary, Met. Anthony would refuse to be his spiritual father. Archim. Vitaly accepted the consecration.
*1934: Abp. Vitaly, for the sake of peace, removed the suspensions on [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Metropolitan Platon]] and his vicars.
::[[May 6]]: Archimandrite Vitaly [[Consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Bishop of Detroit in the United States.
::[[October 15]], Bp. Vitaly arrived in New York City.
::[[December 27]], he incorporated the diocese.
*1935: Through the efforts of Abp Vitaly, the Metropolia enters/returns to ROCOR. Bp. Vitaly participated in the ROCOR council of bishops in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
*1936: Participated in the consecration of [[Antony (Bashir) of New York|Antony (Bashir)]] of the Antiochian diocese in America.
*1948: Abp. Vitaly became the [[abbot]] of the [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] in Jordanville, New York.
::October 13, he opened the [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Theological Seminary]] at the monastery. Participated in the consecration of Archimandrite [[Michael (Konstantinides) of America|Michael (Konstantinides)]] as the Archbishop of the Greek Archdiocese of America.
*1960 March 21: Archbishop Vitaly of Eastern America and Jersey City reposed peacefully.

 
{{start box}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Bishop of [[Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America (ROCOR)|Detroit]] (ROCOR)|
years=1934-1946|
after=[[Jeronim (Chernov) of Detroit|Jeronim (Chernov)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Seraphim (Ivanov) of Chicago|Seraphim (Ivanov)]]|
title=Abbot of [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] (ROCOR)|
years=1948-1960|
after=[[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]]}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Rector of [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Seminary]] (ROCOR)|
years=1948-1952|
after=[[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco|Apollinary (Koshevoy)]]|
title=Archbishop of North America and Canada (ROCOR)|
years=1947-1959|
after=—}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Archbishop of [[Diocese of Eastern American and New York (ROCOR)|Eastern America and Jersey City]] (ROCOR)|
years=1959-1960|
after=[[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]]}}
{{end box}}

==Source==
*[http://eadiocese.org/Archbishop%20Vitaly%20EN.pdf Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko)]
*[http://eadiocese.org/History/hierarchs.en.htm Timeline of Hierarchs of the Eastern American & New York Diocese]

==External link==
*[http://www.roca.org/OA/98-99/98f.htm Builder of the Church – Archbishop Vitaly Maximenko]

[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Jersey City]]
[[Category:20th-century bishops]]

Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City

2013-03-03T12:20:57Z

Mishakaz: /* Biographical timeline */

Archbishop '''Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City''' was the [[ROCOR]] Archbishop of North America and the Abbot of [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]], Jordanville.

