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7/22/2010 In the Western Saints Icon Project, added new icon of St. Benedict of Nursia.
7/21/2010 In the Western Saints Icon Project, added new icon of St. Patrick, Apostle & Englightener of Ireland.
5/28/2010 In the Western Saints Icon Project, added new icon of Sts. Hallvard and Sunniva, martyrs of Norway in 1045. 
4/29/2010 In the Western Saints Icon Project, added new icon of St. Kilian.
4/15/2010 In the Western Saints Icon Project, added new icon for St. Scholastica.
4/12/2010 In the Western Saints Icon Project, added new icons for Sts. Adelaide the Empress, Faith the martyr of Agens, Genevieve of Paris, eldress, Benedict the Great, Scholastica, Columba, Herman of Alaska, Raphael of Brooklyn, and Vincent of Zaragoza, courtesy of iconographer Janet Jaime. 
3/24/2010 In the Western Saints Icon Project, added a new Saint: St. Troyen of Saintes in France, +533, and a new icon of St. Benedict, both through the courtesy of the iconographer, Janet Jaime.
3/24/2010 In the Western Saints Icon Project, new icon of St. Cyprian of Carthage in Africa.
1/1/2010 In the Western Saints Icon Project, we've listed master iconographer Alexander Stoljarov of Germany in resources, with contact information. Placed new icons of Sts. Oscar, Swithbert, Kilian, Cornelius, Benedict of Nursia, Ambrose of Milan, Gregory Chrysostom, and Brigid. Also, better scans were uploaded for several icons already on the site (e.g., Sts. Wigbert and Robert).
12/23/2009 In the Western Saints Icon Project, new icon of St. John Cassian (4th from top).
12/3/2009 In the Western Saints Icon Project, new icons of St. Genevieve of Paris and Cecilia, martyr of Rome.
12/2/2009 In the Western Saints Icon Project, added St. Laurence, abp. of Canterbury; St. Osith, martyred abbess of Chich; and St. Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne-Sarum. The number of individually-identified Saints represented in the gallery is now 502. New icons of Sts. Botulf, Cedd, Edmund, Etheldreda, Felix of Dunwich, Piran, and Willibrord.
8/5/2009 In the Western Saints Icon Project, new icon of St. Adelaide, by the hand of Mary Brigid Petersen of Central Texas, Antiochian Archdiocese. The Project now hosts icons for 499 different Western Saints.
6/30/2009 Added new icons of St. Janarius (San Gennaro), Bishop & Martyr of Benevento, patron of Naples, Italy, who suffered at Pozzuoli, & St. Patrick, apostle and enlightener of the Irish.
6/1/2009 In the Western Saints Icon Project, updated the icons of St. Willibrord page with a picture of the sarcophagus of the Saint at Echternach in Belgium.
4/11/2009 In the Western Saints Icon Project, updated information regarding icons of Sts. Kilian, Lioba, Swithbert, Sturmi, Robert, Wigbert, and Walburga. These icons are in the keeping of St. Spyridon Serbian Orthodox Skyte (skete) in Geilnau, Germany.
3/17/2009 In the Western Saints Icon Project, updated contact information for Aidan Hart of Aidan Hart Icons in Wales.
2/20/2009 Added to the Western Saints Icon Project Sts. Gengulph the recluse-martyr and Omer (Audomar), bishop of Thérouanne and monastery founder. Also there are new icons of Sts. Priscilla, Virgin & Martyr of Old Rome, and Amandus, bishop of Maastricht. The Project now includes icons for 498 different Saints.
11/29/2008 Added to the Western Saints Icon Project St. Ethelbert, King & Martyr of East Anglia (+ 794). The Project now includes icons for 496 different Saints.
11/20/2008 Added to the Orthodoxy page a .pdf of The Rudder or Pedalion, compiled by Sts. Agapius and Nicodemus of Athos, published in Greek in 1802, English translation by D. Cummings published 1957, with supplemental notes by Apostolos Makrakis.
11/11/2008 Added to the Western Saints Icon Project a new icon of St. Brendan, our holy monastic Father, the "Navigator."
11/10/2008 Added to the Western Saints Icon Project a new icon of St. David, bishop of Menevia in Wales.
11/7/2008 Added to the Western Saints Icon Project St. Mummolin, bishop of Noyon in the 7th century. The Project now includes icons for 495 different Saints.
11/4/2008 Added to the Western Saints Icon Project Sts. Marcellina, sister of St. Ambrose of Milan, 3 new icons of St. Alexandra, royal martyr, and a picture of the reliquary containing the incorrupt hand of St. Etheldreda. The Project now includes icons for 494 different Saints.
10/21/2008 Added to the Western Saints Icon Project St. Dionysius Exiguus, 6th c. Abbot of Rome. The Project now includes icons for 493 different Saints.
10/14/2008 Added to the Western Saints Icon Project Sts. Stephen I & Hippolytus, popes and martyrs, & martyrs Anthisa, Chryse, Sergius, & Bacchus. The Project now houses 492 Saints. New icons (3) of St. Clement, pope of Rome and martyr. New icons (2) of St. Anthony the Roman, abbot at Novgorod.
10/13/2008 Added to the Western Saints Icon Project Sts. Dagobert, Sigebert, Attracta, Valeria of Aquitaine, Fabiola, Lucretia of Cordova, and Batilda. New icon for St. Radegunda. The Project site now shows icons for 486 Saints. Added a Sarum calendar to the Sarum Psalter page
10/9/2008 Added Western rite video material and a scan of the 1979 Decision against modern Western rites by the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. Added fonts to the Sarum Psalter Page.
10/8/2008 Added, to the Western rite portion of the site, titled "Occidentalis," a draft of the Ordinary and Canon from the upcoming Sarum Missal 2nd edition, to be issued by St. John Cassian Press. The large .pdf file can take quite a while to load; to see it click here with patience.

