The Orthodox Church in Ukraine: A Century of Separation, Nicholas Denysenko
(Apologies the video is a wee bit smudgy) - Full interview with Nicholas E. Denysenko on The Orthodox Church in Ukraine: A Century of Separation, Valparaiso, Indiana, United States of America, 29 August 2018.
- Book explains how things came to be with the Orthodox churches in Ukraine, primarily from 1917 to today. Current situation is the result of events, exchanges and polemics that originated at the time of the revolution when Ukraine tried to establish independence, when the church tried to establish itself as an autocephalous body, restore the ancient Kyiv Metropolia
- 2:10 On the eve of the 1917 revolution, the Kyiv Metropololia were under the umbrella of the Orthodox Church of the Russian Empire. Ukraine was subsumed as part of the Russian Orthodox Church with exception to Ukraine in Poland, Austro-Hungarian empire
- 3:20 Russification of the church, not only in terms of language or national identity, but customs and liturgical books (which began in the 18th century)
- 4:00 Kyiv Metropolia switched jurisdictions from Constantinople to Moscow
- 4:10 In 1917-18 council in Moscow: Church in Ukraine deliberated possibility of replacing church Slavonic church services with vernacular Ukrainian language. Proposal was put down by Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow to appease old believers
- 5:07 Pro-autocephaly Ukrainian churchmen petitioned Patriarch Tikhon to have their own Ukrainian council. Sitting Metropolitan Volodymyr Bohoyavlensky (Богоявленський) was opposed. Delegates who supported autocephaly were forcibly removed from the council. Church voted for autonomy rather than autocephaly
- 7:07 Tension created whe Soviet authorities gave permission to have church services in Ukrainian without the blessing of the ruling bishop. By 1920 all Ukrainian clergy suspended from clerical orders. In May and October 1921, councils in Kyiv called for the annulment of the 1918 council that voted for autonomy. The group wanted to establish a true Ukrainian church - the first Ukrainian Autocephalous Church (Українська автокефальна православна церква) - but did not have a bishop willing to act as an advocate. Nevertheless, they went on their own path. This first Ukrainian Orthodox church in 1921 was very popular, it was the church of intelligentsia, was pro-modernization, used Ukrainian language in all services, worked for restoration of Ukrainian customs
- 14:40 Despite the negative rhetoric from anti-Ukrainian, as early as 1922 the Patriarchal Synod in Ukraine tried to reconcile with the Autocephalous Church and temporarily declared autocephaly for their own church (Patriarchal Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine), but Soviet persecution rendered these attempts to restore canonical order impossible
- 16:55 Enthronement tried to show that the Ukrainian church was actually the mother church of Moscow
- 20:30 Moscow Patriarchate has the most clergy, monastics, seminaries, and parishes, but Kyivan Patriarchate has the most adherents
- 21:10 Within the Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine there is some support for autocephaly in Ukraine. Filarets excommunication in 1997 is dubious
- 21:48 Problem of Ukrainian autocephaly. Some have called Ukrainian autocephay fascist, accusation of ethnophyletism
- 22:40 Even if a Tomos of Autocephay is granted, issues need to be resolved, Ukrainians have to come to terms with their own history
- 29:45 Desire for sobornopravnist (соборноправність) or governance of the church by council, and serious dedicated involvement of the lay people in the church
- 32:49 Very Reverend Archmandrite Dr. Victor Bed (архимандрит Віктор Бедь); research process
- 33:55 Prior to today, Ukrainians have not controlled their own narrative; Serhii Plokhy, Gates of Europe; Ukrainians have never told their own story in their own words; Frank Sysyn
- 40:45 Metropolitan Ilarion (Ohienko) (Іларіон (Огієнко)), Metropolitan Alexy (Hromadsky) (Алексій (Громадський)), Metropolitan John (Teodorovich) (Іоанн (Теодорович))
- 41:45 Legend of the consecration of Vasyl (Lypkivsky), Metropolitan Makariya (Метрополітан Макарія)
- 44:15 Treasures of archival materials in Ukraine remain to be plumbed for historians. We need a better understanding of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine at the end of the Soviet period and the beginning of independence of Ukraine. We need to get beneath the polemics and get at the truth
- 48:40 Assassination of Metropolitan Alexy (Hromadsky), 7 May 1943
- 56:50 Chapter on the diaspora in Canada and the United States: when immigrants arrive everything comes with them. they bring their culture, traditions, politics
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Russia - Sergeyev Posad - Trinity Lavra of Saint Sergius
Sergiyev Posad (Russian: Се́ргиев Поса́д) is a city and the administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It grew in the 15th century around the monastery Trinity Lavra established by St. Sergius of Radonezh (Russian: Тро́ице-Се́ргиева Ла́вра), the most important Russian monastery and the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The monastery was founded in 1337 by one of the most venerated Russian saints, Sergius of Radonezh, who built a wooden church in honour of the Holy Trinity on Makovets Hill.