==Biographical timeline==
[[Image:maximenko.jpg|frame|Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko)]]
*1873 [[August 8]]: Vasily was born on the shores of Azov Sea to [[Deacon]] John Vasilievich Maximenko and Evfrosinia Feodorovna Maximenko as the fourth child of a seven child family.
*1879: Vasily's father, Dcn John, reposed as a result of pleurisy contracted while fishing.
*1880: Vasily's mother reposed from grief. Vasily's orphan wanderings began.
*He went to school at Mariupol Theological School, feeding himself in his first year with wild plants. He graduated with honours and was accepted into Kiev Theological Academy.
*Due to participation in a protest against an unfair administrator, Vasily was expelled without right to enroll in another school. He took a teaching job, and the mothers of his students fed him.
*Vasily then met Bp [[Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev|Anthony (Khrapovitsky)]], and through his aid was reaccepted to Kazan Theological Academy. Beset by tuberculosis, he was then [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] by Bp Anthony and given the name Vitaly.
*1898: Fr Vitaly [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[priest]]hood.
*At St Alexander Missionary Academy, Hmk Vitaly taught liturgics, pastoral theology, homiletics and physics. Hmk Vitaly once rescued a student who had spilled kerosene on himself and ignited, despite receiving severe burns. The student died soon afterwards, however.
*Hmk Vitaly then taught at the Ardon Theological Seminary for three years.
*Bp Anthony arrived at Volynia cathedral, and seeing [[Pochaev Lavra of the Dormition of the Theotokos|Pochaev Lavra]], offered to transfer Hmk Vitaly to organise a missionary and ecclesiastical press. Hmk Vitaly accepted.
*1902 [[November 29]]: By decree of the [[Holy Synod]], Hmk Vitaly was released from his teaching position, transferred to the [[bishop]] of Volynia and elevated to [[archimandrite]].
::[[December 2]]: Fr Vitaly appointed a teacher of the law of God, head of the printing press and a member of the spiritual court of Pochaev Lavra.
*1903: Archimandrite Vitaly appointed editor of the Pochaev Newsletter (Pochaevskii Listok) and the official section of the Volynia Diocesan Bulletin (Volynskie eparkhial'niye vedomosti).
*1908: Fr. Vitaly established a memorial skete and church at the spot of the "Cossack Graves" near Berestechko where the cossacks of Hetman Bogdon Khmelnitsky fell in 1651 in a battle with the Poles.
*1910: Archim. Vitaly appointed editor of Russian Monk (Russkiy inok).
*Archim. Vitaly organised a publishing brotherhood and expanded Pochaev's publishing work.
*Archim. Vitaly became de facto head of the ecclesiastical-patriotic organisation, Union of Russian People ([[Soyuz Russkogo Naroda]]), which figured in independence from economic exploitation and alcoholism, and established a People's Bank, providing low-interest credit to peasants.
*1917: Revolution stunned Archim. Vitaly, who left for Movilev, wishing to serve a [[Divine Liturgy]] in the presence of the Tsar. He was denied access.
*Archim. Vitaly arrested twice. First imprisoned with Metropolitan Anthony and Archbishop Evlogy in the [[Unis|Uniate]] [[monastery]] of Buchach, then inside the walls of the church of the Cossack Graves, which he had built. Not allowing him to finish serving the Liturgy, his arresters led him to the underwater dungeon in Demblin, where he suffered interrogation and beatings. Fr Vitaly performed the Liturgy there, using his chest in place of an antimension. Through intercessions of other kind people, he evaded execution. On release, he served in the [[diocese]] of Belostok under Bp Vladimir.
*Met. Anthony, through the help of the Serbian [[Patriarch]], sponsored Archim. Vitaly to come to Serbia; from there, he went to Ladomirovo, Chezhoslovakia, called Vladimirovo by the Russians. He settled in a peasant hut, but a monastery formed around him. A printing press was given to him by the Lemkovo Student Committee.
*1928: In Vladimirovo, Fr. Vitaly baptized [[Laurus (Škurla) of New York|Vasily Škurla]].
*1932: A Serbian bishop, Bp Damascene, consecrated the premises where Archim. Vitaly lived.
*1933: The Russian Church Press of St Job of Pochaev was incorporated and registered with the government - having been founded in 1618 and being run until 1918, it was reestablished in 1933. At the same time, he worked with formerly-Uniate parishes. The [[Church of Serbia]] had jurisdiction over these parishes, while the ROCOR had jurisdiction over the monastery and press.
*1933: Abp [[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco|Apollinary of North America and Canada]] reposed. After approximately six times that Archim. Vitaly refused the episcopacy, Met. Anthony told Archim. Vitaly that unless he accepted consecration as the bishop of America to replace Abp Apollinary, Met. Anthony would refuse to be his spiritual father. Archim. Vitaly accepted the consecration.
*1934: Abp. Vitaly, for the sake of peace, removed the suspensions on [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Metropolitan Platon]] and his vicars.
::[[May 6]]: Archimandrite Vitaly [[Consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Bishop of Detroit in the United States.
::[[October 15]], Bp. Vitaly arrived in New York City.
::[[December 27]], he incorporated the diocese.
*1935: Through the efforts of Abp Vitaly, the Metropolia enters/returns to ROCOR. Bp. Vitaly participated in the ROCOR council of bishops in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
*1936: Participated in the consecration of [[Antony (Bashir) of New York|Antony (Bashir)]] of the Antiochian diocese in America.
*1948: Abp. Vitaly became the [[abbot]] of the [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] in Jordanville, New York.
::October 13, he opened the [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Theological Seminary]] at the monastery. Participated in the consecration of Archimandrite [[Michael (Konstantinides) of America|Michael (Konstantinides)]] as the Archbishop of the Greek Archdiocese of America.
*1960 March 21: Archbishop Vitaly of Eastern America and Jersey City reposed peacefully.

 
{{start box}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Bishop of [[Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America (ROCOR)|Detroit]] (ROCOR)|
years=1934-1946|
after=[[Jeronim (Chernov) of Detroit|Jeronim (Chernov)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Seraphim (Ivanov) of Chicago|Seraphim (Ivanov)]]|
title=Abbot of [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] (ROCOR)|
years=1948-1960|
after=[[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]]}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Rector of [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Seminary]] (ROCOR)|
years=1948-1952|
after=[[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco|Apollinary (Koshevoy)]]|
title=Archbishop of North America and Canada (ROCOR)|
years=1946-1959|
after=—}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Archbishop of [[Diocese of Eastern American and New York (ROCOR)|Eastern America and Jersey City]] (ROCOR)|
years=1959-1960|
after=[[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]]}}
{{end box}}

==Source==
*[http://eadiocese.org/Archbishop%20Vitaly%20EN.pdf Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko)]
*[http://eadiocese.org/History/hierarchs.en.htm Timeline of Hierarchs of the Eastern American & New York Diocese]

==External link==
*[http://www.roca.org/OA/98-99/98f.htm Builder of the Church – Archbishop Vitaly Maximenko]

[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Jersey City]]
[[Category:20th-century bishops]]

Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City

2013-03-03T12:20:12Z

Mishakaz: /* Biographical timeline */

Archbishop '''Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City''' was the [[ROCOR]] Archbishop of North America and the Abbot of [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]], Jordanville.

