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Jan 06, 2019

Patriarch Kirill’s Nativity Epistle (2019)

Today, like the shepherds of Bethlehem two thousand years ago, with joy and loving-tenderness we hearken to the triumphant voice of the angel: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men” (Lk 2:14). In hearing these wondrous words, our hearts find comfort and are filled with thanksgiving to the Maker. The Lord Almighty, “the mighty God, the everlasting Father” (Is 9:6), comes down to us and is born into the world as a simple human being.

Jan 04, 2019

Metropolitan Hilarion's Nativity Epistle (2019)

I offer my words of greeting, which are inspired by Christian love, on this great feast of the Nativity of Christ! With a warm heart I wish you all that profound and inalienable peace, which was heralded by the angels above the town of Bethlehem on the holy night when "the Word was made flesh" (John 1:14).

Dec 31, 2018

2019 Annual Catalog

Our latest Annual Catalog, for 2019, has been printed and is in the mail now.
View it below, or download it here:

2 comments ·Nov 14, 2018

American Chestnut Trees Planted at Holy Cross Monastery

This Friday, November 16^th, at 1:30 pm, Robert Sypolt of the West Virginia Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation will plant two American Chestnut trees at our monastery.

4 comments ·Nov 09, 2018

Burial of Nadya Sill at the Monastery

On Friday, November 2nd, the funeral was served for Nadezhda Sill at Christ the Savior Orthodox Church in Wayne, WV, following which she was buried in the lay cemetery of the Hermitage of the Holy Cross.