Holy Trinity Eastern Orthodox Church

An Interesting Historical Photograph

Sat, 5 May 2012 12:09:11 -0700

From left to right, a list of those who appear in the photo:

• Archimandrite (now Archbishop) Chrysostomos (of Etna)
• Hieromonk (now Metropolitan) Hilarion
• Metropolitan Kallistos (of Corinth)
• Hieromonk (now Bishop) Ambrose (of Methone), [in back, facing   Archbishop Chrysostomos and Metropolitan Hilarion]
• Metropolitan Philaret
• Metropolitan Cyprian
• Bishop (later Metropolitan) Laurus
• Monk Nikifor, [in far back]
• Abbess Makaria (from Corinth), [the nun in back]
• newly ordained Archimandrite (later Bishop) Gregory (Count George   Grabbe), [at far right]

Bishop (then Father) Auxentios of Photike took the photograph. It was
in 1979 at the Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, New York.

The Holy Trinity Journal

Wed, 2 May 2012 10:04:47 -0700

Download the fifth issue (May 2012) of The Holy Trinity Journal, the monthly newsletter of The Holy Trinity Eastern Orthodox Church Oxnard, California. Click here.

Obituary of Nadejda Pinchuk

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 22:01:41 -0700

Nadejda Pinchuk, the mother of our parish warden, Michael Avisov, and his sister Marina Avisov-Freeman, the grandmother of our Reader Peter Avisov, his sister Larissa and his brother Samuel, and the great-grandmother of John Avisov, reposed in the Lord March 23, 2012. Born in Sarajevo in 1930 to her Russian father and Serbian mother, she lived in Yugoslavia and Germany before coming to the United States in 1950. Nadejda was devoted to her family and always delighted in their company. She was a cultured lady, enjoying fine art and music and attending concerts with her friends. Many remember her selflessness in assisting those in need, for example, when she was younger, driving elderly people from various parts of Los Angeles to Church services or to medical appointments. Most of all, she is remembered for her deep piety, for her love of Christ God, for her love of the Most Holy Bogoroditsa, and for her love of the Orthodox Church. Nadejda's Funeral was chanted in the chapel of the Serbian Cemetery in Los Angeles on March 30, 2012, and she was buried at that cemetery. She is greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.

+Protopresbyter James Thornton