==Biographical timeline==
[[Image:maximenko.jpg|frame|Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko)]]
*1873 [[August 8]]: Vasily was born on the shores of Azov Sea to [[Deacon]] John Vasilievich Maximenko and Evfrosinia Feodorovna Maximenko as the fourth child of a seven child family.
*1879: Vasily's father, Dcn John, reposed as a result of pleurisy contracted while fishing.
*1880: Vasily's mother reposed from grief. Vasily's orphan wanderings began.
*He went to school at Mariupol Theological School, feeding himself in his first year with wild plants. He graduated with honours and was accepted into Kiev Theological Academy.
*Due to participation in a protest against an unfair administrator, Vasily was expelled without right to enroll in another school. He took a teaching job, and the mothers of his students fed him.
*Vasily then met Bp [[Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev|Anthony (Khrapovitsky)]], and through his aid was reaccepted to Kazan Theological Academy. Beset by tuberculosis, he was then [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] by Bp Anthony and given the name Vitaly.
*1898: Fr Vitaly [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[priest]]hood.
*At St Alexander Missionary Academy, Hmk Vitaly taught liturgics, pastoral theology, homiletics and physics. Hmk Vitaly once rescued a student who had spilled kerosene on himself and ignited, despite receiving severe burns. The student died soon afterwards, however.
*Hmk Vitaly then taught at the Ardon Theological Seminary for three years.
*Bp Anthony arrived at Volynia cathedral, and seeing [[Pochaev Lavra of the Dormition of the Theotokos|Pochaev Lavra]], offered to transfer Hmk Vitaly to organise a missionary and ecclesiastical press. Hmk Vitaly accepted.
*1902 [[November 29]]: By decree of the [[Holy Synod]], Hmk Vitaly was released from his teaching position, transferred to the [[bishop]] of Volynia and elevated to [[archimandrite]].
::[[December 2]]: Fr Vitaly appointed a teacher of the law of God, head of the printing press and a member of the spiritual court of Pochaev Lavra.
*1903: Archimandrite Vitaly appointed editor of the Pochaev Newsletter (Pochaevskii Listok) and the official section of the Volynia Diocesan Bulletin (Volynskie eparkhial'niye vedomosti).
*1908: Fr. Vitaly established a memorial skete and church at the spot of the "Cossack Graves" near Berestechko where the cossacks of Hetman Bogdon Khmelnitsky fell in 1651 in a battle with the Poles.
*1910: Archim. Vitaly appointed editor of Russian Monk (Russkiy inok).
*Archim. Vitaly organised a publishing brotherhood and expanded Pochaev's publishing work.
*Archim. Vitaly became de facto head of the ecclesiastical-patriotic organisation, Union of Russian People ([[Soyuz Russkogo Naroda]]), which figured in independence from economic exploitation and alcoholism, and established a People's Bank, providing low-interest credit to peasants.
*1917: Revolution stunned Archim. Vitaly, who left for Movilev, wishing to serve a [[Divine Liturgy]] in the presence of the Tsar. He was denied access.
*Archim. Vitaly arrested twice. First imprisoned with Metropolitan Anthony and Archbishop Evlogy in the [[Unis|Uniate]] [[monastery]] of Buchach, then inside the walls of the church of the Cossack Graves, which he had built. Not allowing him to finish serving the Liturgy, his arresters led him to the underwater dungeon in Demblin, where he suffered interrogation and beatings. Fr Vitaly performed the Liturgy there, using his chest in place of an antimension. Through intercessions of other kind people, he evaded execution. On release, he served in the [[diocese]] of Belostok under Bp Vladimir.
*Met. Anthony, through the help of the Serbian [[Patriarch]], sponsored Archim. Vitaly to come to Serbia; from there, he went to Ladomirovo, Chezhoslovakia, called Vladimirovo by the Russians. He settled in a peasant hut, but a monastery formed around him. A printing press was given to him by the Lemkovo Student Committee.
*1928: In Vladimirovo, Fr. Vitaly baptized [[Laurus (Škurla) of New York|Vasily Škurla]].
*1932: A Serbian bishop, Bp Damascene, consecrated the premises where Archim. Vitaly lived.
*1933: The Russian Church Press of St Job of Pochaev was incorporated and registered with the government - having been founded in 1618 and being run until 1918, it was reestablished in 1933. At the same time, he worked with formerly-Uniate parishes. The [[Church of Serbia]] had jurisdiction over these parishes, while the ROCOR had jurisdiction over the monastery and press.
*1933: Abp [[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco|Apollinary of North America and Canada]] reposed. After approximately six times that Archim. Vitaly refused the episcopacy, Met. Anthony told Archim. Vitaly that unless he accepted consecration as the bishop of America to replace Abp Apollinary, Met. Anthony would refuse to be his spiritual father. Archim. Vitaly accepted the consecration.
*1934: Abp. Vitaly, for the sake of peace, removed the suspensions on [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Metropolitan Platon]] and his vicars.
::[[May 6]]: Archimandrite Vitaly [[Consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Bishop of Detroit in the United States.
::[[October 15]], Bp. Vitaly arrived in New York City.
::[[December 27]], he incorporated the diocese.
*1935: Through the efforts of Abp Vitaly, the Metropolia enters/returns to ROCOR. Bp. Vitaly participated in the ROCOR council of bishops in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
*1936: Participated in the consecration of [[Antony (Bashir) of New York|Antony (Bashir)]] of the Antiochian diocese in America.
*1948: Abp. Vitaly became the [[abbot]] of the [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] in Jordanville, New York.
::October 13, he opened the [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Theological Seminary]] at the monastery. Participated in the consecration of Archimandrite [[Michael (Konstantinides) of America|Michael (Konstantinides)]] as the Archbishop of the Greek Archdiocese of America.
*1960 March 21: Archbishop Vitaly of Eastern America and Jersey City reposed peacefully.

