The audio recording of the presentation on Saint Tikhon of Moscow, delivered at the 21st All-American Council in Phoenix, AZ, is now available.

The presentation, entitled “St. Tikhon of…

Saint Pimen the Much-ailing attained the Kingdom of Heaven by enduring grievous illness. This Russian ascetic was both born and grew up sickly, but his illness preserved him from illness of the soul. For a long time he besought his parents to send him to…

The New Martyr Triandaphyllus, a native of Zagora, Magnesia (in Thessaly), was beheaded by the Turks at Constantinople in the year 1680 for his refusal to reject Christ and accept Islam. He was only fifteen years old when he received the crown of victory…

Matushka Elizabeth Petorak, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, peacefully fell asleep in the Lord on August 1, 2025, at…

On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon will concelebrate the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy with His Beatitude Archbishop Stefan of the Macedonian Orthodox Church –…

A spiritual mission was organized in 1793, made up of monks of the Valaam Monastery. They were sent to preach the Word of God to the native inhabitants of northwestern America, who only ten years before had come under the sovereignty of Russia. Saint Herman…

Index of various liturgical music for daily worship in the month of August

The Martyrs Archdeacon Laurence, Pope Sixtus, Deacons Felicissimus and Agapitus, and the soldier Romanus were citizens of Rome, and suffered in the year 258 during the reign of Emperor Valerian (253-260). Saint Sixtus was born in the city of Athens, and at…

The Martyr Archdeacon Euplus suffered in the year 304 under the emperors Diocletian (284-305) and Maximian (305-311). He served in the Sicilian city of Catania. Always carrying the Gospel with him, Saint Euplus preached constantly to the pagans about Christ.…

Learn the 8 Tones at this weekend retreat at St. Tikhon's Monastery! September 19-21, 2025

The Martyrs Anicetus and Photius (his nephew) were natives of Nicomedia. Anicetus, a military official, denounced the emperor Diocletian (284-305) for setting up in the city square an implement of execution for frightening Christians. The enraged emperor…

On Saturday, August 9, Archpriest Dimitri Oselinsky, priest at Saint Mary of Egypt Church in Roswell (Atlanta), GA, fell asleep in the Lord. He was 81…

Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk, Bishop of Voronezh (in the world Timothy), was born in the year 1724 in the village of Korotsk in the Novgorod diocese, into the family of the cantor Sabellius Kirillov. (Afterward, a new family name, Sokolov, was given him by the…

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In recent weeks members of the St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary community traveled to the gravesites of two luminaries in the history of the Seminary and the Orthodox Church in…

The Prophet Micah, the sixth of the Twelve Minor Prophets, was descended from the Tribe of Judah and was a native of the city of Moresheth, to the south of Jerusalem. His prophetic service began around the year 778 before Christ and continued for almost 50…

The official minutes and reports of the 21st All-American Council, held in Phoenix, AZ, July 14-18, 2025, are now available.

In accordance with the Statute of the Orthodox Church in America,…

The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary: After the Ascension of the Lord, the Mother of God remained in the care of the Apostle John the Theologian, and during his journeys She lived at the home of his parents, near the Mount of…