Monastery News – Tagged "Holy Days"– Holy Cross Monastery

May 24, 2023

Met. Nicholas Performs Rite of the Foundation of a Church and Priestly Ordination

On Wednesday, May 24 – the Apodosis of Pascha – the grace of God was poured out with overwhelming abundance on the brotherhood of Holy Cross Monastery. Our beloved First Hierarch Metropolitan Nicholas presided at a Hierarchal Divine Liturgy, which was...

3 comments ·Mar 03, 2021

Tonsure of Monk Isaac

On night of January 16^th, after the Vigil Service for St. Anthony the Great, Ryassaphore-monk Michael made his life vows and was tonsured into the Small Schema by Archimandrite Seraphim.

3 comments ·Sep 10, 2020

Two New Novices on the Feast of the Beheading of the Forerunner

At the end of the Vigil service for the feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, our two newest monastic candidates were clothed as Novices.

1 comment ·Aug 31, 2020

First Service for St. Joseph the Hesychast Celebrated in English

This past Sunday, on August 30th (17th O.S.), our monastery brotherhood celebrated the service in honor of the recently glorified Elder Joseph the Hesychast.

Jul 18, 2020

Nicholas II: The Last Orthodox Tsar of Russia - A Video

This is a video production presented by Paul Gilbert, who did the research for this tribute, within the framework of the project for the book, The Romanov Royal Martyrs.