 
{{start box}}
{{succession|
before=[[Paul (Gavrilov) of Chicago|Paul (Gavrilov)]]|
title=Bishop of [[Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America (ROCOR)|Detroit]] (ROCOR)|
years=1934-1946|
after=[[Jeronim (Chernov) of Detroit|Jeronim (Chernov)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Seraphim (Ivanov) of Chicago|Seraphim (Ivanov)]]|
title=Abbot of [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] (ROCOR)|
years=1948-1960|
after=[[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]]}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Rector of [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Seminary]] (ROCOR)|
years=1948-1952|
after=[[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco|Apollinary (Koshevoy)]]|
title=Archbishop of North America and Canada (ROCOR)|
years=1946-1959|
after=—}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Archbishop of [[Diocese of Eastern American and New York (ROCOR)|Eastern America and Jersey City]] (ROCOR)|
years=1959-1960|
after=[[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]]}}
{{end box}}

==Source==
*[http://eadiocese.org/Archbishop%20Vitaly%20EN.pdf Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko)]
*[http://eadiocese.org/History/hierarchs.en.htm Timeline of Hierarchs of the Eastern American & New York Diocese]

==External link==
*[http://www.roca.org/OA/98-99/98f.htm Builder of the Church – Archbishop Vitaly Maximenko]

[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Jersey City]]
[[Category:20th-century bishops]]

Paul (Gavrilov) of Chicago

2013-03-03T11:53:18Z

Mishakaz: fixed successor in See of Detroit to Bp. Jeronim (Chernov)

His Grace, the Very Reverend '''Paul (Gavrilov) of Chicago''' was a [[bishop]] of the American [[Metropolia]] (now the [[Orthodox Church in America]]).

An [[archimandrite]], Fr. Paul was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] the Bishop of Detroit on [[December 17]], 1928 by Metropolitan [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon]]. He was transferred to the [[see]] of Chicago in 1933 as the Bishop of Chicago.

Bp. Paul reposed on [[April 10]], 1933 shortly after his arrival in Chicago.

{{start box}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Bishop of Detroit|
years=1928-1933|
after=[[Jeronim (Chernov) of Detroit|Jeronim (Chernov)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Theophilus (Pashkovsky) of San Francisco|Theophilus (Pashkovsky)]]|
title=Bishop of Chicago|
years=1933-1933|
after=[[Leonty (Turkevich) of Chicago|Leonty (Turkevich)]]}}
{{end box}}

==Source==
*''Orthodox America 1794-1976 Development of the Orthodox Church in America'', C. J. Tarasar, Gen. Ed. 1975, The Orthodox Church in America, Syosett, New York

[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Detroit]]
[[Category: Bishops of Chicago]]
[[Category:20th-century bishops]]

Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City

2013-03-03T11:26:46Z

Mishakaz: /* Biographical timeline */

Archbishop '''Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City''' was the [[ROCOR]] Archbishop of North America and the Abbot of [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]], Jordanville.

