Today we commemorate the Glorification of Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of America
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More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/09
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102241
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/09
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Glorification of Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America
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…
New Music Downloads: August 10
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Music Downloads - August
Index of various liturgical music for daily worship in the month of August
Today we commemorate Martyr and Archdeacon Laurence, and those with him, of Rome
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102258
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/10
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102258
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/10
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Martyr and Archdeacon Laurence, and those with him, of Rome
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…
Today we commemorate Martyr and Archdeacon Euplus of Catania
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102264
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/11
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Martyr and Archdeacon Euplus of Catania
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.…
Music at St. Tikhon's Offering 3-day Octoechos Retreat
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Today we commemorate Martyrs Anicletus and Photius of Nicomedia, and those with them
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102279
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/12
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102279
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Martyrs Anicetus and Photius of Nicomedia, and those with them
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…
In Memoriam: Archpriest Dimitri Oselinsky
May Father Dimitri's memory be eternal!
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May Father Dimitri's memory be eternal!
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In Memoriam: Archpriest Dimitri Oselinsky
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…
Today we commemorate Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh, Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102287
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/13
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102287
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/13
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Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh, Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia
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…
Rubrics for Liturgical Services: August 31; September 7, 14
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Texts for Liturgical Services: August 31; September 1, 7-9, 13, 14
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St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary Community Travels to Bless Gravesites
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St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary Community Travels to Bless Gravesites
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…
Today we commemorate Prophet Micah
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102296
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/14
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102296
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/14
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Prophet Micah
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…
Schedule Announced for Episcopal Ordination of Archimandrite Vasily
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Official Minutes and Reports of the 21st All-American Council Now Available
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Official Minutes and Reports of the 21st All-American Council Now Available
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,…
In accordance with the Statute of the Orthodox Church in America,…
Today we commemorate the Dormition of our Most Holy Theotokos
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102302
Saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/15
Read sermon: https://www.oca.org/fs/sermons/sermon-on-the-dormition-of-the-most-holy-theotokos
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102302
Saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/15
Read sermon: https://www.oca.org/fs/sermons/sermon-on-the-dormition-of-the-most-holy-theotokos
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The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary
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…
Celebrate College Student Sunday on August 24, 2025!
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Celebrate College Student Sunday on August 24, 2025!
The Assembly of Bishops has designated August 24 as College Student Sunday for 2025. On this day, parishes are invited to recognize the college students in their communities and highlight the life-giving…
The Assembly of Bishops has designated August 24 as College Student Sunday for 2025. On this day, parishes are invited to recognize the college students in their communities and highlight the life-giving…
New Music Downloads: August 17
Afterfeast Dormition
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Martyr Myron
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Afterfeast Dormition
- Stichera at Lord, I call
Martyr Myron
- Stichera at Lord, I call
- Troparion/Kontakion ("TT")
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Music Downloads - August
Index of various liturgical music for daily worship in the month of August
Reflection from His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon on the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos
Today, we celebrate the death of the Mother of God, not because death is worth celebrating in and of itself, but because her Son has made death a passage-way to everlasting life. In particular, the Theotokos, according to St. Gregory Palamas, had done nothing worthy of the sentence of death, but she passed through death out of obedience and love for Jesus Christ, the most innocent Victim who suffered on the Cross for our sake. Just as he underwent the Passion so that he could intercede before the Father on our behalf, so his Mother, after her Dormition, has become for us the most powerful intercessor before her Son. Her maternal boldness toward him and her maternal love for us mean that her prayers for the Christian people have potency unrivaled by those of any other...
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Today, we celebrate the death of the Mother of God, not because death is worth celebrating in and of itself, but because her Son has made death a passage-way to everlasting life. In particular, the Theotokos, according to St. Gregory Palamas, had done nothing worthy of the sentence of death, but she passed through death out of obedience and love for Jesus Christ, the most innocent Victim who suffered on the Cross for our sake. Just as he underwent the Passion so that he could intercede before the Father on our behalf, so his Mother, after her Dormition, has become for us the most powerful intercessor before her Son. Her maternal boldness toward him and her maternal love for us mean that her prayers for the Christian people have potency unrivaled by those of any other...
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Today we commemorate Martyr Diomedes the Physician of Tarsus, in Cilicia
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102305
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/16
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102305
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/16
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Holy Unmercenary Physician Diomedes
The Martyr Diomedes (Diomḗdēs) was born in Tarsus in Cilicia, and studied the medical arts. His scientific knowledge did not make him proud, but he retained the piety in which his parents raised him. And since the Lord, the Physician of bodies and souls,
Today we commemorate Venerable Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves
Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102310
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/17
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Read the account: https://www.oca.org/saints/id/lives/102310
More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/08/17
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Venerable Alypios, Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves
Venerable Alypios of the Caves was one of the first and best Russian iconographers. He was tonsured by Igoumen Nikon († March 23, 1088). Later, he was ordained as a Hieromonk. From a young age he labored in the Kiev Caves Monastery and studied iconography…