“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 The possible closure of Saint John of San Francisco Orthodox Academy would mark a profound failure and a lasting shame for the Orthodox community. I can find no rational justification for...
On June 14th, the children’s dance ensemble “Matreshki D.C.”, under the patronage of the St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Cathedral (ROCOR), performed a new concert program in the Washington metropolitan area. The concert featured traditional Russian folk dances: “Moscow Kadrille” (Square Dance), “Kamarinskaya,” “Sudarushka” (Dance with shawls), “Volga Dance”, as well as the famous...
Radonitsa in the the Russian Orthodox Church is a commemoration of the departed observed on the second Tuesday of Pascha (Easter) or, in some places (in south-west Russia), on the second Monday of Pascha. The Slavs, like many ancient peoples, had a tradition of visiting family members’ graves during the springtime and feasting together with them. After their conversion to Christianity, this...