The church received a second patron with its second consecration: St. Voivode Stephen the Great.
St. John the Baptist Cathedral (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia) in the nation’s capital celebrated its 75th anniversary in early September.
Fr. Nectarios Yangson has traveled all over the Orthodox world with the Hawaiian Icon since it began streaming myrrh in 2008. And in the past year, he has visited several parishes of the Macedonian Orthodox Church.
The monastery was founded in 1949 by Fr. Andrei Rymarenko, who later became the Archbishop of Rockland.
Nun Elizaveta (Goncharova)
“The Queen of Heaven Herself?! Visiting us?! Bring Her! I will gather all of our parish this exact evening!”