Holy Cross Monastery Pilgrimage
The blessed monastery of the Hermitage of the Holy Cross will be holding their annual Pilgrimage Weekend on October 2nd & 3rd, 2010. All are welcome to attend, but we ask that you contact Father Onouphry Keith prior to travel in order to organize caravans and travel arrangements.
Services will not be held at Saint Nicholas Parish that weekend, but The Protection of the Holy Theotokos Monastery in Weaverville, NC is having an honored Bishop lead Services there. You can contact them to get further details. In addition, Saint Nicholas Parish may have Typica so please continue to follow these announcements.
From the Monastery
“Please join us for our annual Pilgrimage Weekend, to be held on October 2nd & 3rd, the weekend after the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
On Saturday we will serve a full moleben before the Port Arthur Icon of the Mother of God, the miracle-working icon of St. Anna, and the icon and relics of St. Panteleimon, the monastic community’s patron. Below you will find a commemoration slip, with which you may submit names, together with your alms, before October 2nd, 2010.
If you prefer to submit your names through our Moleben & Pannykhida request page, simply select a moleben to the Mother of God or to St. Panteleimon from the drop down menu and in the “Additional Information” field mention that you are submitting the names for commemoration during Pilgrimage Weekend. Your alms may be then be submitted through our online kiosk.
Read MoreThe Russian Soul
“Demanding a Miracle, a Special Report about the Russian Soul. http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20100709/159712721.html
Read MoreLinks in Announcements
Saint Nicholas has now corrected the issue that some of our links were not “clickable” in our announcements. Would you like to receive the Orthodox Scripture Reading for the day? Visit this site: http://twitter.com/daily_reading
Read MoreSaint Nicholas Website Has a New Resources Page
There is a new Resources page on Saint Nicholas website. There is information about other Churches and soon there will be information about Church supplies and where to get good deals. Check it out at http://www.saintnicholasroc.org
Read MoreVigil for Ascension, tonight at 6:00 pm
Tonight, May 12, 2010, vigil will begin at 6:00 pm for the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Read MoreThe Sunday of the Blind Man
“At THAT TIME JESUS COMETH TO a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. {6} Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. {7} There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. {8} (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) {9} Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. {10} Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. {11} The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? {12} Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? {13} Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: {14} But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. {15} The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. {16} Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. {17} The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: {18} For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. {19} The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. {20} Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. {21} Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. {22} Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. {23} But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. {24} God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. {25} The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. {26} Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. {27} And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? {28} The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, {29} Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? {30} Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. {31} In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. {32} But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. {33} Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? {34} Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. {35} Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. {36} And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. {37} And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. {38} I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. {39} And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. {40} So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. {41} And many more believed because of his own word; {42} And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.”
Read MorePan-Orthodox Education
A pan-Orthodox social network has been created by an Orthodox lay family. It can be found at http://www.illumination-learning.com/
It resembles in functionality an earlier Orthodox social network called Orthodox Circle, though this website is specifically dedicated
to sharing educational resources. Though Jennifer Hock (the primary person behind its creation) is a homeschooler, the website was created for all educators, parents or church or school. It is in its internet infancy (having only been up a little over one week), but in that time has added 36 active members (i.e. people who are interested in actually contributing to the site) and 397 Facebook friends (i.e. people interested in following the content, but not necessarily committed to the creation of the site.)
Some of the features:
- a page for sharing videos with educational content (such as how to dye traditional red Pascha eggs.)
- a page for posting events for discussion and easy RSVPing (such as the Philly-area/eastern PA/NJ Orthodox Homeschoolers meetup in May)
- a community marketplace where members can resell used curriculum and educational goods
- a page for the creation of subgroups dedicated to specific subjects (such as classical homeschooling, church schooling, bringing the church into the home, etc.)
- a forum where questions can be posed for members to discuss
- a place to specifically gather and list all available online and catalog resources available in ALL jurisdictions.
The hope of the current members is to see this new website grow in content so that it can be a place to share and benefit from work already done and being done in the various jurisdictions so that we’re not all trying to reinvent the wheel separately in our own churches and families.
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Welcome to Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Asheville, North Carolina. We're a parish under the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russian (ROCOR) and have been in existence since 2000. We're a growing parish and are looking to the future and building Holy Orthodoxy here in the southern part of the United States. Please sign up for our Newsletter located above. After signing up, you'll be notified about upcoming Feasts, possible Service cancellations, baptisms, fund-raisers, and much more! Simply enter your email address and follow the instructions. Join us for services.
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