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Columbus Mission

March 17, 2007 Liturgy

Divine Liturgy will be held on March 17, 2007. The Church commemorates the all the departed on this day. Confessions will be heard at 9:30 and Liturgy will begin at 10 AM. The Liturgy will be held at St. Gregory of Nyssa Church, as usual.

There will be Divine Liturgy on the second Saturday of every month. Liturgy will be held at St. Gregory of Nyssa Church. Confessions will be heard at 9:30 AM and Divine Liturgy will begin at 10:00. For more information about the Russian Orthodox Community in Columbus please contact Boris Livchits at 740-513-2700 or Fr. Ilia Marzev at 440-743-0609.

Services Held In Columbus For Theophany

On Saturday January 21, 2006, Divine Liturgy and the Great Blessing of Waters was served in Columbus, OH. Fr. Ilia Marzev, assistant Dean of St. Sergius Cathedral of Cleveland, traveled to Columbus this day to serve the faithful with the blessing of Bishop Peter of Cleveland. Father was joined by the Cathedral Choir Director, Reader Alexander Petrovsky. The services were held at St. Gregory of Nyssa Church near the campus of Ohio State University and attended by 25 faithful of the community. With God's help, more services will be upcoming for the Russian Orthodox community of Columbus.

Parish Feast Day, October 11, 2003

St. John Russian Orthodox Community is dedicated to Saint John of San Fransico. On October 11, 1993 the holy relics of St. John were opened and found to be incorrupt. When our parish was organized Archimandrite (now Bishop) Peter suggested to Fr. Victor to consider having this be the parish feast day. Archbishop Alypy blessed for the community to celebrate its feast day on the opening of St. John's relics. It was a special joy for the faithful members of the Mission when Bishop Peter came to serve in Columbus on the actual day of the parish Feast Day. This was the first episcopal visit to our mission, and Vladyka's visit strengthen the resolve of the parishioners to continue in the desire to one day build a church.

Bishop Peter with some of the members of St. John Russian Orthodox Community

Saint John Russian Orthodox Community

St. John Russian Orthodox Mission was founded by Priest Victor Boldewskul with the blessing of Archbishop Alypy in October of 1999. In June of 2001, Archbishop Alypy requested the Father Victor accept a new assignment as rector of Saint Sergius Cathedral. Although a perminent priest has yet to be assigned in Columbus, the Orthodox faithful of Columbus have kept the mission going.

Sandusky Mission

St. Tikhon Parish Bulletin

Kursk Icon Of The Mother Of God Visits St Tikhon\'s

The parish family of St. Tikhon's was blessed with a visit of the wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of the Theotokos of the Sign, This event took place on Tuesday evening, March 8.

This Russian icon of the Mother of God, now 700 years old, has been a constant source of healing, comfort, and deliverance from calamity for countless numbers of Orthodox Christians who sought the heavenly intercession of the Purest Theotokos.

Since its miraculous appearance as a pious hunter in the forest near Kursk, Russia in the year 1295, the icon has survived the fire, deliberate attempts at destruction, numerous wars, and the Russian Revolution. In 1919 the icon was carried out of Russia, and since 1957 has resided in the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Mother of God of the Sign in New York City.

Each year the wonderworking icon is taken on a pilgrimage around the world to parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, where the faithful venerate the icon and offer prayers to the Theotokos. The icon is considered to be the protection of Orthodox Christians living everywhere beyond the borders of Russia.

You can learn more about the wonderworking Kursk Root Icon here.

Tuesday evening, Priest Victor Boldewskul, Dean of St. Sergius Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Parma, served a brief Akathist to the Theotokos of the Sign before the Holy icon beginning at 7:30 p.m. After the service, the faithful were be able to venerate the icon.

Saint Sergius Russian Orthodox Cathedral

Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Cleveland, Ohio