Our Lord Jesus Christ alone is the one High Priest "according to the order of Melchizedek"; the ever-present head of the Church, the pastor (i.e., shepherd) of our souls. Every pastor, from Patriarch to village priest to each member of the whole "priestly people" of God acts only as His instrument. He has promised never to leave us orphans, never to abandon His Church. He continues to be present in the lowliest country church as well as the greatest cathedral, especially through the sharing of His Body and Blood in Holy Communion, which we continue to do at His command, until He comes again in glory. Maranatha! Come, Lord Jesus!
Patriarch Kyrill is commemorated with love at every service celebrated at St .Herman's. .His Holiness the Patriarch is the father of the world-wide Russian Orthodox Church, the largest of the Orthodox churches worldwide. .Through his episcopal fatherhood, the Russian Church relates on an equal basis of honor and love with all the Orthodox sister churches. The source and the result of this unity is the sharing in the one saving Chalice when the patriarchs serve the Divine Liturgy together. .
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New York, New York,
Metropolitan Nicholas is the senior ranking bishop of our Russian Church Abroad, which preserves and shares the spiritual heritage of Russian Orthodoxy internationally. The ROCA (sometimes called ROCOR) is a small but active member of the Orthodox world, with parishes from the Holy Land to Australia to South America to Europe and America. It is an integral, self-governing part of the one Russian Orthodox Church. Metropolitan Nicholas, born in Trenton, N.J. in the 1970s, served the Church as a married clergyman before the repose of his matushka. He is the seventh ruling metropolitan of the Russian Church Abroad.
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Our bishop is our father in Christ and the head of this local church. Like all Orthodox bishops, Bishop Peter's episcopal service can be traced back without interruption directly to the apostles. His teaching, like that of all Orthodox bishops, would be recognized by the Apostles as identical in essence to the Gospel they preached. Until his unexpected repose in late 2024, Archbishop Peter was the ruling bishop of our Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America. Our diocese is temporarily "widowed". We ask you to join us in prayer that a new bishop is appointed for our diocese, as God wills and directs.
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Fr. Michael is the priest of St. Herman's,
serving in obedience to Archbishop Peter
(Lukianov), the spiritual father of our local Orthodox diocese.
Matushka Darya is the choir director at St. Herman's. Her icons adorn the temple.
Deacon
Fr. Elias was ordained to the holy diaconate on August 3/16, 2015 by (then) Bishop Peter. He and his wife Rachel have three children.