In 1355, Sergius introduced a charter which required the construction of auxiliary buildings, such as refectory, kitchen, and bakery. This charter was a model for Sergius' numerous followers who founded more than 400 cloisters all over Russia.
St. Sergius supported Dmitri Donskoi in his struggle against the Tatars. The monastery was devastated by fire, when a Tatar unit raided the area in 1408.
St. Sergius was declared patron saint of the Russian state in 1422. The same year the first stone cathedral was built. The relics of St. Sergius still may be seen in this cathedral, dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The greatest icon painters of medieval Russia, Andrei Rublev and Daniil Chyorny, were summoned to decorate the cathedral with frescoes. Traditionally, Muscovite royals were baptized in this cathedral and held thanksgiving services here.
In 1476, Ivan III invited Pskovian masters to build the church of the Holy Spirit. This graceful structure is one of the few remaining examples of a Russian church topped with a belltower. In the early 16th century, Vasily III added the Nikon annex and the Serapion tent.
It took 26 years to construct the six-pillared Assumption Cathedral, which was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible in 1559. The cathedral is much larger than its model and namesake in the Moscow Kremlin. The magnificent iconostasis of the 16th–18th centuries features Simon Ushakov's masterpiece, the icon of Last Supper. Interior walls were painted with violet and blue frescoes. The vault contains burials of Boris Godunov, his family and several 20th-century patriarchs.
As the monastery grew into one of the wealthiest landowners in Russia, the village (or posad) gradually developed into the modern town of Sergiyev Posad. The cloister itself was a notable centre of chronicle-writing and icon painting.
In 1550s, a wooden palisade surrounding the cloister was replaced with 1.5 km-long stone walls, featuring twelve towers.
By the end of the 17th century, when young Peter I twice found refuge within the monastery from his enemies, numerous buildings had been added. These include a small baroque palace of the patriarchs, noted for its luxurious interiors, and a royal palace, with its facades painted in checkerboard design. The refectory of St. Sergius, covering 510 square meters and also painted in dazzling checkerboard design, used to be the largest hall in Russia. The five-domed Church of John the Baptist's Nativity (1693–1699) was commissioned by the Stroganovs and built over one of the gates. Other 17th-century structures include the monks' cells, a hospital topped with a tented church, and a chapel built over a holy well discovered in 1644.
In 1744, Empress Elizabeth conferred on the cloister the dignity of a Lavra. Elizabeth particularly favoured the Trinity and annually proceeded afoot from Moscow to the cloister. Her secret spouse Alexey Razumovsky accompanied her on such journeys and commissioned a baroque church to the Virgin of Smolensk, the last major shrine to be erected in the Lavra. Another pledge of Elizabeth's affection for the monastery is a white-and-blue baroque belltower, which, at 88 meters, was one of the tallest structures built in Russia up to that date.
Throughout the 19th century, the Lavra maintained its status as the richest Russian monastery. The monastery boasted a supreme collection of manuscripts and books.
After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Soviet government closed the lavra in 1920. Its buildings were assigned to different civic institutions or declared museums. In 1930, monastery bells, including the Tsar-Bell of 65 tons, were destroyed. Overall many valuables were lost or transferred to other collections.
