- Sat. June 25 6:00pm - Great Vespers — This evening service features special hymns recounting the lives and unique features of those saints who have shown forth in America, both those known to us, and those known only to God.
- Sunday, June 26, 9:30am - Divine Liturgy (Hours at 9:10am) — The pinnacle of Orthodox Christian worship includes special hymns to the saints...
- St. Nektarios of Aegina the Wonderworker
- St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
- St. Silouan of Mount Athos
- Martyr-Saint Maria Skobtsova of Paris & Ravensbruck
- Venerable New-Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth (Feodorovna)
- The Place of Saints in the Spiritual Life, by St Justin Popovich
NEW FOR 2021! The new Synaxis Icon at left is available from Uncut Mountain Supply...
St Herman, Elder and Wonderworker of Alaska
This extensive collection of resources on our beloved St Herman gathers excerpts of his spirituality and teachings, articles, suggested books, icons, video, audio, Alaskan pilgrimage information and much, much more. Launched in 2010, in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the glorification of St Herman, our St Herman Page has been updated several times since, most recently with a broad selection of new icons of St Herman in 2018, and, for 2020, a new index of excellent articles on our beloved "North Star of Christ's Holy Church!"
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St John Maximovitch, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco
Featuring his Life, articles and sermons by and about St John, suggested books, video, plus a first-hand account of the revesting of his relics in 2011, this is an extensive collection of resources on this much-loved saint, who has had an enormous impact on Orthodoxy in America, Western Europe, and globally.
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This special section presents major resources on Orthodoxy in North America...
- NEW FOR 2022! This expanded list from All Saints of North America Orthodox Church in Youngtown, Arizona presents 22 glorified saints in North America, and another 20 righteous ones not yet glorified by the Church. Links are provided for further info on nearly all those listed. There is some overlap with the other lists and articles provided below, but this is thought to be the most current and complete compilation of North American saints and righteous ones yet assembled.
- All Saints of North America Resource Page (asna.ca) - An outstanding library of links from All Saints of North America Orthodox Church (OCA) in Hamilton, Ontario, featuring all the OCA resources below (lives, icons, troparia), plus many additional articles about and by these holy saints and righteous ones.
OCA RESOURCES:
- Synaxis of the Saints of North America (oca.org) - An brief but excellent survey of many of the Saints who have shown forth in North America.
- Orthodox Christians in North America, 1794-1994 (oca.org) - This now classic narrative history, written for the Bicentennial of Orthodoxy in North America by Mark Stokoe and Fr. Leonid Kishkovsky, traces the spread of Orthodoxy from the humble monastic missionaries (including St Herman of Alaska and the Monk-Martyr Juvenaly) of 1794 to the immigrant faithful from the traditional Orthodox lands, up through the twentieth century. Online version features easy to navigate table of contents with chapter links.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES:
- Orthodoxy in America (orthodoxinfo.com) - This unique offering features nearly two dozen articles by revered Orthodox writers such as St. Nikolai Velimirovich, Fr. Alexander Schmemann, Fr. Sebastian Dabovich, Archbishop Chrysostomos of Etna CA, Hieromonk Seraphim Rose and others. The common thread is how best to rise to the challenge of living an authentic Orthodox Way of Life in our contemporary American culture and society.
- Homily for the Sunday of All Saints of North America 2010, by Hieroschemamonk Ambrose (formerly Fr Alexey Young) - in PDF format - A stirring call to strive for sanctity, for sainthood, to honor the North American Saints by following Christ.