St. Mary of Egypt (OCA) -Norcross, GA - Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple 2016
11/21/2016 - Homily by Fr. Cyprian
Celebration of Christmas in the Diocese of New Nakhijevan and Russia
Official banquet was organized in Moscow by the Diocese of New Nakhijevan and Russia on the occasion of the feast of Holy Nativity and Theophany.
Նոր Նախիջեւանի եւ Ռուսաստանի թեմը Աստվածահայտնության եւ Սւորբ Ծննդյան տոնի կապակցությամբ Մոսկվայում կազմակերպել էր հանդիսավոր ճաշկերույթ:
Ангел вопияше / The Angel cried
Ангел вопияше
Музыка
П. Чесноков
Вокальный ансамбль ''Ковчег'' Углич
The Angel cried
Music by P. Chesnokov
Sung here by the Vocal ensemble The Ark
Uglich
Фотографии
Часовня Введения Пресвятой Богородицы во Храм
в Рыжково
Архангельская обл., Плесецкий р-н
Photographs
Chapel of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin in the Temple
in Ryzhkovo
Plesetsk district, Arkhangelsk region
The chapel of the Entry into the Temple of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in 1801. Ryzhkov's villagers s built it together, so that there would be no crop failure or loss of livestock. The chapel has a double dedication: the introduction of the Blessed Virgin into the temple and the Nativity of John the Baptist. This wooden chapel of the Klet type with a small belfry,has on the west side an open gallery, a prayer room and a gallery under a common gable roof.
In Soviet times it was closed and used as a warehouse. In 2003-2007 the chapel was restored.....
Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple - Vigil
Vigil for the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple
Abraham's Hebron: Then and Now part 5: Mamre - Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
Abraham’s Hebron: Then and Now
Part 5: Mamre
An Old Testament KnoWhy for Gospel Doctrine Lesson 8: Living Righteously in a Wicked World
(Genesis 13–14; 18–19) (JBOTL08E)
The purpose of this five-part series of videos is to provide a brief introduction to some of the places linked in tradition to the lives of the family of Abraham and Sarah. Many, though not all, of the sites we will visit are in or near the city of Hebron. Hebron and surrounding areas served as somewhat of a hub for Abraham in his many journeys.
Although archaeology cannot directly substantiate the scriptural stories of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, it can tell us something about the geography, settlements, and daily life of their contemporaries. Learning more about these places helps us get a more realistic sense of the setting in which the patriarchs lived. It is hoped that this series of presentations will increase exposure to these lesser-known sites, so rich in biblical history and tradition.
In this last of five video presentations, we will visit traditional sites associated with Mamre, the home of Abraham and Sarah after they separated from Lot. Mamre became the site of some of Abram’s most sacred experiences. After his return to Mamre from the rescue of Lot we read in Genesis 14 that he welcomed Melchizedek, “king of Salem” and “the priest of the most high God” (Genesis 14:18). Abraham sat in the door of his tent near the oak of Mamre when he received the visit of the three messengers who announced that he would have a son, Isaac, through Sarah.
As a first stop, we visit the St. George Church in Madaba, Jordan, where a floor mosaic of more than two million tiny pieces lays out the geography, buildings, and religious sites of ancient Palestine in the last half of the sixth century. The map of Hebron and Mamre provides useful clues to researchers about details of the ancient sites as well as to their location today.
Pinpointing the most likely sites for ancient Mamre is an almost impossible task. Five candidates have been identified, of which we will visit two of the most famous: the Oak of Sibta and Ramet al-Khalil/Elonei Mamre.
Though almost certainly not the tree of Abraham, the oak of Sibta has been venerated since the beginning of the Middle Ages. Its age has been variously estimated from 1000 to 5000 years old. The girth of its trunk is about ten meters. In former times, it grew undisturbed in the middle of a field surrounded by a small rock wall. Now it has declined in fulfillment of a tradition that it must die before the coming of the Antichrist. Anwar Zablah, the caretaker of the tree, has lived at the site of the Russian Orthodox monastery of the Holy Trinity for sixty years.
Two thousand years ago, at the same time he was building the Jerusalem Temple and the Tomb of the Patriarchs, Herod the Great erected a similar third monument at Ramet al-Khalil/Elonei Mamre, a traditional site of Abraham’s oak and well. Archaeologists have since discovered the remains of a church built by Constantine in 330 AD, constructed when he became disturbed by the pagan practices there.
We close with Hugh Nibley’s moving retelling of the three messengers to Abraham, from the wonderful biographical film “Hugh Nibley: The Faith of an Observer” from BYU Maxwell Institute’s YouTube channel (
10 Kontakion {Tone 4}
10 Kontakion {Tone 4}
Russian Cathedral Choir of New York -- All Night Vigil to the Theotokos.