Added, to the Western Saints Icon Project pages, new icons of Sts. Irenaeus, Ursicinus, Dennis, Cecilia, Patrick, Cyprian of Carthage, Leo the Great, Chad, Gregory of Tours, and Maurice. Also, new pictures of saints' tombs and shrines were added.
9/30/2008 Photos of Russian Orthodox clergy who are blessed to the Western rite were added to the main Occidentalis page here.
9/29/2008 Today Fr. Hieromonk David (Pierce) was received into the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and assigned to Jacksonville in Florida. Fr. David was formerly known as Fr. Cuthbert. Many Years!
9/26/2008 Today Fr. Aidan was blessed by Bishop Peter of Cleveland to celebrate priestly services at Protection of the Holy Theotokos Russian Orthodox Church, in Austin, Texas. The first such Liturgy will be Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008, 9:30 a.m. Church website here. This is a temporary arrangement pending Fr. Aidan's relocation to the Eastern America and New York diocese. 

Today Fr. Aidan was blessed by Metropolitan Hilarion, Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, to celebrate Sarum rite services using the liturgical books published by St. Hilarion Press, Austin, Texas. Most of these books are also scheduled for re-issue in 2nd editions under the aegis of St. John Cassian Press.
9/24/2008 Added new icons of Sts. Ambrose, Blandina, Jerome, Genevieve
9/23/2008 Added 2 new icons of St. Hilary of Poitiers.
9/22/2008 Made links to Occidentalis (Western rite liturgy subsite of All-Merciful Savior).
9/18/2008 Today Fr. Aidan was received into the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, his ordination was regularised, and he was made, by Metropolitan Hilarion of New York, a Hieromonk of the Diocese of Eastern America and New York.
8/15/2008 Added a new icon for St. Declan of Ardmore to the Western Saints Icon Project. 
8/13/2008 Added St. Wandragesil to the Western Saints Icon Project. The Project now includes 479 Western Saints.
8/8/2008 Added new icon listings for Sts. Petroc, William, Maudetus, and Piran to the Western Saints Icon Project. The gallery now includes icons for 478 Western Saints. New icon of St. Augustine.
7/16/2008 Added new icons of St. Hosius the Confessor and St. Vincent, deacon & martyr.
7/15/2008 Added a new icon of All Saints of Switzerland. Added a new icon, in high-definition, of St. Patrick, apostle of Ireland. New icon of St. Adalbert.
7/14/2008 Added Sts. Herbert of Derwentwater, Alkmund martyr, Constantine of Strathclyde, Rose of Sardinia, Romuald of Camaldoli, Eugenia of Hohenburg, and Dominic of Sora to the Western Saints Icon Project; also, an icon of All Saints of Scotland; also, a photo of the Holy Well of St. Genevieve on the St. Genevieve page, and new icons of Sts. Henry II, Winifred, Giles, and Martin of Tours. The Project now includes 474 Saints.
7/12/2008 Added St. Plectrudis, queen of Pippin, nun; St. Florian, martyr of Lorch; and St. Gregory of Tours, bishop, to the Western Saints Icon Project, which now numbers 467 Saints. Added pictures of the abbey of St. Victor at Marseilles to the St. John Cassian icons.
7/11/2008 Added St. Leo III, Pope of Old Rome, to the Western Saints Icon Project, which now numbers 464 Saints. Additional icon of St. Odilia.