In 1945, following Joseph Stalin's temporary tolerance of the church during World War II, the Lavra was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church. On April 16, 1946 divine service was renewed at the Assumption Cathedral. The monastery continues as a prime centre of religious education. Important restoration works were conducted in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1993, the Trinity Lavra was inscribed on the UN World Heritage List.
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คริสต์มาส-Рождество-Holy Russia Celebrates ... 1/6 (Eng/Th subt)
Full Title: The Holy Russia Celebrates the Festival of Christmas (1993)
Written and directed by Georges Gachot
Produced by Robin Scott
The spiritual culture of Russia is reflected in the beauty of its churches and monasteries, in the paintings and frescoes that adorn them and -- above all -- in the sacred music that is sung in them.
Featured events and liturgical pieces include:
Christmas Night Mass, Epiphany Cathedral, with the Patriarch Alexi II
Novodevichy Convent, Kolomenskoye and Kazan Church
GOD IS WITH US, by Zinoviev
Performed: The Choir of Trinity St Sergius Lavra and Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary
The Kremlin Cathedrals
FROM MY YOUTH, by Ozerov
Performed by The Choir of Trinity St Sergius Lavra and Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary
THE CHERUBIC HYMN, by Tchaikovsky
Performed: Moscow Chamber Choir
The Trinity St Sergius Monastery at Sergiev Posad
CHRISTMAS TROPARION, by Anon arr. Trubatchov
Performed: The Choir of Trinity St Sergius Lavra and Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary
SONG OF THE MAGI, Traditional
Performed: The Choir of Trinity St Sergius Lavra and Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary
CREDO, by Grechaninov
Performed: Moscow Chamber Choir
PRAISE THE LORD FROM THE HEAVENS, by Rachmaninov
Performed: Moscow Chamber Choir
LOCATIONS: Moscow, Sergiev Posad, Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Rostov, Pereslavl etc.
Russia - Patriarch holds service at monestary
T/I: 10:40:32
The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Alexy II, on Friday (17/7) conducted an alternative memorial service for Russia's last Tsar, Nicholas II, at a monastery outside of Moscow. The patriarch has questioned the authenticity of the remains of the royal family and refused to attend their burial in the cathedral of Saint Petersburg's Peter and Paul Fortress, 80 years after the family was executed by a Bolshevik firing squad.
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SERGIYEV POSAD, NEAR MOSCOW, RUSSIA 17/07
WS Sergiyev-Posad monastery;
MS monastery;
Grand Duchess Leonida walking to Uspenski Cathedral in Serviyev-Posad monastery;
Monastery;
Cathedral;
Grand Duchess Leonida and presumed Romanov heir Georgi in Cathedral;
Worshipers crossing themselves and bowing before icon;
Patriarch Alexiy II enters, blesses congregation;
Worshipers;
Patriarch leading service;
SOT Patriarch in Russian on the authenticity of the bones ... saying the church should refrain from supporting one side or the other; that there would mourning services for the Tsar all across Russia, including one at the Peter and Paul Fortress.
VS service;
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Suzdal - Cathedrals and Monastery
Suzdal is a town and the administrative center of Suzdalsky District in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Kamenka River, 26 kilometers (16 mi) north of the city of Vladimir, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 10,535.
Suzdal is one of the oldest Russian towns. In the 12th century it became the capital of the principality, while Moscow was merely one of its subordinate settlements.
Currently, Suzdal is the smallest of the Russian Golden Ring towns with a population of approximately 10,000, but it is a major tourist attraction.
Several of its monuments are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.[
The Saviour Monastery of St. Euthymius was founded in the 14th century, and grew in importance in the 16th and 17th centuries after donations by Vasili III, Ivan IV and the Pozharsky family, a noble dynasty of the region. Among the buildings erected during this period were the Assumption Church, the bell tower, the surrounding walls and towers, and the seven-domed Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour. The cathedral was built in the style of the Grand Duchy of Vladimir-Suzdal. Its interior contains restored frescoes by the school of Gury Nikitin of Kostroma, dating from 1689. The tomb of Dmitry Pozharsky lies by the cathedral wall.
