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St. Nilus Island Skete
St. Nilus Skete, founded in 1999, is a women's monastic institution of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America, under the omophorion of Bishop Maksim Vasiljević of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America. It is located on Nelson Island (also known as St. Nilus Island) near Ouzinkie in Alaska, less than an hour's boat ride from Kodiak Island. St. Nilus Skete is the most remote of all 80 Orthodox Christian monasteries in North America. Their 50-acre island is inhabited only by the monastics. In the winter months when the ocean becomes rough, the nuns on St. Nilus Island can be left isolated from the rest of civilization for days and weeks at a time. St. Archangel Michael Skete is geographically close to St. Nilus Skete, and they help the nuns with fishing and other tasks. It is called a “skete” because the nuns live in separate cabins in the forest, although in practice it functions as a traditional, Orthodox cenobitic monastery. The nuns use a smal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Orthodox Church In North And South America
The Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America ( sr, Српска православна црква у Северној и Јужној Америци) is a constituent and integral part of the one and only Serbian Orthodox Church (Patriarchate) and therefore the jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) in the Americas. It has five eparchies (dioceses), that were reorganized in 2009. It also has a central church council made up of diocesan bishops, and almost 220 churches, chapels, monasteries and sketes in the United States, Canada, and South and Central America. History The arrival of the first Serbian Orthodox Christian emigrants to the Americas began in the first half of the 19th century. One only needs to read the life stories of Michael Pupin and Nikola Tesla and the lesser-known personalities such as Rado Radosavljević to understand the impact of immigration period of the time. When young adventurous Serbs came to California, there were Slavonians there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omophorion
In the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic liturgical tradition, the ''omophorion'' ( grc-gre, ὠμοφόριον, meaning " omethingborne on the shoulders"; Slavonic: омофоръ, ''omofor'') is the distinguishing vestment of a bishop and the symbol of his spiritual and ecclesiastical authority. Originally woven of wool, it is a band of brocade decorated with four crosses and an eight-pointed star; it is worn about the neck and shoulders. By symbolizing the lost sheep that is found and carried on the 's shoulders, it signifies the bishop's |
Maksim Vasiljević
Maksim Vasiljević ( sr-cyr, Максим Васиљевић; born 27 June 1968 as Milan Vasiljević) is the Bishop of the Eparchy of Western America of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Academic education and ecclesiastical career He earned his doctorate from the University of Athens in the field of dogmatics and patristics in 1999 and was tonsured a monk at the Tvrdoš Monastery in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Previously, he had occupied the throne of the vicar bishop of Hum, in the Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosnia. He entertained a one-year post-doctoral course on Byzantine History and Theology at the Sorbonne in Paris from 2003-4. At the same time, as a visiting professor at the French Academy of Fine Arts (Beaux-arts) in Paris, he dealt with the theory and practice of painting. He used to lecture at the Orthodox Theological Faculty in Foča. He taught Patristics for thirteen years at the University of Belgrade's School of Orthodox Theology. He is currently teaching at the Hellen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Orthodox Eparchy Of Western America
The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America or Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western America ( sr, Српска православна епархија западноамеричка) is a Serbian Orthodox Church diocese located in the western region of the United States. Its headquarters are in Alhambra, California. The primary mission of the Diocese of Western America is to preserve and foster the faith, heritage, traditions, and culture, and religious and national values of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and to provide spiritual guidance to more than 600,000 Serbian-Americans in almost 50 churches, parishes, monasteries and children's summer camps in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. It also covers the territory of Mexico. Bishop Bishop Maksim Vasiljević was elected Bishop of the Western American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South American at the regular assembly of the Hierarchs of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouzinkie
Ouzinkie (, in Alutiiq, russian: Узинки), is a hamlet on Spruce Island in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 161, down from 225 in 2000. Geography Ouzinkie is located at (57.923, -152.502). According to the United States Census Bureau, the hamlet has a total area of , of which is land and (21.48%) is water. Climate Demographics Ouzinkie first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as the unincorporated village of "Oozinkie." All 45 of its residents were Creole (Mixed Russian and Alaskan Native). In 1890, it reported as "Uzinkee" and included Yelovoi Village. All 74 residents were Creole. It did not appear again until 1920 when it reported as "Ouzinkee." In 1950, the name was changed to "Uzinki." In 1967, it was incorporated as Ouzinkie, and has returned under that name in every census since 1970. As of the census of 2000, there were 225 people, 74 households, and 56 families residing in the hamlet. The population density ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., it borders the Canadian province of British Columbia and the Yukon territory to the east; it also shares a maritime border with the Russian Federation's Chukotka Autonomous Okrug to the west, just across the Bering Strait. To the north are the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas of the Arctic Ocean, while the Pacific Ocean lies to the south and southwest. Alaska is by far the largest U.S. state by area, comprising more total area than the next three largest states (Texas, California, and Montana) combined. It represents the seventh-largest subnational division in the world. It is the third-least populous and the most sparsely populated state, but by far the continent's most populous territory located mostly north of the 60th parallel, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodiak Island