7/10/2008 Added Sts. Declan, Livinus, Tewrog, Rolendis the Myrrh-Streaming, and Caesarius of Arles to the Western Saints Icon Project (also, additional icons of Sts. Clement of Rome, Columban, Theodore of Canterbury, Venantius, Edwin, Hilda, Remigius, and Cecilia.) The gallery now includes 463 Saints. Added proper attribution for 2 icons of St. Brigid made by iconographer Peter Pearson.
7/9/2008 Added new icon of St. Paulinus of Nola to the Western Saints Icon Project. The icon of All Saints of the British Isles and of Ireland, formerly available only in a low-quality image, is now provided in high quality thanks to Fr. Hieromonk Ambrose (Moone) of New Zealand, Russian Orthodox Church. With this image there is provided also a key to all the figures in the large group-icon, and a brief life of each. Wondrous is God in His Saints, the God of Israel!
7/8/2008 Added new Saints to the Western Saints Icon Project: Sts. Bega and Gwen. The gallery now includes 458 Saints. New information is provided on St. Seraphim's Studio as a resource for icon orders, and on the icons of St. Ethelhard.
7/20/2007 In the Western Saints Icon Project, added a new icon of St. Sylvester, provided by iconographer Ugljesa, painter of the dome fresco of St. Sava church, at Kragujevac. 
7/18/2007 In the Western Saints Icon Project, added Sts. Nilus and Laura, and new icons of Sts. Columba, Leonard, and Martin
7/7/2007 In the Western Saints Icon Project, a new icon of St. Bernward was added. 
6/23/2007 Site restored after technical problems. Updated the Bookstore page to reflect that Orthodox Prayers of Old England is no longer at sale price, and that the Westminster Benedictional is now for sale for only $4.00. In the icon gallery, added Sts. Wolfgang, Ursmar, Ludger, and new icons of Sts. Boniface, Fulgentius, Gregory I, Ulric, Tatiana, Remigius, & Maria Skobtsova of Paris. The provenance of some icons has been discovered and is reflected in the new  icon descriptions. We added a picture of Fr. Hieromonk Benedikt, who so kindly provided many new icons for the Project.
3/23/2007 Added a new icon of St. Cyprian of Carthage to the Western Saints Icon Project. 
3/22/2007 Updated the Bookstore page to reflect that Orthodox Prayers of Old England is back in stock Tues., Mar. 27, 2007. This book is reduced in price through May 1, 2007. 
1/28/2007 Added to the Western Saints Icon Project Sts. Arnold, Crispina, Valeria, and Vincentia. New icons of Sts. Eulalia, Lucy, Cecilia, Aidan, Cuthbert, Gregory the Great, Sylvester of Rome (2), David of Wales, and Apollinaris. The Project now includes 451 Saints. 
11/2-3/06 Added Sts. Elizabeth new-martyr and St. Procopius of Ustiug to Icons page. 
10/31/06 A number of images added to the Western Saints Icon Project.
10/28/06 Numerous expansions/updates to the Western Saints Icon Project, which now numbers 438 Saints. 
9/6/06-
9/7/06
New Saints, and new icons for Saints already present, added to the  Western Saints Icon Project, which now numbers 432 Western Saints.
6/18/06 New Saints, and new icons for Saints already present, added to the Western Saints Icon Project, which now numbers 421 Western Saints.
6/5/06 Removed the "Christ is risen!" theme from the main page, as we have now passed the feast of our Saviour's Ascension into the heavens.
