Schedule of Services
Services at the Cathedral are conducted in English (E) and Church Slavonic (S).
Saturday October 1
Sunday October 2
- 9:00 am – Divine Liturgy (E)
- 10:45 am – Divine Liturgy (S)
Saturday October 8
Sunday October 9
- 9:00 am – Divine Liturgy (E)
- 10:45 am – Divine Liturgy (S)
Monday October 10 – Columbus Day
- 9:00 am – Divine Liturgy (E,S)
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Please find access information below for the Vespers on Zoom
English Vespers (Saturdays at 7:00PM)
Meeting ID: 210 068 7480
Password: 208156
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Pastoral Care
Clergy are available by phone and email for spiritual care as needed. If you want to set up an appointment, please find clergy contact information below. You can find the website Pastoral Care page here.
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Scripture Readings for October 2
2 Corinthians 6:1-10
1 We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For He says: “In an acceptable time I have heard You, and in the day of salvation I have helped You.” Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. 3 We give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed. 4 But in all things we commend ourselves as ministers of God: in much patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses, 5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings; 6 by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love, 7 by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 8 by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; 9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Luke 6:31-36
31 And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise. 32 But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back.
35 But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. 36 Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
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Inaugural Church Musician Sunday
His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon issued a letter commending all parishes of the Orthodox Church in America to observe the first "Church Musician’s Sunday" on October 2, 2022. The purpose of the event is to bring awareness to the faithful of the important role of music in Orthodox worship and to encourage vocations in the ministry of Liturgical music.
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A Request for Prayers
Please pray for Greg Oleynik, whom many of you may know from his years at St. Nicholas, who is very ill with an injured kidney and may need a transplant.
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Panikhida
There will be a Panikhida for our long-time parishioner and choir member Elizabeth Manchuk on Saturday, October 22 at 4:15pm before Vigil.
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Orthodox Senior Housing Opening
Metropolitan Washington Orthodox Senior Housing (MWOSH) is pleased to announce the opening of their long awaited, lovely Assisted Living Home. They have been approved for their state license and are finally able to welcome residents to their new home.
Located on Bradley Blvd. in Bethesda, next to St. George's Church, the home will open the first week of October. This elegant property will be home to 8 residents with varying levels of physical and cognitive support needs. The brand-new home features a spacious floorplan and individual bedrooms with private bath. Medication management, assistance with Activities of Daily Living and a tailored engagement program will be provided by the dedicated staff of the home’s manager, Larmax Homes, who have been building and managing assisted living homes in our community for over 18 years.
Please contact Lynne Haddon, 703-712-2515 or [email protected] for more information or to schedule a tour.
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Spiritual, Cultural and Fun Opportunities |
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The Orthodox Church of St Matthew Multi-Cultural Festival
When: Friday, September 30 - Sunday, October 2, 2022
Where: The Orthodox Church of St Matthew, 7271 Eden Brook Dr. Columbia, MD 21046
Festivities will begin on Friday evening with Oktoberfest, featuring German music and food. On Saturday and Sunday, come for a Multi-Cultural Festival with delicious ethnic food from around the world, entertainment featuring the music and dancers of many countries, church tours, unique vendors and a kid's zone.
There will be a raffle of the beautiful icon, "The Resurrection" painted by St. Matthew's very own resident iconographer, Wayne Hajos.
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Ongoing at St. Nicholas Cathedral |
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Coffee Hour
Volunteers
- October 2 - Katya Haines, Iryna Hartman
- October 9 - Candice Johnson, Irena Ananjana
- October 16 - Matthew Mangold, Lorina Allen
- October 23 - Irena Ananjana, Katya Haines
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Birthdays and Anniversaries
September Birthdays
- 05 - Catherine Guilsher
- 06 - Dennis Rudy
- 06 - Elena Forrest
- 11 - Paul Moser
- 11 - Bridget Slack
- 12 - Irina Knyazev
- 19 - Donna Anderson
- 23 - Marijana Barr
- 23 - Katerina Kulagina
- 23 - Alina Abaimova Andanov
- 24 - Kenton Cath
- 24 - Marcena Adrian
- 27 - James John Slack
- 27 - Phoebe Scantlin
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28 - Nikita Wells - Milestone
September Anniversaries
- 21 - Lisa Stolaruk & Mark English - 1996
- 24 - Matthew & Melanie Tingstrom
- 29 - Alyssa & Joseph McCrea - 2013
October Birthdays
- 02 - Charles Richard Smith
- 03 - Matthew Tingstrom
- 04 - Lillian Blome
- 05 - Wei Wang
- 06 - Paul Lutov
- 08 - Walter Alesevich
- 11 - Anne Beverley Kerr
- 12 - Bakar Matsaberidze
- 18 - Olena Fadeyevna
- 20 - Candice Johnson
- 24 - Larry Basalyga
- 27 - Sarah Diligenti
- 28 - Peter Evans
- 29 - Neonila Winton-Novitskaya
- 30 - Jonathan Russin
- 31 - Gretchen Adrian
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October Anniversaries
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01 - Kevin Basil Fritts & Lisa Marie Powell - Wedding Day
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18 - James & Stefanie Slack - 2014
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29 - Glenn & Iryna Hartman - 2017 - Milestone 5 yrs.