Alexander Ledkovsky - Music Director
Celebrating the 700th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Kursk-Root Icon of Our Lady of the Sign
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Peter Fekula ~ Director Male Chorus
Joseph Jaroschtuk ~ Protodeacon
Anna Pastuchova ~ Soloist
Victor Gonchar ~ Soloist
Divine Liturgy - April 5, 2015
Divine Liturgy - April 5, 2015 at Christ the Savior Cathedral in Johnstown, PA
Hilandar
Hilandar Monastery (Greek: Μονή Χιλανδαρίου, Serbian: Манастир Хиландар, pronounced [xilǎndaːr]) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos in Greece. It was founded in 1198 by the first Serbian Archbishop Saint Sava and his father, Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja (who later became a monk there, taking the monastic name of Simeon) of the medieval Serbian principality of Raška (Rascia). The Mother of God through her Icon of Three Hands (Trojeručica), is considered the abbess
Hilandar monastery is first mentioned in a Greek manuscript of 1015, but as being completely abandoned and empty, for which reason it was given to the monastery of Kastamonitou. It was certainly established a good hundred years earlier: a certain George Chelandarios (Boatman), mentioned among important Athonites in 980 was probably the founder of the monastery, which was subsequently called after him. The monastery's name appears thus in Greek acts of the 11th and 12th centuries, but later, in the first Serbian sources, it takes the form of Hilandar (D. Anastasijevich). At that time the monastery was already dedicated to the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (November 21). The last appearance of the form Chelandar is in a Protaton act of 1169, the signatories of which included abbot Gerasimus of Chelandar. After this, the monastery declined and was abandoned, like many other small monasteries and kellia at Milees, as this part of Athos was called in the Middle Ages. Up till that time, the area had been prey to constant attacks by pirates and brigands of various kinds.
The etymological meaning of the name Hilandar is possibly derived from chelandion, a type of Byzantine transport ship, whose skipper was called a helandaris. The ancient cell of Helandaris was donated by Emperor Alexios III Angelos (1195--1203) to the Serbs as an eternal gift... and Stefan Nemanja established and endowed the monastery in 1198 (before 13 February 1199)
The Byzantine Empire was conquered in the 15th century and the newly established Islamic Ottoman Empire took its place. The Athonite monks tried to maintain good relations with the Ottoman Sultans and therefore when Murad II conquered Thessaloniki in 1430 they immediately pledged allegiance to him. In return, Murad recognized the monasteries' properties, something which Mehmed II formally ratified after the fall of Constantinople in 1453. In this way the Athonite independence was somewhat guaranteed. Two medieval Bulgarian royal charters, the Virgino Charter and the Oryahov Charter, have been found in Hilandar's library, attesting to the allegiance.
The 15th and 16th centuries were particularly peaceful for the Athonite community. This led to relative prosperity for the monasteries. An example of this is the foundation of Stavronikita monastery which completed the current number of Athonite monasteries. According to author Georgi Gulabov-Roshavski of the history of Zograf Monastery, following the conquest of the Serbian Despotate by the Ottomans many Serbian monks came to Athos. The extensive presence of Serbian monks is depicted in the numerous elections of Serbian monks to the office of the Protos during the era. But from the 17th to the 19th century, Hilandar was predominantly Bulgarian-populated: in his account of 1745, the Russian pilgrim Vasily Barsky writes that the monks of Hilandar were all Bulgarians. Ilarion Makariopolski, Sophronius of Vratsa and Matey Preobrazhenski have all lived there, and it was in this monastery that Saint Paisius of Hilendar began his revolutionary Slavonic-Bulgarian History. The monastery was dominated by Bulgarians until 1902.
However, in 1913, Serbian presence in the Holy Mountain was quite big and the Protos was the Serbian representative of Hilandar.
In the 1970s, the Greek government offered power grid installation to all of the monasteries on Mount Athos. The Holy Council of Mount Athos refused, and since then every monastery generates its own power, which is gained mostly from renewable energy sources. During the 1980s, electrification of the monastery of Hilandar took place, generating power mostly for lights and heating.
Muzika: Pavle Aksentijevic - Srpski polijelej (Muzika Stare Srbije)
Fragrance 2014 RCCG Choir Moscow Russia
Fragrance 2014 RCCG Choir Moscow Russia
Deacon Nathaniel and Deacon Elias censing during Vespers
Deacon Nathaniel and Deacon Elias censing during Vespers. Dual Censing!!