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  1. The Liturgist

    Royal blue zostikon? (Orthodox cassock) during Vigils with Kursk Root Icon?

    In this video of Vigils at the ROCOR Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Washington, DC, there is a clergyman (whose pectoral cross suggests he is a presbyter) who appears to be wearing a royal blue Zostikon (cassock). I am aware of white zostikons as used by the Romanian Orthodox Patriarch...
  2. M

    Question about ROCOR (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia) in the Carribean

    I read here The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - Official Website that Bishop John of Caracas and South America, who heads the diocese of South America, attends to Old Believers. Is this allowed, being part of the Orthodox Church?
  3. SalemOrthodox

    New Martyrs of Butovo, 4th Saturday after Pascha

    Glory to God, who is glorified in His saints. The Synaxis of the Martyrs of Butovo is celebrated on the 4th Saturday after Pascha Synaxis of the New Martyrs of Butovo “The Russian Golgotha” The peak of executions came during the “Yezhov era.” [5] In one year, from July 1937 to August 1938...