Rejoice, all saints of North America, and pray to God for us!

[5Loaves]

I love this stichera! I wish I could have gone to Vespers tonight…

Rejoice O mountains of Pennsylvania, leap for joy O waters of the Great Lakes, Rise up O fertile plains of Canada, for the elect of Christ who dwelt in you are glorified, men and women who left their homes for a new land. With faith, hope and patience as their armor, they courageously fought the good fight. Comforted by the beauty of the Orthodox faith, they labored in mines and mills, they tilled the land, they braved the challenges of the great cities, enduring many hardships and sufferings. Never failing to worship God in Spirit and truth, and unyielding in devotion to His most pure Mother they erected many temples to His Glory. Come, O assembly of the Orthodox, and with love let us praise the holy women, men and children, those known to us and those known only to God, and let us cry out to them:
Rejoice, all saints of North America, and pray to God for us!

S Prazdnikom!

 

[andrewstx]

Why did they leave out Alaska? I know Peter the Aleut is controversial, but there are other Saints from Alaska.

 

[5Loaves]

Why did they leave out Alaska? I know Peter the Aleut is controversial, but there are other Saints from Alaska.

You’ll find him (“holy martyrs Juvenal and Peter”) many places in the services for example one is here

Rejoice, land of Alaska, for the Orthodox Faith has been planted in you and now bears the fruit of salvation throughout North America.

Let us praise in sacred hymns our Father Herman of Alaska, who has bestowed his blessing upon the New World and has left us his holy relics as a source of healing for many who honor his memory.

Iliamna and Kenai rejoice, and all America is filled with gladness as we trust in the power of your intercession, O holy martyrs Juvenal and Peter.

We entreat you to intercede for your people, Hieromartyr Juvenal and youth Peter, whose struggle for the Faith included the shedding of your blood. Teach us to confess with boldness the Orthodox Faith and to have no fear of the enemy.

A saint important to us who is not mentioned is Our Father Among the Saints Saint John the Wonderworker of Shanghai and San Francisco.

 

[5Loaves]

S Prazdnikom!

You’ll find him (“holy martyrs Juvenal and Peter”) many places in the services for example one is here

A saint important to us who is not mentioned is Our Father Among the Saints Saint John the Wonderworker of Shanghai and San Francisco.

This site shows the icon we venerated for the Feast today. I tried taking a picture of ours but it didn’t come out well. I think the coloring in ours is not as glaring as it appears on this website. Holy martyr Peter whom you mentioned andrewstx, and St. John the Wonderworker whom I mentioned both appear as well as those we so often commemorate: Our Fathers Among the Saints St. Herman, St. Innocent, and St.Tikhon. St. Innocent traveled down into the nearest corner of the Russian Empire-- Fort Ross where he celebrated Liturgy.

As a beautiful fruit of the sowing of Thy salvation, the lands of America doth offer to Thee, O Lord, all the Saints that have shone in her. By their prayers keep the Church and the world in profound peace, through the Theotokos, O Most-merciful One