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The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Suzdal, Russia, is a World Heritage Site. It is one of the eight White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal., and one of the most complex monuments of Russian medieval architecture.
It was originally constructed during the reign of Vladimir II Monomakh during the late 11th century. The Cathedral of the Nativity is surrounded by a ring of earthen walls in an oxbow of Kamenka River. It is notable for being the first city cathedral not built for the exclusive use of the knyaz or his relatives. The cathedral contains the remains of a son of Yuri Dolgoruki, knyazes of the Shuisky family and others.[
La cathédrale de la Transfiguration ou cathédrale de la Transfiguration-du-Sauveur-Saint-Euthyme est un édifice situé à l'intérieur de l'enceinte du Monastère du Sauveur-Saint-Euthyme à Souzdal, dont l'architecture date de la fin du XVIe siècle. Actuellement elle est devenue une église-musée qui fait partie du musée-réserve de Vladimir et Souzdal. Elle est dédiée à la fête de la Transfiguration qui est un épisode de la vie de Jésus Christ décrite dans les évangiles.
L'espace intérieur de la cathédrale est divisé par les quatre puissants piliers et s'élargit grâce au volume des profondes absides. La peinture des fresques murales fut réalisée au XVIIe siècle par un artel d'artistes, sous la direction de Goury Nikitine. Durant la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, les fresques de Nikitine furent restaurées, mais ce n'est qu'à la fin des années 1970 que grâce à un travail minutieux les fresques primitives furent redécouvertes.
La coupole centrale est décorée de la composition traditionnelle des artistes de Kostroma : une fresque de la Sainte-Trinité appelée en russe « Otetchestvo ». La peinture des murs et des piliers recouvre l'ensemble des surfaces. Au bas de murs et piliers sont représentés les apôtres. Quant aux autres surfaces, elles racontent les évangiles et la biographie de Jésus-Christ. Le reste du décor est composé de nombreux personnages sur fond de paysages et de constructions architecturales en tout genre. Sur la partie inférieure des piliers, du côté de l'autel, sont représentés les tsars de la première dynastie des Romanov : Michel Ier (tsar de Russie) et Alexis Ier de Russie. Ils ont la tête entourée d'une nimbe lumineuse parmi les rois bibliques : le roi David et le roi Salomon, et les princes russes canonisés : Vladimir Ier, Boris et Gleb et Vsevolod III Vladimirski.
Les murs de la chapelle Saint-Euthyme sont recouverts de scènes de la vie du saint parmi lesquelles : le choix de l'emplacement de la construction, le début de la construction du monastère. [
Dmytri Stepanovych Bortniansky (1751–1825) was a composer and conductor of Ukrainian origin, contemporary of Ludwig van Beethoven in Western Europe. Bortniansky is best known for his liturgical works and his prolific contributions to the genre of choral concertos. He was one of the Golden Three of his era, along with Artemy Vedel and Maksym Berezovsky. Bortniansky composed in many different musical styles, including choral compositions in French, Italian, Latin, German and Church Slavonic.
All Saints of North America Russian Orthodox Church, Middlebrook, Virginia
Shot Sunday, June 19, 2011. The parish celebrated its 15th anniversary with a Divine Liturgy and wonderful communal meal. Clerics serving are Fr. Victor Potapov from St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Washington, DC; church rector Fr. John Moses, and his assistant priest Fr. Gabriel Weller; also present are visiting priests Fr. Michael Furry of the Bulgarian Archdiocese from Salem, VA, and Hieromonk Fr. Alexander Frizzell from Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV.
All Saints is in the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR), and is located at the southern end of the Shenandoah Valley in the tiny hamlet of Middlebrook, Virginia. This is a series of short video clips stitched together. They were shot on a pocket digital camera set to video mode.
คริสต์มาส-Рождество-Holy Russia Celebrates ... 6/6 (Eng/Th subt)
Full Title: The Holy Russia Celebrates the Festival of Christmas (1993)
Written and directed by Georges Gachot
Produced by Robin Scott
The spiritual culture of Russia is reflected in the beauty of its churches and monasteries, in the paintings and frescoes that adorn them and -- above all -- in the sacred music that is sung in them.
Featured events and liturgical pieces include:
Christmas Night Mass, Epiphany Cathedral, with the Patriarch Alexi II
Novodevichy Convent, Kolomenskoye and Kazan Church
GOD IS WITH US, by Zinoviev
Performed: The Choir of Trinity St Sergius Lavra and Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary
The Kremlin Cathedrals
FROM MY YOUTH, by Ozerov
Performed by The Choir of Trinity St Sergius Lavra and Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary
THE CHERUBIC HYMN, by Tchaikovsky
Performed: Moscow Chamber Choir
The Trinity St Sergius Monastery at Sergiev Posad
CHRISTMAS TROPARION, by Anon arr. Trubatchov
Performed: The Choir of Trinity St Sergius Lavra and Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary
SONG OF THE MAGI, Traditional
Performed: The Choir of Trinity St Sergius Lavra and Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary
CREDO, by Grechaninov
Performed: Moscow Chamber Choir
PRAISE THE LORD FROM THE HEAVENS, by Rachmaninov
Performed: Moscow Chamber Choir
LOCATIONS: Moscow, Sergiev Posad, Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Rostov, Pereslavl etc.
Holy Nicholas
This is Holy Nicholas sung by St. Mary's choir led by Mark Wesche.
A Carpatho-Rusyn Carol.
St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral in Minneapolis.
Saturday, December 7th, Advent Concert
A big thank you to Sophia for the photos!
In English and Slavonic.
The All-night Vigil at Trinity Lavra of Saint Sergius
The video is taken on 15 January 2011. The quality of the video is not very good, but it reflects the beauty of the services of the Russian Orthodox Church.
St. Sergius Feast Day - Divine Liturgy
Divine Liturgy in St. George's Church on the feast of St. Sergius of Radonezh. October 8, 2010. www,stnicholasredbank.org
Full audio from the service available here:
Matfej Mormyl & Chor der Mönche aus Sagorsk - O eingeborener Sohn 1990
Matfej Mormyl & Chor der Mönche aus Sagorsk - O eingeborener Sohn 1990
Choir of the Monks of the Sagorsk Cloister near Moscow - O Incarnate Son
Хор монахов из монастыря Москвы
1. O eingeborener Sohn
(Hymne 6. Jh. für die Hagia Sofia in Konstantinope)
Du, einer der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit,
gleichverherrlicht mit dem Vater
und dem Heiligen gesite,
errette uns
2. Griechische Weise zu Versen aus Psalm 117
Gott der Herr
Er ist uns erschienen
Gelobt sei, der da kommt
im Namen des Herrn
3. Cherubim-Hymnos
Wir müssen alle irdischen Sorgen ablegen
um den König des Alls zu empfangen
Prayer to St. Sergius
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The Russian Holy Easter
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Liturgy in the Kremlin
This liturgy is being held in the Assumption (Dormition) Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin. The Assumption Cathedral was built by Czar Ivan III (Ivan the Terrible's daddy). The coronation of Ivan the Terrible took place in this church, followed by the rest of the czars ending with Czar Nicholas II. In 1941 Stalin secretly held services in this cathedral to pray for the salvation of Russia from the Nazis.
Patriarch Alexei is serving the liturgy.
I am not sure what part of the liturgy they are doing. I can tell that part of it is the Nicene Creed being sung, but I must admit I'm not that familiar with the Hierarchical Liturgy.
I also must admit that I downloaded this video (it used to be on youtube), but the user quit, so I decided to put it back on youtube. The resolution is not as good.
GOD BLESS OAȘA!
The monastic life of Brother Sava, a former US accountant who became an orthodox monk at Oaşa Monastery in Romania.
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Choir of the Trinity - St Sergius Laura Sagorsk - The Easter Canon (Moscow Tune of the Kiev Chant)
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Seliger 2009: Russian monastery
Seliger 2009: Russian monastery