==Biographical timeline==
[[Image:maximenko.jpg|frame|Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko)]]
*1873 [[August 8]]: Vasily was born on the shores of Azov Sea to [[Deacon]] John Vasilievich Maximenko and Evfrosinia Feodorovna Maximenko as the fourth child of a seven child family.
*1879: Vasily's father, Dcn John, reposed as a result of pleurisy contracted while fishing.
*1880: Vasily's mother reposed from grief. Vasily's orphan wanderings began.
*He went to school at Mariupol Theological School, feeding himself in his first year with wild plants. He graduated with honours and was accepted into Kiev Theological Academy.
*Due to participation in a protest against an unfair administrator, Vasily was expelled without right to enroll in another school. He took a teaching job, and the mothers of his students fed him.
*Vasily then met Bp [[Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev|Anthony (Khrapovitsky)]], and through his aid was reaccepted to Kazan Theological Academy. Beset by tuberculosis, he was then [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] by Bp Anthony and given the name Vitaly.
*1898: Fr Vitaly [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[priest]]hood.
*At St Alexander Missionary Academy, Hmk Vitaly taught liturgics, pastoral theology, homiletics and physics. Hmk Vitaly once rescued a student who had spilled kerosene on himself and ignited, despite receiving severe burns. The student died soon afterwards, however.
*Hmk Vitaly then taught at the Ardon Theological Seminary for three years.
*Bp Anthony arrived at Volynia cathedral, and seeing [[Pochaev Lavra of the Dormition of the Theotokos|Pochaev Lavra]], offered to transfer Hmk Vitaly to organise a missionary and ecclesiastical press. Hmk Vitaly accepted.
*1902 [[November 29]]: By decree of the [[Holy Synod]], Hmk Vitaly was released from his teaching position, transferred to the [[bishop]] of Volynia and elevated to [[archimandrite]].
::[[December 2]]: Fr Vitaly appointed a teacher of the law of God, head of the printing press and a member of the spiritual court of Pochaev Lavra.
*1903: Archimandrite Vitaly appointed editor of the Pochaev Newsletter (Pochaevskii Listok) and the official section of the Volynia Diocesan Bulletin (Volynskie eparkhial'niye vedomosti).
*1908: Fr. Vitaly established a memorial skete and church at the spot of the "Cossack Graves" near Berestechko where the cossacks of Hetman Bogdon Khmelnitsky fell in 1651 in a battle with the Poles.
*1910: Archim. Vitaly appointed editor of Russian Monk (Russkiy inok).
*Archim. Vitaly organised a publishing brotherhood and expanded Pochaev's publishing work.
*Archim. Vitaly became de facto head of the ecclesiastical-patriotic organisation, Union of Russian People ([[Soyuz Russkogo Naroda]]), which figured in independence from economic exploitation and alcoholism, and established a People's Bank, providing low-interest credit to peasants.
*1917: Revolution stunned Archim. Vitaly, who left for Movilev, wishing to serve a [[Divine Liturgy]] in the presence of the Tsar. He was denied access.
*Archim. Vitaly arrested twice. First imprisoned with Metropolitan Anthony and Archbishop Evlogy in the [[Unis|Uniate]] [[monastery]] of Buchach, then inside the walls of the church of the Cossack Graves, which he had built. Not allowing him to finish serving the Liturgy, his arresters led him to the underwater dungeon in Demblin, where he suffered interrogation and beatings. Fr Vitaly performed the Liturgy there, using his chest in place of an antimension. Through intercessions of other kind people, he evaded execution. On release, he served in the [[diocese]] of Belostok under Bp Vladimir.
*Met. Anthony, through the help of the Serbian [[Patriarch]], sponsored Archim. Vitaly to come to Serbia; from there, he went to Ladomirovo, Chezhoslovakia, called Vladimirovo by the Russians. He settled in a peasant hut, but a monastery formed around him. A printing press was given to him by the Lemkovo Student Committee.
*1928: In Vladimirovo, Fr. Vitaly baptized [[Laurus (Škurla) of New York|Vasily Škurla]].
*1932: A Serbian bishop, Bp Damascene, consecrated the premises where Archim. Vitaly lived.
*1933: The Russian Church Press of St Job of Pochaev was incorporated and registered with the government - having been founded in 1618 and being run until 1918, it was reestablished in 1933. At the same time, he worked with formerly-Uniate parishes. The [[Church of Serbia]] had jurisdiction over these parishes, while the ROCOR had jurisdiction over the monastery and press.
*1933: Abp [[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco|Apollinary of North America and Canada]] reposed. After approximately six times that Archim. Vitaly refused the episcopacy, Met. Anthony told Archim. Vitaly that unless he accepted consecration as the bishop of America to replace Abp Apollinary, Met. Anthony would refuse to be his spiritual father. Archim. Vitaly accepted the consecration.
*1934: Archm Vitaly, for the sake of peace, removed the suspensions on [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Metropolitan Platon]] and his vicars.
::[[May 6]]: Archimandrite Vitaly [[Consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Bishop of Detroit in the United States.
::[[October 15]], Bp. Vitaly arrived in New York City.
::[[December 27]], he incorporated the diocese.
*1935: Through the efforts of Abp Vitaly, the Metropolia enters/returns to ROCOR. Bp. Vitaly participated in the ROCOR council of bishops in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
*1936: Participated in the consecration of [[Antony (Bashir) of New York|Antony (Bashir)]] of the Antiochian diocese in America.
*1948: Abp. Vitaly became the [[abbot]] of the [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] in Jordanville, New York.
::October 13, he opened the [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Theological Seminary]] at the monastery. Participated in the consecration of Archimandrite [[Michael (Konstantinides) of America|Michael (Konstantinides)]] as the Archbishop of the Greek Archdiocese of America.
*1960 March 21: Archbishop Vitaly of Eastern America and Jersey City reposed peacefully.

 
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{{succession|
before=—|
title=Bishop of [[Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America (ROCOR)|Detroit]] (ROCOR)|
years=1934-1946|
after=[[Jeronim (Chernov) of Detroit|Jeronim (Chernov)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Seraphim (Ivanov) of Chicago|Seraphim (Ivanov)]]|
title=Abbot of [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] (ROCOR)|
years=1948-1960|
after=[[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]]}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Rector of [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Seminary]] (ROCOR)|
years=1948-1952|
after=[[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco|Apollinary (Koshevoy)]]|
title=Archbishop of North America and Canada (ROCOR)|
years=1946-1959|
after=—}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Archbishop of [[Diocese of Eastern American and New York (ROCOR)|Eastern America and Jersey City]] (ROCOR)|
years=1959-1960|
after=[[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]]}}
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==Source==
*[http://eadiocese.org/Archbishop%20Vitaly%20EN.pdf Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko)]
*[http://eadiocese.org/History/hierarchs.en.htm Timeline of Hierarchs of the Eastern American & New York Diocese]

==External link==
*[http://www.roca.org/OA/98-99/98f.htm Builder of the Church – Archbishop Vitaly Maximenko]

[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Jersey City]]
[[Category:20th-century bishops]]

Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City

2013-03-03T11:23:17Z

Mishakaz: added succession box - there are some funky date problems that I think church historians are overlooks (2 dioceses of detoit??)

