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The Russian Orthodox Church in the USA is the name of the group of parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in America that are under the canonical authority of the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'. They were previously known as the Russian Exarchate of North America before autocephaly was granted to the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) in 1970.
On the Kuskokwim River; is also known as the "Little Russian Mission" St. Michael the Archangel Church (Cordova, Alaska) 1925 built 1980 NRHP-listed Cordova, Alaska: Old St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church
The Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St John the Baptist had its beginnings largely in the person of St Sophrony of Essex. After his departure from Mount Athos, where he had been a disciple of Saint Silouan the Athonite, and his subsequent move to Paris, he was to live in a Russian old-people's home, assisting the priest there. Soon, two ...
The Church of St. John the Baptist is one of the oldest Orthodox churches in Nizhny Novgorod, mentioned from the 15th century. The stone church was consecrated in 1683, again on November 4, 2005. [1] The nearest Ivanovskaya tower of the Kremlin was named after this temple. The church is located on the National Unity Square, Rozhdestvenskaya Street.
John the Russian (Russian: Иоанн Русский; c. 1690 – 9 June [O.S. 27 May] 1730) was a Russian Orthodox slave who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Being a prisoner of war and a slave to a Turkish Ağa , he became famous and respected even by his Muslim master for his humility, steadiness in faith and benevolence.
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Washington, D.C. is a church of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. The parish was founded in 1949 by Archbishop John Maximovich, while the church building was completed in 1958. For the first nine years, the congregation met for Divine Liturgy every Sunday in ...
In the Eastern Orthodox Church and other Eastern Christian Churches, St John the Baptist is usually called St John the Forerunner, a title used also in the West ("Πρόδρομος" Pródromos in Greek, "Precursor" in Latin). This title indicates that the purpose of his ministry was to prepare the way for the coming of Jesus Christ.
The Hermitage Of The Holy Protection [1] (Russian: Покровский скит) is a male skete under Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Rector Very Reverend Abbot Tikhon (Gayfudinov). Founded in 1953 as parish church of Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos in Cossack settlement New Kuban. The revival of the parish began after the ...