5/29/06 The Western Saints Icon Project was expanded to include St. Lioba, courtesy of Fr. Hieromonk Benedikt (Schneider).
5/28/06 The Western Saints Icon Project was expanded with a picture of the reliquary of St. Faith, 3rd c. martyr of Agens, France, at the abbey of Barroux near Agens (non-Orthodox).
5/24/06 The Liturgical Texts Project was expanded to include more Roman rite texts in Slavonic, the mass-propers for Sts. Clement of Rome, Cyril & Methodius, and St. Leo. Courtesy of Fr. Hieromonk Benedikt (Schneider). There were a few minor corrections to the other Church-Slavonic Western rite files.
5/23/04 The Western Rite Culture page was expanded to include a .pdf book (slow-loading) which treats of the Benedictine monks of Old England. Also, the .jpg files of Prof. Uspensky's article on the Western rite Canon Missae were replaced with a handier, single .pdf file, thanks to Fr. Hieromonk Benedikt (Schneider).
5/21/06 The Western Saints Icon Project was expanded with new icons of Sts. Amandus, Lambert, Gaugericus, Gudula, Bavo, Remaclus, Hubert, Aidan, and Gertrude.
5/20/06 The Western Saints Icon Project was expanded with new icons of Sts. John Cassian, Robert, Sturmi, Walburga, Wigbert, and Swithbert.
5/19/06 Many changes were made over the last year. Today new icons were placed in the Western Saints Icon Project gallery, of Sts. Ambrose, Augustine, Bavo, Benedict, Boniface, Cuthbert, and Gregory I, the Dialogist. Added to the Saints in the gallery are Sts. Caesarius of Africa, deacon-martyr; St. Ethelwold of Winchester; and St. Guthlac of Croyland, hermit; and St. Maurus, disciple of St. Benedict. The Project now includes images of 412 Western Orthodox Saints. More of our newsletters have been added to the Newsletters page.
6/24/05 Added new photos to the Photos section, showing our new sign, and the interior of the Mission chapel prior to the arrival of the new holy table, proskomidi table, icons, lampadas, cross, service books, censer stand, reader stand, candle stands, and tabernacle, all donated through the kindness of faithful in Texas. 
6/19/05 News: Fr. Aidan will soon leave for Jordanville to be ordained to the priesthood of the Russian Orthodox Church. In the interim, subd. Michael Widener will lead Hours and Typika on Sundays. Remember to keep up your monthly pledges; for financial matters the contact person is Genevieve Keller, 1509 Cullen Ave., Austin, Texas, 78757, 323-6295. For all other matters Michael Widener is the contact person at 443-5931. 

Various updates; added the newsletters for recent Sundays. 

5/24/05 Christ is risen! Added the newsletter for last Sunday, May 22
5/15/05 Christ is risen! Added the current newsletter for the mission. 
5/9/05 Christ is risen! Added a complete listing of Orthodox Saints including the Saints of the pre-Schism Orthodox West. Also added Pascha photos in the Photos section.
5/8/05 Christ is risen! Added the newsletter for Thomas Sunday 2005, and new photos to the Photos section. Also added the Prayers section. 
5/1/05 Christ is risen! Added the newsletter for Pascha 2005, and new photos to the Photos section.
4/27/05 Added to the Newsletters pages an announcement from Holy Protection Russian Orthodox Church, regarding the keeping of Pascha in 2005 with Slavonic-language Paschal Matins and a banquet, May 1, 4 p.m. 


 

 

Last update: 07/20/2007