Archbishop '''Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City''' was the [[ROCOR]] Archbishop of North America and the Abbot of [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]], Jordanville.

==Biographical timeline==
[[Image:maximenko.jpg|frame|Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko)]]
*1873 [[August 8]]: Vasily was born on the shores of Azov Sea to [[Deacon]] John Vasilievich Maximenko and Evfrosinia Feodorovna Maximenko as the fourth child of a seven child family.
*1879: Vasily's father, Dcn John, reposed as a result of pleurisy contracted while fishing.
*1880: Vasily's mother reposed from grief. Vasily's orphan wanderings began.
*He went to school at Mariupol Theological School, feeding himself in his first year with wild plants. He graduated with honours and was accepted into Kiev Theological Academy.
*Due to participation in a protest against an unfair administrator, Vasily was expelled without right to enroll in another school. He took a teaching job, and the mothers of his students fed him.
*Vasily then met Bp [[Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev|Anthony (Khrapovitsky)]], and through his aid was reaccepted to Kazan Theological Academy. Beset by tuberculosis, he was then [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] by Bp Anthony and given the name Vitaly.
*1898: Fr Vitaly [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[priest]]hood.
*At St Alexander Missionary Academy, Hmk Vitaly taught liturgics, pastoral theology, homiletics and physics. Hmk Vitaly once rescued a student who had spilled kerosene on himself and ignited, despite receiving severe burns. The student died soon afterwards, however.
*Hmk Vitaly then taught at the Ardon Theological Seminary for three years.
*Bp Anthony arrived at Volynia cathedral, and seeing [[Pochaev Lavra of the Dormition of the Theotokos|Pochaev Lavra]], offered to transfer Hmk Vitaly to organise a missionary and ecclesiastical press. Hmk Vitaly accepted.
*1902 [[November 29]]: By decree of the [[Holy Synod]], Hmk Vitaly was released from his teaching position, transferred to the [[bishop]] of Volynia and elevated to [[archimandrite]].
::[[December 2]]: Fr Vitaly appointed a teacher of the law of God, head of the printing press and a member of the spiritual court of Pochaev Lavra.
*1903: Archimandrite Vitaly appointed editor of the Pochaev Newsletter (Pochaevskii Listok) and the official section of the Volynia Diocesan Bulletin (Volynskie eparkhial'niye vedomosti).
*1908: Fr. Vitaly established a memorial skete and church at the spot of the "Cossack Graves" near Berestechko where the cossacks of Hetman Bogdon Khmelnitsky fell in 1651 in a battle with the Poles.
*1910: Archim. Vitaly appointed editor of Russian Monk (Russkiy inok).
*Archim. Vitaly organised a publishing brotherhood and expanded Pochaev's publishing work.
*Archim. Vitaly became de facto head of the ecclesiastical-patriotic organisation, Union of Russian People ([[Soyuz Russkogo Naroda]]), which figured in independence from economic exploitation and alcoholism, and established a People's Bank, providing low-interest credit to peasants.
*1917: Revolution stunned Archim. Vitaly, who left for Movilev, wishing to serve a [[Divine Liturgy]] in the presence of the Tsar. He was denied access.
*Archim. Vitaly arrested twice. First imprisoned with Metropolitan Anthony and Archbishop Evlogy in the [[Unis|Uniate]] [[monastery]] of Buchach, then inside the walls of the church of the Cossack Graves, which he had built. Not allowing him to finish serving the Liturgy, his arresters led him to the underwater dungeon in Demblin, where he suffered interrogation and beatings. Fr Vitaly performed the Liturgy there, using his chest in place of an antimension. Through intercessions of other kind people, he evaded execution. On release, he served in the [[diocese]] of Belostok under Bp Vladimir.
*Met. Anthony, through the help of the Serbian [[Patriarch]], sponsored Archim. Vitaly to come to Serbia; from there, he went to Ladomirovo, Chezhoslovakia, called Vladimirovo by the Russians. He settled in a peasant hut, but a monastery formed around him. A printing press was given to him by the Lemkovo Student Committee.
*1928: In Vladimirovo, Fr. Vitaly baptized [[Laurus (Škurla) of New York|Vasily Škurla]].
*1932: A Serbian bishop, Bp Damascene, consecrated the premises where Archim. Vitaly lived.
*1933: The Russian Church Press of St Job of Pochaev was incorporated and registered with the government - having been founded in 1618 and being run until 1918, it was reestablished in 1933. At the same time, he worked with formerly-Uniate parishes. The [[Church of Serbia]] had jurisdiction over these parishes, while the ROCOR had jurisdiction over the monastery and press.
*1933: Abp [[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco|Apollinary of North America and Canada]] reposed. After approximately six times that Archim. Vitaly refused the episcopacy, Met. Anthony told Archim. Vitaly that unless he accepted consecration as the bishop of America to replace Abp Apollinary, Met. Anthony would refuse to be his spiritual father. Archim. Vitaly accepted the consecration.
*1934: Archm Vitaly, for the sake of peace, removed the suspensions on [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Metropolitan Platon]] and his vicars.
::[[May 6]]: Archimandrite Vitaly [[Consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Bishop of Detroit in the United States.
::[[October 15]], Bp. Vitaly arrived in New York City.
::[[December 27]], he incorporated the diocese.
*1935: Through the efforts of Abp Vitaly, the Metropolia enters/returns to ROCOR. Bp. Vitaly participated in the ROCOR council of bishops in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
*1936: Participated in the consecration of [[Antony (Bashir) of New York|Antony (Bashir)]] of the Antiochian diocese in America.
*1948: Abp. Vitaly became the [[abbot]] of the [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] in Jordanville, New York.
::October 13, he opened the [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Theological Seminary]] at the monastery. Participated in the consecration of Archimandrite [[Michael (Konstantinides) of America|Michael (Konstantinides)]] as the Archbishop of the Greek Archdiocese of America.
*1960 March 21: Archbishop Vitaly of Eastern America and Jersey City reposed peacefully.

