Monastery News
On August 8-9, ROCOR’s First Hierarch Metropolitan Nicholas officiated the feast day celebrations of the monastery’s patron saint, the Holy Great-Martyr and Healer Panteleimon. Clergy from local ROCOR and Antiochian parishes concelebrated, and many local and out-of-state pilgrims made the...
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On Saturday, November 16, the Hermitage was blessed with a visitation of the Mother of God's Kursk-Root Icon, an ancient and miracle-working icon which is considered the protectress of the Russian Church Abroad. At the same time, relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov arrived as a gift to the monastery by the brotherhood of St. Tikhon's Monastery in Pennsylvania. St. Seraphim himself was healed as a child by the Kursk-Root Icon of a severe illness, and this second meeting of the two at our humble monastery was the cause of great joy and gratitude amongst all the brethren.
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