Photo Report Exaltation of the Holy Cross Bulgaria

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A Photo Report: Of our ROCA's sister church: The Feast of The Universal Exaltation of the Holy Cross, in the Holy Dormition Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria,    Inbox

Dan Everiss <oregdan@hotmail.com> Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 2:26 PM Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original Found on:<http://internetsobor.org>  The Universal Exaltation of the Holy Cross Feast,  in the Sofia, Bulgaria,  Holy Assumption/Dormition  Cathedral (Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church). ФОТО A PHOTO Автор: Монахиня Вера вкл. Author: Nun Vera. 04 Октябрь 2016 October 4, 2016 . . Опубликовано в Болгарская Старостильная Церковь (Просмотров: 5) Posted in Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church (Views: 5)

Historic American-Orthodoxy in Central Pennsylvania,

A Glimpse of Historic American-Orthodoxy in Central Pennsylvania, USA: A video of Sts Peter and Paul Church in USA    Inbox

Dan Everiss <oregdan@hotmail.com> Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 1:20 PM Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original > From: info@saintedwardbrotherhood.org > Subject: A video of Sts Peter and Paul Church in USA > Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 20:27:12 +0100 > To: > > > > > The church was aptly funded by the Tsar-Martyr Nicolas II:- > > > >< http://www.hotca.org/videos/706-the-czar-and-sts-peter-paul-in-mt-union,-pennsylvania> >

Dogs adopting kittens, etc.

Dogs adopting kittens, etc.    Inbox

Dan Everiss <oregdan@hotmail.com> Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 11:54 AM Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=758dvHUg_yI&feature=player_embedded

SPIRITUAL EXALTATION OF THE CROSS

A sharing of what was shared with me: THE SPIRITUAL EXALTATION OF THE CROSS - ST. THEOPHANES THE RECLUSE    Inbox

Dan Everiss <oregdan@hotmail.com> Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 1:29 PM Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original "Through the Cross, joy has come into all the world!"   From: Letters on the Spiritual Life The Exaltation of the Lord’s Cross has arrived. Then the Cross was erected on a high place, so that the people could see it and render honor to it. Now, the Cross is raised in the churches and monasteries. But this is all external. There is a spiritual exaltation of the cross in the heart. It happens when one firmly resolves to crucify himself, or to mortify his passions—something so essential in Christians that, according to the Apostle, they only are Christ’s who have crucified their flesh with its passions and lusts (cf. Gal. 5:24). Having raised this cross in themselves, Christians hold it exalted all their lives. Let every Christian soul ask himself if this is how it is, and let him hearken to the answer that his conscience gives him in his heart. Oh, may we not hear, “You only please your flesh in the passions; your cross is not exalted—it is thrown into the pit of the passions, and is rotting there in negligence and contempt!” When the Lord was taken down from the Cross, the Cross remained on Golgotha, and then it was thrown into the pit that was in that place, where this instrument of execution was usually thrown, together with other refuse. Soon Jerusalem was razed and all of its edifices were leveled to the ground. The pit containing the Cross of Christ was also filled over. When the pagans rebuilt the city (the Jews were forbidden to come near the place where it was), it happened that on the place where the Cross of Christ was hidden, they placed an idol of Venus, the pagan Goddess of fornication and all manner of lusts. This is what the enemy suggested to them. This is how it is with our inner cross. When the enemy destroys the spiritual order in the soul, this is our mental Jerusalem, and then the spiritual cross is thrown down from the Golgotha of the heart and is covered over with the garbage of the affections and lusts. Lustful self-pleasure then rises like a tower over all our inner peace, and everything in us bows down to it and fulfills its commands until grace shines upon us, inspiring us to cast down the idol and lift up the cross of self-crucifixion. St. Theophanes the Recluse

burial services of ROCA Mitered Archpriest Gregory led by Bishop Michael

A General Sharing: (The current information): For the burial services of ROCA Mitered Archpriest Gregory Williams, Schedual of Services    Inbox

