The saints, a father and son pair, martyred in 1916 and 1948 respectively, were canonized by the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Antioch on October 19.
Services for the feast were led by His Eminence Archbishop Daniel of Chicago and the Midwest and ended the Cathedral’s month long celebration honoring the saint.
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia made a major announcement on Saturday, November 4, the feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in memory of Russia’s deliverance from the Poles in 1612.
The film contains almost no modern footage or contemporary musical accompaniment recorded in our time. In the “Nizhny Novgorod” segment, you will hear the voice of Emperor Nicholas II.
Professor Larisa Marsheva, Anton Osipov
The Troparion begins with a lofty appeal of the Holy Hierarch Hermogenes that later came to be used in subsequent prayers to the Most Holy Mother of God. “Intercessor” means protectress, or patroness.