On Wednesday, August 15/28, 2013, Dormition Parish in Concord, NH celebrated its feast day with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy with His Grace, Bishop Demetrius of Boston, as well as the parish clergy, Fr. Andrew Snogren, Fr. Deacon Alexander Buterbaugh, and Fr. Deacon Yakov Tseitlin. Other visiting clergy were also in attendance.
His Grace made David Cardinale a Sub-Deacon, and Jordan Buterbaugh and Justin Wilson were made taper bearers
Many years to the parish of the Dormition!
“Trust ye not in princes, in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation.”
(Psalm 145:3)
We mustn’t have absolute trust in human beings for our salvation, no matter what dignity they have. Human beings are changeable. Today they are saints, tomorrow—deniers. Today—sinners, tomorrow—righteous. We must have absolute trust in God, and in Him we must base our hopes of salvation. “Blessed is he of whom the God of Jacob is his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God” (Psalm 145:5). Read more...
St. John of Kronstadt Orthodox Church began as a mission parish in the year 2000, in a home chapel in Palm Coast, FL – a small town on Florida’s northeast coast located between St. Augustine and Daytona Beach. After two years, it became necessary to have services in area community centers, rented for Sundays and other Holy Days. Read more...
2023 Youth Conference
Please join us for the 2023 youth conference in Chicago, IL! To learn more, visit the home page or visit the conference website.
Q. There seems to be a lot of variation in how people observe fasting, but my confessor told me to fast from oil on Wednesday and Friday. Oil is a pretty vague category, though, and I was wondering if I could get a more explicit description of what kinds of food and drink are excluded on strict fast days. Read more...