 
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{{succession|
before=—|
title=Bishop of [[Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America (ROCOR)|Detroit]] (ROCOR)|
years=1934-1946|
after=[[Jeronim (Chernov) of Detroit|Jeronim (Chernov)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Seraphim (Ivanov) of Chicago|Seraphim (Ivanov)]]|
title=Abbot of [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] (ROCOR)|
years=1948-1960|
after=[[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]]}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Rector of Holy Trinity Seminary (ROCOR)|
years=1948-1952|
after=[[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco|Apollinary (Koshevoy)]]|
title=Archbishop of North America and Canada (ROCOR)|
years=1946-1959|
after=—}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Archbishop of [[Diocese of Eastern American and New York (ROCOR)|Eastern America and Jersey City]] (ROCOR)|
years=1959-1960|
after=[[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]]}}
{{end box}}

==Source==
*[http://eadiocese.org/Archbishop%20Vitaly%20EN.pdf Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko)]
*[http://eadiocese.org/History/hierarchs.en.htm Timeline of Hierarchs of the Eastern American & New York Diocese]

==External link==
*[http://www.roca.org/OA/98-99/98f.htm Builder of the Church – Archbishop Vitaly Maximenko]

[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Jersey City]]
[[Category:20th-century bishops]]

Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco

2013-03-03T10:22:49Z

Mishakaz:

His Eminence, the Most Reverend '''Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco''' was the [[bishop of San Francisco|Archbishop of San Fransisco]] and Western America in the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (ROCOR) during the late 1920s and early 1930s.
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==Life==
Bishop Apollinary was born in 1874. Upon his arrival in the United States, he was assigned as Bishop of Winnipeg in Canada from 1924 to 1925 under the jurisdiction of the missionary Russian Orthodox Diocese of North America and Canada (Metropolia), now the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. In 1926, he was assigned as Archbishop of San Francisco with his [[cathedra]] at [[Holy Trinity Cathedral (San Francisco, California)|Holy Trinity Cathedral]].

After a dispute in early 1927 over relations between the Metropolia and the ROCOR, Abp. Apollinary moved under the jurisdiction of ROCOR. With his departure from the Metropolia, he founded, on [[June 2]], 1927, a separate [[parish]] in San Francisco that became the Holy Virgin Cathedral, formally, the Cathedral of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow”. Abp. Apollinary served as the ROCOR Archbishop of San Francisco and all [[Diocese of Eastern American and New York (ROCOR)|North America and Canada]] until his repose on [[June 19]], 1933.

{{start box}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Bishop of Winnipeg|
years=1924-1925|
after=[[Arseny (Chagovtsov) of Winnipeg|Arseny (Chahovtsov)]]}}
{{succession|
before=?|
title=Archbishop of San Francisco (Metropolia)|
years=1926-1927|
after=[[Alexis (Panteleev) of Alaska|Alexis (Panteleev)]]}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Archbishop of San Francisco (ROCOR)|
years=1927-1933|
after=[[Tikhon (Troitsky) of San Francisco|Tikhon (Troitsky)]]}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Archbishop of North America and Canada (ROCOR)|
years=1927-1933|
after=[[Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City|Vitaly (Maximenko)]]}}
{{end box}}

==Sources==
*[http://eadiocese.org/History/hierarchs.en.htm Timeline of Hierarchs of the Eastern American & New York Diocese]

==See also==
*[[ROCOR and OCA]]
*[[Bishop of San Francisco]]

==Sources==
*[http://www.archdiocese.ca/e_history/bishops.htm List of Canadian bishops]
*[http://www.holy-trinity.org/about/history.html History of Holy Trinity San Francisco]
*[http://sfsobor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=90&Itemid=54&lang=en Holy Virgin Cathedral]

[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category:20th-century bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Winnipeg]]
[[Category: Bishops of San Francisco]]

Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco

2013-03-03T10:20:58Z

Mishakaz: /* Life */

His Eminence, the Most Reverend '''Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco''' was the Arch[[bishop of San Francisco]] and Western America in the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (ROCOR) during the late 1920s and early 1930s.
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==Life==
Bishop Apollinary was born in 1874. Upon his arrival in the United States, he was assigned as Bishop of Winnipeg in Canada from 1924 to 1925 under the jurisdiction of the missionary Russian Orthodox Diocese of North America and Canada (Metropolia), now the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. In 1926, he was assigned as Archbishop of San Francisco with his [[cathedra]] at [[Holy Trinity Cathedral (San Francisco, California)|Holy Trinity Cathedral]].

