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In the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City, the clergy and faithful prayerfully celebrated the great feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos.

On Sunday, November 28, Anna Shohov, church singer and choir director, peacefully reposed in the Lord in her home in Sea Cliff, NY. Anna Shohov (née Znosko) was born on July 8, 1938, in Brest-Litovsk, Poland, in a Russian Orthodox family.

St. Herman Conference and similar youth gatherings are a wonderful opportunity for the younger generation to better acquaint themselves with the fundamentals of their Orthodox Faith and solidify bonds of friendship with other young people in the bosom of the Mother Church.

The early morning hours of November 6, 2021, the feast of the Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of all who Sorrow," saw the passing of Archimandrite Job (Kotenko), the oldest monastic of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY

This year, on Tuesday, November 30, the Fund for Assistance to the Russian Church Outside of Russia is participating in #GivingTuesday…

On Saturday the 20th and Sunday the 21st of November, the Synaxis of Holy Archangel Michael and the other Heavenly Bodiless Hosts, His Eminence, Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen), paid an archpastoral visit to Holy Myrrhbearers Church in Harrisonburg, VA.

Thanksgiving Day is a special occasion, when we gather in our churches and in our homes to give thanks to the Lord for the multitude of earthly and spiritual benefits bestowed upon us. At the same time, we remember those who are in need.

On Sunday, November 21, the feast day of the Holy Archangel of God Michael and the other Heavenly Bodiless Hosts, the clergy and parishioners of St. Michael Church in Wayne, NJ, celebrated their patronal feast day. Officiating the feast were Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, and diocesan vicar Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan.

In 2023, many of you will obviously join in a celebration of what will be Holy Trinity Seminary’s 75th Anniversary, so that charting a path toward the success of this milestone is now a priority. In the meantime, during the remaining weeks of 2021, the Jordanville Annual Fund needs to raise an additional $250,000 to help balance the seminary’s budget through the current academic year

With the blessing of His Grace Nicholas, Bishop of Manhattan, the Church of St. Tikhon the Confessor in Blountville, TN received the blessing of caring for the holy wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God from November 15-18, 2021.

On Saturday the 6th and Sunday the 7th of November, Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan paid an archpastoral visit to Our Lady "Joy of All Who Sorrow" Church in Cumming (Atlanta), GA. On November 6, the parish celebrated its patronal feast day of the Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow."

It has now been several months since we announced the halt of construction on the new church due to discovery of financial malfeasance by our contractor. We have spent these months working closely and coordinating with our attorneys, with various contracting and engineering firms, as well as with the church designer Andrew Gould, and we are finally ready to share an update on everything as well as the current outlook for continuation of the work.

On Sunday, November 14, when the Holy Church honors the memory of the Holy Unmercenaries and Wonderworkers Cosmas & Damian, Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal & Canada celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City

On Demetrius Soul Saturday, November 6, the 50th anniversary of the repose of one of the preeminent diasporan clerics of the 20th century, Archpriest Seraphim Slobodskoy, was commemorated in Holy Virgin Protection Church in Nyack, NY.

 On Sunday, November 7, Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal & Canada paid an archpastoral visit to St Dionysius the Areopagite Monastery in St. James, NY, where he celebrated Divine Liturgy. His Eminence was co-served by monastery clergy,

I express my heartfelt greetings to the honorable clergy, parishioners, and worshippers of Holy Protection Church in Nyack, New York, the relatives and friends of Archpriest Seraphim Slobodskoy of blessed memory, and all the participants of the divine services and memorial events dedicated to the 50th anniversary of his repose!

With the blessing of His Grace Luke, Bishop of Syracuse, abbot of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY, staffers of Holy Trinity Publications (the monastery’s publishing arm) paid a visit to the United Kingdom from October 9-21

On Sunday, November 7, His Grace Luke, Bishop of Syracuse, paid an archpastoral visit to St. John of Kronstadt Memorial Church in Utica, NY, where he celebrated Divine Liturgy. The visit of the vicar of the Eastern American Diocese was timed to coincide with the parish’s patronal feast day, which took place the Monday prior, November 1.

I extend my heartfelt greetings to all of you who have gathered to participate in the memorial services on the 50th anniversary of the day of the repose of Archpriest Seraphim Slobodskoy of blessed memory.