SYDNEY: October 1, 2008
Photo-Report on the Funeral of Prince Michael Andreevich Romanov

Click here fro photos: http://www.synod.com/synod/eng2008/10enfuneralromanoff.html

A Prince Among Men, But Few Really Knew It

(From the Sydney Morning Herald: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/09/30/1222651084382.html)

Andrew West
October 1, 2008

HE MAY have been a prince - indeed, a direct link to the last Tsar of Russia and the current British monarch - but from the tributes delivered at Michael Andreevich Romanoff's funeral yesterday, you would not have known the extent of his regal heritage.

NEW YORK: September 27, 2008
Metropolitan Hilarion Receives the New Russian Ambassador to the USA

On September 26, 2008, Sergei Kislyak, the new Russian Ambassador to the United States, paid a visit to His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, at his residence at the Synodal Building in New York City. We offer our readers photographs of the event, which was held in a warm and friendly atmosphere.

Click here for photos: http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2008/9enmhmeetingposla.html

WASHINGTON, DC: September 23, 2008
Days of Joy in the ROCOR Parish in Washington

This year, the parish of St John the Baptist, which St John of Shanghai founded in 1949, prayerfully marked the 59th celebration of its patronal feast day, in honor of the Beheading of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner of the Lord and Baptist John.

Sunday Bulletin - September 15/28, 2008: 15th Sunday after Pentecost

Tone: VI

Saints: Sunday of the Exaltation of the Cross; Great Martyr Nikitas

Epistle: Galatians 2:16-20; II Corinthians 4:6-15; II Timothy 2:1-10

Gospel: Mark 8:34-9:1; Matthew 22:35-46; Matthew 10:16-22

Sunday Hymnography: http://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_september15.htm

Upcoming Services:
**Next Weekend: 16th Sunday after Pentecost**
-Saturday, Oct 4: 6:30pm – Great Vespers
-Sunday, Oct 5: 9:15am – Confessions; 9:40am – Hours; 10:00am – Liturgy

Updates:

Sunday Bulletin - September 8/21, 2008: 14th Sunday after Pentecost

Tone: V

Saints: Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos

Epistle: Galatians 6:11-18; II Corinthians 1:21-2:4; Philippians 2:5-11

Gospel: John 3:13-17; Matthew 22:1-14; Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28

Sunday Hymnography: http://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_nattheot_sun.htm

Upcoming Services:
**Exaltation of the Cross**:
-Friday, Sept 26: 6:30pm – Vigil
-Saturday, Sept 27: 8:40am – Hours; 9:00am – Liturgy

**Next Weekend: 15th Sunday after Pentecost**
-Saturday, Sept 27: 6:30pm – Great Vespers

PRAGUE: September 15, 2008
Bishop Peter of Cleveland and Bishop Melety of Hotinsk and Their Delegations Participate In a Pilgrimage

PRAGUE: September 15, 2008
A Delegation of the Russian Church Abroad Participates In the Celebration of the Namesday of the Primate of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia

Greek Festival: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church – Sept 18 – 21, 2008

Schedule:

Thursday - Saturday, September 18-20: 10:00am-10:00pm

Sunday, September 21: 12:00pm-8:00pm

**Festival Location at Corner of Sumter and Calhoun Streets, Columbia, SC.**

Click here for more details: http://www.columbiasgreekfestival.com/

Sunday Bulletin - September 1/14, 2008: 13th Sunday after Pentecost

Tone: IV

Saints: Beginning of Church Year; St Symeon the Stylite; Synaxis of All Saints of Serbia

Epistle: I Timothy 2:1-7; I Corinthians 16:13-24; Colossians 3:12-16

Gospel: Luke 4:16-22; Matthew 21:33-42; Matthew 11:27-30

Sunday Hymnography: http://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_indictionsun.htm

Upcoming Services:
**Next Weekend: Nativity of the Theotokos**
-Saturday, Sept 20: 6:30pm – Vigil
-Sunday, Sept 21: 9:15am – Confessions; 9:40am – Hours; 10:00am – Liturgy

Updates: