Welcome to All Saints of the Americas Orthodox Church
Traditional Christian Orthodoxy in the Tampa Bay area of Florida
Traditional Christian Orthodoxy in the Tampa Bay area of Florida
Our Orthodox Church in the Americas was founded by a group of Holy Orthodox Missionary Christian Saints who preached the Orthodox way of life in Christ.
The Saints to the right of the Mother of God, in the icon, are: First Archbishop of the Americas Innocent, Herman of Alaska, Hieromonk Juvenal, and First Martyr Peter the Aleut.
Saints to
Our Orthodox Church in the Americas was founded by a group of Holy Orthodox Missionary Christian Saints who preached the Orthodox way of life in Christ.
The Saints to the right of the Mother of God, in the icon, are: First Archbishop of the Americas Innocent, Herman of Alaska, Hieromonk Juvenal, and First Martyr Peter the Aleut.
Saints to the left of the Mother of God, in the icon, are: Saint Philaret of New York the Confessor, Saint Tichon Patriarch Archbishop of the Americas, and Saint John Maximovich of San Francisco.
Today, His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius of New York and all of the Americas guides the Eparchial Synod of the Genuine Orthodox Church in America in the footsteps of Holy and Blessed Saint Philaret the Confessor.
Under the spiritual guidance of Rector Fr. George Liadis, our hope, as a parish is to follow the example of Jesus' love and sacrifice in keeping to the Holy Instruction and Tradition of the Holy Orthodox Church of Christ..
Innocent of Alaska, also known as Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, was a Russian Orthodox missionary priest. He became the first Orthodox Bishop, and then Archbishop, of the Americas, eventually becoming the Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna.
Saint Herman of Alaska (1756-Dec. 13, 1837) was an 18th Century missionary to Alaska. He, in 1970, became the first saint to be glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. St. Herman is remembered by the church on August 9th and December 13th.
Saint Juvenaly of Alaska, or Juvenal Protomartyr of America, was amongst the first Orthodox missionaries, from the monastery of Valaam, to preach in Alaska. Martyred on the mainland of Alaska, while preaching to the Eskimos in 1796, his feast day is celebrated July 2, as well as his commemorations with the All Saints of Alaska on Sept. 24 and the First Martyrs of the American Land on Dec. 12.
Saint Peter the Aleut ( Cungagnaq in his native tongue) was probably a native of Kodiak Island (Alaska). He is said to have received the Christian name of Peter when he was baptized into the Orthodox faith by the monks of St. Herman's missions operating in the north. His feast day is commemorated in the Orthodox Church on September 24 and December 12.
St. Philaret was ordained served in Harbin from 1931-1947 and then 1949-1962, served 1947-1949 in Tryokhrechye, and was ordained Bishop in Brisbaine in 1963 and made Vicar of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand. On May 27, 1964, being a youngest bishop, he was elected the First Hierarch of the ROCOR. The years when Metropolitan Phil
St. Philaret was ordained served in Harbin from 1931-1947 and then 1949-1962, served 1947-1949 in Tryokhrechye, and was ordained Bishop in Brisbaine in 1963 and made Vicar of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand. On May 27, 1964, being a youngest bishop, he was elected the First Hierarch of the ROCOR. The years when Metropolitan Philaret headed the ROCOR were impactful by actions including the anathematization of Lenin and the persecutors of Orthodoxy (1970), the Canonization of the Nicholas II family and the New Martyrs (1981), and the condemnation of ecumenism (1983).
St. Tikhon of Moscow and Enlightener of North America
was Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1917–1925).
While in America, he established his cathedral in New York City, and presided over a vast archdiocese, encouraging and authorizing many publications in the English language. Among these, he encouraged the translation of the Eastern li
St. Tikhon of Moscow and Enlightener of North America
was Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1917–1925).
While in America, he established his cathedral in New York City, and presided over a vast archdiocese, encouraging and authorizing many publications in the English language. Among these, he encouraged the translation of the Eastern liturgy into English by Isabel Florence Hapgood, and he wrote an extensive catechism based on the Nicene Creed and the Our Father. His feast day is celebrated April 7 /March 25 churches; his glorification is celebrated on September 26, and he is also commemorated on the feast of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, celebrated on the Sunday nearest to January 25, which was the date of the martyrdom of Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev, the first Bishop of the new martyrs.
The Holy Hierarch John Maximovitch was born in the Kharkov region in 1896, and reposed in Seattle in 1966. In 1921, during the Russian Civil War, his family fled to Belgrade, joining the ranks of Russian exiles in Serbia, where he later became a monk and was ordained priest. In 1934 he was made Bishop of Shanghai, where he served until t
The Holy Hierarch John Maximovitch was born in the Kharkov region in 1896, and reposed in Seattle in 1966. In 1921, during the Russian Civil War, his family fled to Belgrade, joining the ranks of Russian exiles in Serbia, where he later became a monk and was ordained priest. In 1934 he was made Bishop of Shanghai, where he served until the Communists came to power. Thereafter he ministered in Europe, serving as Bishop in Paris and then Brussels, until he became Archbishop of San Francisco in 1962. Throughout his life he was revered as a strict ascetic, a devoted man of prayer, and a truly wondrous unmercenary healer of all manner of afflictions and woes. He served the Divine Liturgy daily, slept little more than an hour a day, and kept a strict fast until the evening. It is doubtful that any one man gave so much protection and comfort as he to the Russian Orthodox people in exile after the Revolution of 1917; he was an unwavering and watchful shepherd of his sheep in China, the Philippines, Europe, and America. Through his missionary labors he also brought into the Church many who had not been "of this fold." Since his repose in 1966, he has been especially glorified by God through signs and miracles, and his body has remained incorrupt.
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