Dan Everiss <oregdan@hotmail.com> Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 12:10 AM Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original Warning: It is always possible that there could be some last minute changes in this planned schedule. Parish website:  http://www.annunciation.us   Leading the burial services will be our ROCA Holy Synod Member, His Grace, Bishop Kyrill of Voroneszh and South Russia, currently in residence at our ROCA Synodal House, near Valley Cottage, New York. Assisting will be Fr. John Hinton. This will happen at the Liberty, Tennessee, U.S.A.  Holy Annunciation Church of Fr. Gregory's, and where he will also be buried.  mailing address: Mat. Anastasia Williams 1180 Orthodox Way Liberty, Tennessee 37095 ___________________________ from Matushka Anastasia: Services will be as follows.   Saturday October 2nd 10am pannykhida.   Saturday 6pm Vigil served by Fr. John Hinton.   Sunday October 3rd 8:30am Hours and Divine Liturgy Potluck to follow.   Sunday 8pm Pannykhida followed by the reading of the Gospels through the night.   Monday October 4th 10am Funeral with Bishop Kyrill followed by potluck memorial meal. May his memory be eternal! There will be very little room for flowers  please make donations to the Haitian mission instead. __________________________

Pray for the Reposed

A Sharing: (what was shared with myself): "Pray for the Reposed" -by Holy New Hieromartyr John of Riga    Inbox