We encourage our parishioners to keep the church informed of your important dates so that we can recognize them publicly. Please email these dates to Andrea Lutov at [email protected].
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Remembering Dr. Victor P. Petrov
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Victor Porfir'evich Petrov was born to Russian missionary parents on March 22, 1907 in Harbin, China. He was educated in Manchuria and China and began his career in the late 1920s as a newspaper reporter in Southern China after receiving a law degree from the Institute of Jurisprudence in Harbin. He also worked for an import-export company in Shanghai.
He immigrated to the United States in 1940 and settled in San Francisco, where he worked for a railway company and wrote articles for two Russian-language newspapers. During World War II, he came to Washington, DC to study at American University and by 1945 he had earned his Bachelors, Masters, and Doctorate degrees with specialties in history, geography, and international affairs.
For the next 30 years, Dr. Petrov taught Russian, geography and Oriental languages at various universities, including California State University at Los Angeles, Shippensburg State College in Pennsylvania, the Defense Department foreign language school and George Washington University in Washington, DC. Dr. Petrov’s last teaching position, from which he retired in 1976, was as a history and geography professor at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. During these years he also worked as an Assistant Program Director of the National Science Foundation.
Dr. Petrov was one of the founding members of the Congress of Russian-Americans, where he served as President of the Washington Branch. He also served on the Executive Committee of the Freedom Federation and for many years was actively involved in the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, often presenting scholarly papers on the history of Russian America and on the contributions of Russian-Americans to the United States.
Dr. Petrov wrote 35 books on a range of topics, from Sino-Soviet geopolitics to early Russian communities in the United States and China. Among his books were "The Russians in America, 18th to 19th Century," "The Russians in America, 20th Century," "The Russians in American History" and "The Saga of Fort Ross," about an early Russian settlement on California's northern coast. He wrote in Russian, English and Japanese, and he also wrote historical novels and articles on Russian geography and space programs.
In 1959, Dr. Petrov’s article “Soviet Oceanographic Studies Under IGY” was printed in the Congressional Record in support of a bill establishing a ten-year program of oceanographic research and surveys. Later, his articles on Soviet space programs were used by the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences of the Senate.
After the fall of communism, several of his books and historical studies were published in Russia, and he had the opportunity to lecture there as well. He was elected a foreign member of the Center for Studies of Russian-America and Russian-American relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of World History.
In 1995, Dr. Petrov was honored with membership in the Congress of Russian Americans' Hall of Fame; at the time of his induction, he was only the tenth person to receive this honor. On that evening, held at the Rayburn Building of the Capitol, the invocation was given by Fr. Dmitry Grigorieff.
For those of us who were fortunate enough to have known him, his amazing life and myriad accomplishments are not the most memorable thing. Truly he was a Renaissance man, blessed with seemingly limitless talents that he never buried. But he was also one of the last “old-world gentlemen”; polite, humble, and a faithful parishioner of St. Nicholas with his wife Elizabeth and her daughter Tatiana Tontarski, a founder and tireless worker at the cathedral. He was predeceased by both but continued to attend services even when he was in his 90s and his health became frail. He was fascinating to talk to, kind, interested in all kinds of things, and a true friend.
Victor Porfir'evich died on August 18, 2000, at the age of 93. May his memory be eternal!
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Parishioner Memorial Project
Each month we hope to highlight the memory of a departed parishioner or friend of St. Nicholas Cathedral. If you have a loved one or friend that you would like to have featured, please send a short biography with their contributions to our Cathedral life, no matter how great or small - with a digital photo if available - to [email protected] with the words "Memory Eternal" in the subject line. Please include the date and year of death, as we will try to highlight the departed around an anniversary.
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ADDRESS
3500 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Telephone: 202 333 5060
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