Konstantin Kovalev-Sluchevsky
Many believers can probably share their stories about how they received support from this Christian martyr.
The Theotokos is now the common mother for all of us, “who constantly cares for us and stands before the throne of God, raising her holy prayers to the throne of God for every person and for all of us together.”
Elena Detinina
Laying aside all earthly cares, the young John took up his cross and embarked upon the path of the great labor of foolishness, which contains within it the God-pleasing monastic, ascetic, martyric, and prophetic paths as well.
Upon arrival, Fr. Anatoly Vikhrov and the pilgrims celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the monastery church of Penmon Priory, built in 1123 on the site of a wooden church erected in the 6th century.
The 2023 Annual Saint Herman Pilgrimage in Alaska comes exactly half-a-century after the first pilgrimage held in conjunction with Saint Herman’s feast day in August 1973.