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What's
New on Our Site?
| 10/18/2012 |
In the Western
Saints
Icon Project, added new saints:
St. Linus,
Pope of Rome, martyr (+ ca. 76)
St. Goar
of Aquitaine (+649)
St. Colman
(Kolonat) of Würzburg, priest, martyr (+689)
St. Totnan
of Würzburg, deacon, martyr (+689)
St. Landelin
of Hainault, monastic founder (+686)
Added new icons of previously-represented
saints: St. Gregory
of Tours, St. Menulf
of Quimper, St.
Herman (Germanus) of Auxerre, St.
Guthlac, St.
Daria the martyr,
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| 7/19/2011 |
In the Western Saints
Icon Project, added a new icon of St.
Bede.
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| 6/30/2011 |
In the Western Saints
Icon Project, added new saints: Pudens,
apostle of the Seventy, senator of Old Rome;
Aurea,
abbess at Paris; Claudius
bishop of Besançon. Added new icons of St. Sebastian,
martyr of Rome, St. Ambrose
of Milan, St. Sylvester,
pope of Rome, St. Odilia
the abbess, St. Bavo
the hermit, St. Aglais,
martyr of Rome, St. Caesarius
of Arles.
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| 6/29/2011 |
In the Western Saints
Icon Project, added new saints: Felix
III, pope of Old Rome. |
| 1/12/2011 |
In the Western Saints
Icon Project, added a new icon of St.
Ludmila. |
| 10/20/2010 |
In the Western Saints
Icon Project, added new Saints: Symmachus,
Pope of Old Rome and Menulf,
bishop of Quimper in Brittany (7th c.). New
icons of Sts. Lambert
of Liege; Chad
of Lichfield; Sigismund
of Burgundy. Also, for the past year many
pictures of the reliquaries in which the
relics of these Saints rest, have been
uploaded underneath the icons for Saints.
Typically there is no notice to advertise
these valuable additions to the site.
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| 10/18/2010 |
In the Western Saints
Icon Project, added new Saints: Rufillus,
first bishop of Forlimpopoli, Emilia, Italy;
Hilaria,
mother of St. Afra & martyr of Augsburg.
New icons of St. Syrus
of Pavia; Victor
Maurus of Milan.
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| 10/17/2010 |
In the Western Saints
Icon Project, added new Saints: Romanus,
abbot of Condat; Sylvia
of Rome (mother of St. Gregory the Great); Philibert,
abbot of Jumièges in Normandy; Tanguy,
hermit and founder; and Victor
Maurus of Africa, who was martyred at
Milan. The Project now has more than 518
Saints represented. Also added were new
icons for Saints already present in the
Project gallery, including Sts. Eulalia
of Barcelona; Hosius
of Cordova; Isidore
of Seville; and Leander
of Seville.
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| 10/16/2010 |
In the Western Saints
Icon Project, added new Saints: Laudus
of Coutances; Donatus,
hieromartyr of Arezzo; Petronius,
bishop of Bologna; Prosdocimus
the first bishop of Padua; Justina
the virgin and martyr of Padua; Justa the
virgin and martyr of Sevilla in Spain; and Rufina
the virgin and martyr of Sevilla.The Project
now has more than 513 Saints represented.
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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.
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| 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.
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| 4/15/2010 |
In the Western Saints
Icon Project, added new icon for St. Scholastica.
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| 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.
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| 3/24/2010 |
In the Western Saints
Icon Project, new icon of St.
Cyprian
of Carthage in Africa.
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| 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).
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 3/17/2009 |
In the Western Saints
Icon Project, updated contact
information for Aidan Hart of Aidan Hart
Icons in Wales.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 11/11/2008 |
Added to the
Western Saints
Icon Project a new icon of St. Brendan,
our holy monastic Father, the "Navigator."
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| 11/10/2008 |
Added to the
Western Saints
Icon Project a new icon of St. David,
bishop of Menevia in Wales.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 9/30/2008 |
Photos of
Russian Orthodox clergy who are blessed to
the Western rite were added to the main
Occidentalis page here.
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| 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!
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| 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.
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| 9/24/2008 |
Added new
icons of Sts. Ambrose,
Blandina,
Jerome,
Genevieve.
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| 9/23/2008 |
Added 2 new
icons of St. Hilary
of Poitiers.
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| 9/22/2008 |
Made links to
Occidentalis
(Western rite liturgy subsite of
All-Merciful Savior).
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| 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.
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| 8/13/2008 |
Added St. Wandragesil
to the Western Saints Icon Project. The
Project now includes 479 Western Saints.
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| 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.
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| 7/16/2008 |
Added new
icons of St. Hosius
the Confessor and St. Vincent,
deacon & martyr.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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!
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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. |
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