View the photo album on the St. Herman Seminary Website
At the St. Herman Pilgrimage this year we welcomed His Beatitude Metropolitan JONAH, His Grace Bishop BENJAMIN, and His Grace Bishop MAXIM of the Western Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America to Kodiak. Also present were many clergy, monastics, and pilgrims, including some members of the OCMC mission team that ministered in Old Harbor.
Pilgrims venerated the relics of St. Herman and visited Spruce Island, where the Saint ministered to all he met, especially the Native people of Kodiak and Spruce Island, who continue to venerate St. Herman as they always have.
So many people helped to make this Pilgrimage happen. Among them were the skippers of the boats who transferred people from Kodiak to Spruce Island, the clergy and faithful of Holy Resurrection Cathedral and St. Innocent Academy, "those who serve and those who sing," those who put in extra hours preparing the "new" Cathedral gift shop and serving the Pilgrims as well as those who worked extra hours at Monk’s Rock, providing hospitality and service to all those who attended, the faithful who came from Kodiak and the rest of the Diocese of Alaska, . . . and the people of Kodiak, who opened their arms to make pilgrims feel at home. Finally, a special thanks to the Sisterhoods of Holy Resurrection Cathedral in Kodiak and Nativity of Our Lord Church in Ouzinkie, who provided food and hospitality to our guests. As usual, our brethren of St. Innocent Academy offered openhearted hospitality and joyful singing to the Pilgrimage.
The Pilgrimage culminated with the ordination of Deacon Michael Nicolai to the Holy Priesthood. The presence of several Diocesan clergy and their families helped make this a joyful and memorable event. May God grant the newly ordained Father Michael and his family many years! Axios, axios, axios! Fr. Michael will be entering his fourth and final year of seminary this year and serving on Kodiak until his graduation, then ministering elsewhere in the Diocese of Alaska.
View the photo album on the St. Herman Seminary Website
Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy of the Diocese of Alaska:
The Lord's blessing be upon you.
Recognizing the requirement for the Diocese of Alaska to hold an Assembly for the year 2011 and desiring to keep travel costs down, I am scheduling the Diocesan Assembly for November 7, beginning at 11:00 a.m. at St. Innocent Cathedral, Anchorage. This will allow those going to the All-American Council to attend the Assembly as part of their return trip home and still allowing those who are unable to travel to Seattle to participate in an Assembly as usual. Thought had been given to holding the Assembly in Seattle. There was, however, concern that such an Assembly at that time and place might make lay participation difficult for many.
+Benjamin
Bishop of San Francisco
Locum tenens of the Diocese of Alaska
2011 Diocesan Assembly
Information and Registration Forms
(pdf documents)
Please note that this year digital submission is NOT possible, please print and complete the appropriate forms and mail them to:
Matushka Anna Andrew
739 West 72nd Av
Anchorage, AK 99518
2011 Assemblies Agenda
Memory Eternal
Archpriest Simeon Oskolkoff, 81, fell asleep in the Lord on Wednesday, June 22, at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. His funeral will be celebrated by His Grace, Bishop Benjamin at St. Innocent Cathedral, Anchorage on Monday evening, with Memorial Liturgy and burial at the Holy Transfiguration Church in Ninilchik, Alaska on Tuesday morning.
Father Simeon served parishes across Alaska during his forty year priestly ministry. Ordained by Archbishp Amvrossy in 1962, he retired and concelebrated at St. Aleksis Toth Church during his final years. He is survived by Matushka Lubova (Gregorieff) and his son Gregory and daughter Anna-Marie.
May Father Simeon's Memory be Eternal!
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Nondalton, Alaska
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