After a dispute in early 1927 over relations between the Metropolia and the ROCOR, Abp. Apollinary moved under the jurisdiction of ROCOR. With his departure from the Metropolia, he founded, on [[June 2]], 1927, a separate [[parish]] in San Francisco that became the Holy Virgin Cathedral, formally, the Cathedral of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow”. Abp. Apollinary served as the ROCOR Archbishop of San Francisco and all [[Diocese of Eastern American and New York (ROCOR)|North America and Canada]] until his repose on [[June 19]], 1933.

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{{succession|
before=—|
title=Bishop of Winnipeg|
years=1924-1925|
after=[[Arseny (Chagovtsov) of Winnipeg|Arseny (Chahovtsov)]]}}
{{succession|
before=?|
title=Archbishop of San Francisco (Metropolia)|
years=1926-1927|
after=[[Alexis (Panteleev) of Alaska|Alexis (Panteleev)]]}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Archbishop of San Francisco (ROCOR)|
years=1927-1933|
after=[[Tikhon (Troitsky) of San Francisco|Tikhon (Troitsky)]]}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Archbishop of North America and Canada (ROCOR)|
years=1927-1933|
after=[[Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City|Vitaly (Maximenko)]]}}
{{end box}}

==Sources==
*[http://eadiocese.org/History/hierarchs.en.htm Timeline of Hierarchs of the Eastern American & New York Diocese]

==See also==
*[[ROCOR and OCA]]
*[[Bishop of San Francisco]]

==Sources==
*[http://www.archdiocese.ca/e_history/bishops.htm List of Canadian bishops]
*[http://www.holy-trinity.org/about/history.html History of Holy Trinity San Francisco]
*[http://sfsobor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=90&Itemid=54&lang=en Holy Virgin Cathedral]

[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category:20th-century bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Winnipeg]]
[[Category: Bishops of San Francisco]]

Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco

2013-03-03T10:20:30Z

Mishakaz: /* Life */ edited article a little

His Eminence, the Most Reverend '''Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco''' was the Arch[[bishop of San Francisco]] and Western America in the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (ROCOR) during the late 1920s and early 1930s.
{{stub}}
==Life==
Bishop Apollinary was born in 1874. Upon his arrival in the United States, he was assigned as Bishop of Winnipeg in Canada from 1924 to 1925 under the jurisdiction of the missionary Russian Orthodox Diocese of North America and Canada (Metropolia), now the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. In 1926, he was assigned as Archbishop of San Francisco with his [[cathedra]] at [[Holy Trinity Cathedral (San Francisco, California)|Holy Trinity Cathedral]].

After a dispute in early 1927 over relations between the Metropolia and the ROCOR, Abp. Apollinary moved under the jurisdiction of ROCOR. With his departure from the Metropolia, he founded, on [[June 2]], 1927, a separate [[parish]] in San Francisco that became the Holy Virgin Cathedral, formally, the Cathedral of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow”. Abp. Apollinary served as the ROCOR Archbishop of San Francisco and all [[Diocese of Eastern American and New York (ROCOR)|North America and Canada]] until his repose on [[June 19]], 1933.

{{start box}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Bishop of Winnipeg|
years=1924-1925|
after=[[Arseny (Chagovtsov) of Winnipeg|Arseny (Chahovtsov)]]}}
{{succession|
before=?|
title=Archbishop of San Francisco (Metropolia)|
years=1926-1927|
after=[[Alexis (Panteleev) of Alaska|Alexis (Panteleev)]]}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Archbishop of San Francisco (ROCOR)|
years=1927-1933|
after=[[Tikhon (Troitsky) of San Francisco|Tikhon (Troitsky)]])}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Archbishop of North America and Canada (ROCOR)|
years=1927-1933|
after=[[Vitaly (Maximenko) of Jersey City|Vitaly (Maximenko)]])}}
{{end box}}

==Sources==
*[http://eadiocese.org/History/hierarchs.en.htm Timeline of Hierarchs of the Eastern American & New York Diocese]

==See also==
*[[ROCOR and OCA]]
*[[Bishop of San Francisco]]

==Sources==
*[http://www.archdiocese.ca/e_history/bishops.htm List of Canadian bishops]
*[http://www.holy-trinity.org/about/history.html History of Holy Trinity San Francisco]
*[http://sfsobor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=90&Itemid=54&lang=en Holy Virgin Cathedral]

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[[Category:20th-century bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Winnipeg]]
[[Category: Bishops of San Francisco]]