Dan Everiss <oregdan@hotmail.com> Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 9:29 AM Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original Question: Why we the still living, must pray for the departed? 1992 (6)    PRAY FOR THE REPOSED by the New Hieromartyr John of Riga The death of people who are close and dear to us is one of the most difficult trials sent to us by the Lord God during this temporary life. There are no tears more bitter than the tears of a mother for the beloved child of her heart who goes to the grave before his time. What sorrow can we compare to the sorrow of widows and orphans? Nonetheless, our Lord and Saviour turns to these people, the most unfortunate ones in the eyes of the world, saying respectfully, "Do not weep!" The Apostle Paul commands these sorrowing ones, saying, "Do not sorrow!" What does all this mean? Of course, it does not mean that we should forget those dear loved ones of ours who have departed, that we should cast them out of our hearts. No. We should love them after their death just as we loved them in life. However, we should not sorrow over their death. Death does not separate us who are Christians from communion in love with those who are dear to us. The Lord Himself has given us the very grace-filled means needed to have communion with them. The first among these means is prayer. Prayer is the best means for spiritual communion among people who are still alive. The Apostle Paul beseeched the believers to pray continually for him in order that the Lord would grant him strength and power to preach. Likewise, St. Paul prayed for others that the Lord would confirm them in the Faith and in a Christian life. There is no doubt that the prayers of believers strengthened the Apostle and that his prayers strengthened them. We find an amazing example of the power and action of mutual prayer in the Acts of the Apostles. While St. Peter was in prison sleeping between two guards, prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him (Acts 12:5). What was the result of this prayer? During that very night, the Angel of the Lord appeared in the prison, awoke the sleeping Apostle, and led him out of prison. The power and action of prayer for the souls of the departed is even greater than prayer for the living. There is no greater comfort than prayer and no greater joy than joy in the Lord for those who are separated from their bodies. It is unjust, as some think, to assume that the needs of our departed brethren are unknown to us. However, this is not true. The spiritual needs of the dead are the same as the spiritual needs of the living. The dead need the mercy and goodness of the Heavenly Father, forgiveness and remission of sins, grace-filled help from God in the fulfillment of all good desires, and the peace and ease of the heart and conscience. These things are most important both for the living and the dead. Give rest, O Lord, to the souls of Thy departed servants is the continual prayer and best intention of our Mother Church for the souls of Her departed. We should also beseech the Lord with this intention for the departed souls of our own loved ones. It could be that some soul bound himself with earthly attachments, with earthly cares, and could not be free of them after death. Earthly thoughts about home and cares, about acquiring things, might still tug at this soul, torture him, and not allow him the freedom to strive with heart and soul towards God. We should pray that the Lord will grant rest to such a soul in the quiet harbor of His Kingdom. We should pray that the Lord will destroy and burn up in the fire of His Grace the memory of his earthly cares. We should pray that the Lord will warm this soul with love and with the desire for eternal treasure, that the Lord will give rest to this soul in the sweetest hope of eternal blessedness... Perhaps, having confessed at the hour of death, some soul did so quickly, in a confused manner. This soul might have forgotten something because of troubled feelings, and he now grieves over this. Perhaps, this soul did not have time to offer God true repentance, to fully cleanse his sins by tears of compunction. Perhaps, the awareness of unconfessed and unforgiven sins tear and torture this soul. Pray for this soul who is suffering. Pray that the Lord God might comfort him with the protection of His inextinguishable mercy Pray that this soul might receive, albeit at this late hour, remission of sins because of his sincere remorse. Who can enumerate all those bonds with which our soul might bind itself in this lifetime and by which it might remain bound for eternity. One might have been envious of his neighbor in the depths of ones soul and bound himself thus. Another person might have mocked the weakness of His neighbor and become according to the words of the Lord, worthy of Hell. Another person might have lied and as a result became the son of the father of lies. If Thou shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, O Lord, who shall stand? Therefore, no matter how holy a man's life might be, no one can be sure that he will pass into the next world completely reconciled with God. No man can say that the prayerful intercessions of those brethren who are left alive are unnecessary for him. Was not the repentance of St. Ephraim the Syrian sincere and deep? Even he, sensing that his end was near, besought his brethren, "O Brothers, accompany me into the world above with prayers, psalms, and offerings. Remember me on the fortieth day after my death; because prayers and offerings made by the living help the departed." Works of charity are another means of communion with the departed. "If you desire to honor the dead, offer a gift for him. Honor him by good works, charitable offerings, and services" (St. John Chrysostom). Send gifts for the reposed through the hands of the poor and the hopeless. In the name of the reposed, do acts of charity to the best of your ability and be assured that your gift will be received by God. Our Lord Jesus Christ has assures us that our gifts will be received, saying, In as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me (Matt. 25:40). Can it be that He Who is all-powerful will remain in debt to us? If you give food and drink to the hungry and the thirsty in His name, then the Lord will fill the soul of your departed brother with the appearance of His light-bearing and joy-filling Image. It could be that the soul of your relative is ashamed before the holy angels because of his lack of good deeds and because of his wretched sins, and he hides in darkness and in murky depths from the face of God. Clothe the naked; wash the feet of the tired; receive and give rest to the traveler in the name of such a soul; and the merciful Lord will vest this soul in the Garment of His Mercy, will adorn it in the Robe of His justification, will wash its sinful filth in His Most Precious Blood... It could be that the soul of your friend bound by sins languishes in a dungeon without the vision of God's face. Hurry to a prison and assuage the heart of a suffering prisoner in the name of your departed friend. The Lord will send His bright angels to comfort the soul of your sorrowing friend, to strengthen him with hope, and make him rejoice in the promise of God's mercy. It could be that a soul has left this world for the spiritual world without having drawn close to the holy inhabitants of that world through prayer; he may have appeared in that higher sphere as one entering a strange and unfamiliar land and may not find any spiritual 'relative' in this upper Sion. Take in the stranger; give rest to the beggar; give him a place to rest his head, and the Lord will grant the soul, for whom you do this, one of the bright dwellings in His Father's mansion. The souls of the righteous will receive this soul in bright and joyful communion. St. John Chrysostom says, "If we desire to relieve the sufferings of a sinner, let us do acts of mercy in his name. Though he be unworthy, the Lord will comfort and pity him." When we pray for the reposed and do charitable works in their name, it is necessary, Brethren, to reflect on our own death while there is still time. We should prepare now so that we will not pass into the future life of torture bound by bonds of sin. No matter how short or how long the Lord has determined that we will live on earth, there is no doubt that our entire present life is a road leading to death and to the threshold of eternity There is nothing better or of more value for us to acquire than a peaceful, blameless, repentant, and Christian end to our life. He who has lived piously will repose piously. He who has lived with the Lord will die with the Lord. He who zealously serves the Lord before death will be with the Lord after his repose. Where I am, there shall also My servant be. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. From Orthodox Life, Vol. 42, No. 6 (Nov.-Dec., 1992), pp. 29-32. Translated from, Orthodox Russia, no. 13, 1990.

Memory Eternal! to newly reposed, ROCA Subdeacon James Goodey

A Memorial Sharing: (in Russian and a humanly improved machine-English): In Lyon, France: Memory Eternal! to newly reposed, ROCA Subdeacon James Goodey    Inbox