Kodiak Island (Alutiiq: ''Qikertaq''), is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait. The largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago, Kodiak Island is the second largest island in the United States and the 80th largest island in the world, with an area of , slightly larger than Cyprus. It is long and in width ranges from . Kodiak Island is the namesake for Kodiak Seamount, which lies off the coast at the Aleutian Trench. The largest community on the island is the city of Kodiak, Alaska. Kodiak Island is mountainous and heavily forested in the north and east, but fairly treeless in the south. The island has many deep, ice-free bays that provide sheltered anchorages for boats. The southwestern two-thirds of the island, like much of the Kodiak Archipelago, is part of Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge. Kodiak Island is part of the Kodiak Island Borough and Kodiak Archipelago of Alaska. The town of Kodiak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monastic
Monasticism (from Ancient Greek , , from , , 'alone'), also referred to as monachism, or monkhood, is a religion, religious way of life in which one renounces world (theology), worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work. Monastic life plays an important role in many Christianity, Christian churches, especially in the Catholicism, Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox traditions as well as in other faiths such as Buddhist monasticism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jain monasticism, Jainism. In other religions monasticism is criticized and not practiced, as in Islam and Zoroastrianism, or plays a marginal role, as in modern Judaism. Many monastics live in abbeys, convents, monastery, monasteries or priories to separate themselves from the secular world, unless they are in mendicant or missionary orders. Buddhism The Sangha (Buddhism), Sangha or community of ordained Buddhist bhikkhus ("beggar" or "one who lives by dāna, alms".) and original bhikkhunis (nuns) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nilus Of Sora
Nil Sorsky (russian: Нил Сорский, also Nilus of Sora and Nil Sorski; birth name: Nikolai Maikov (russian: Николай Майков) ( – 1508) became a leader of a tendency in the medieval Russian Orthodox Church known as the Non-possessors (''nestyazhateli'') which opposed ecclesiastic landownership. The Russian Orthodox Church venerates Nil Sorsky as a saint, marking his feast day on the anniversary of his repose on 7 May. Early life Nilus of Sora, a great ascetic of the Russian Church, was descended from the Maikov nobility. Before becoming a monk, Nil Sorsky worked as a scribe and was engaged in book copying. He also journeyed to Palestine and Greece early in his life and was acquainted there with the Hesychast movement. Later in his life, he took monastic vows at the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, which had been known for its hostile stance towards monastic landownership. The founder of the monastery – Saint Kirill of Beloozero – was himsel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alhambra, California
Alhambra (, , ; from " Alhambra") is a city located in the western San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, United States, approximately eight miles from the Downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) contains the central business district of Los Angeles. In addition, it contains a diverse residential area of some 85,000 people, and covers . A 2013 study found that the district is home to over 500,000 jobs. It is ... civic center. It was incorporated on July 11, 1903. As of the 2020 census, the population was 82,868. The city's ZIP Codes are 91801 and 91803 (plus 91802 for P.O. boxes). History The original inhabitants of the land where Alhambra now sits are the Tongva. The Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, San Gabriel Mission was founded nearby on September 8, 1771, as part of the Spanish conquest and occupation of Alta California. The land that would later become Alhambra was part of a 300,000 acre land grant given to Manuel Nieto (soldier), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Herman Of Alaska Monastery
The Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery located in Platina, California. It is part of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America. The monastery was founded by Seraphim Rose and Herman Podmoshensky back in 1968 with the blessing of Bishop John Maximovitch of the Diocese of San Francisco and Western America of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR). The monastery was founded in 1970 and only since 2000, the monastics serve under the omophor of Bishop Maksim Vasiljević of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America. The monks there lead ascetic lives. Saint Herman Monastery is known for its publications in the English language. The brotherhood produces and prints original books; translates major Orthodox works into English; and publishes a bimonthly periodical, ''The Orthodox Word'', and the annual ''Saint Herman Church Calendar''. This is done through the monastery's publishing house, St. Herman Press, located at the St. Xenia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