Dan Everiss <oregdan@hotmail.com> Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 9:44 PM Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original Memory Eternal! Vechnaya Pamyat!  and May Subdeacon James Rest with the Saints!  Eternal Memory: Subdeacon James Goodey   Автор: Митрополит Агафангел вкл. Author: Metropolitan Agafangel incl. 30 Сентябрь 2016 September 30, 2016 . . Опубликовано в РПЦЗ (Просмотров: 26) Published in the ROCA (Viewed: 26) Таги: вечная память , иаков гудэ Tags: the eternal memory , James Goodey + Vподiако нъ I аковъ Гудэ + Vpodiako Hb I akov Subdeacon James Goodey 25.09.1927 — 24.09.2016 09/25/1927 - 24/09/2016 В воскресенье 25 сентября, ему исполнилось бы 89 лет. On Sunday September 25, he would have turned 89 years old. Накануне, вечером, наш дорогой, благочестивый иподиакон Иаков Гудэ отошёл ко Господу. On the eve of that evening, our dear, devout subdeacon James Goodey departed to the Lord. Незаурядная личность. His was an outstanding personality. Со своей покойной супругой, тоже принявшая православную веру, имели тринадцать душ детей и ещё одного усыновили...  With his late wife, who also accepted the Orthodox faith, they  had thirteen souls of children and adopted another .. . Стоит напомнить его блестящую академическую карьеру. It is worth recalling his brilliant academic career. В возрасте 30 лет уже заведовал кафедрой итальянского языка и литературы в Университете г. Лион. At the age of 30 years he was in charge of the Department of Italian Language and Literature at the University of Lyon. На международном уровне признан, как один из самых крупных специалистов по Данте.  He was internationally recognized as one of the biggest experts on Dante. В течении 10 лет был ректором лионского университета.  For 10 years he was rector of the University of Lyon. Был награждён самыми высокими итальянскими орденами, как монархическими, так и республиканскими. He was awarded the highest Italian orders as a  monarchical and a republican expert.  Был также награждён французским орденом почёта из рук тогдашнего премьер-министра Раймона Барра. He was also awarded the French Order of Honor from the hands of then-Prime Minister of France, Raymond Barre. Глубоко верующий человек, рождённый в католической семье, не мог принять нового курса католической Церкви после Второго ватиканского собора. A deeply religious man, he was born into a Catholic family, but he could not accept the new policy of the Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council. Одно время посещал местный приход Восточного обряда, но его прямая душа не могла удовлетвориться такой полумерой и в 1970 году принял православную веру в Зарубежной Церкви. At one time he visited the local [uniate] parish of the 'Eastern Rite', but his sincere soul could not be satisfied with a half-measure, and in 1970 he adopted the Orthodox faith in the Church Abroad. Был посвящен в чтецы Архиепископом Антонием Женевским и в иподиаконы Архиепископом Серафимом Брюссельским. He was tonsured as a reader by Archbishop Anthony of Geneva and then later, ordained as a subdeacon  by Archbishop Seraphim of Brussels.  Верный и деятельный член свято-Николаевского храма, с 1991 по 2015 гг был членом приходского совета. He was  a faithful and active a member of the St. Nicholas Church, in Lyon, from 1991 to 2015, and he  was also a member of its parish council.  Последние годы, по благословению нашего настоятеля протоиерея Христо, после каждой Литургии говорил высокодуховные проповеди, которые стоят на «Карловчанине» в отделе «Православная Франция». In recent years, with the blessing of our rector Archpriest Christo, after every Liturgy he gave  highly spiritual sermons, which are on the "Karlovchanine" in the department [website], of  "Orthodox France." Когда появился раскол в Зарубежной Церкви, иподиакон Иаков принял самое деятельное участие в том, чтобы свято-Николаевский храм в Лионе остался верен исторической Зарубежной Церкви под омофором Блаженнейшего Митрополита Виталия. When there was a division  in the Orthodox Church, Subdeacon James did his best, so that St. Nicholas Church in Lyon remained faithful to the historical Orthodox Church under the omophorion of Metropolitan Vitaly. Утешительно было в прошлое воскресенье, в самый день десятилетия кончины Митрополита Виталия, возносить молитвы ко Господу о упокоение душ великого Святителя и новопреставленного иподиакона, этих двух Его вернейших служителей, объединённых Провидением в единую молитву. It was comforting that on this  last Sunday, he reposed, on the same day [10 years ago] of  the death of Metropolitan Vitaly, for which we  offer our prayers to the Lord for the repose of both of these souls,  of the great Met. Vitaly,  and also for the newly departed  Subdeacon James,  these two faithful servants of His, united in common prayer by Divine Providence. . Упокой, Господи, душу верного раба Твоего ! God rest the soul of His faithful  servant! Протодиакон Герман Иванов-Тринадцатый Archdeacon German Ivanov-thirteenth