Links

Links – Полезные ссылки 

ROCOR Links:

• The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
• A Directory of the Hierarchy, Clergy, and Communities of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
• The Diocese of Germany
• The Diocese of Western Europe
• The Diocese of Australia and New Zealand
• The Diocese of Western America
• The Diocese of Chicago and Mid America
• The Diocese of Eastern America
• The Diocese of South America
• The Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem
• The Ecclesiastical Mission in Haïti
• The ROCOR Western Rite Vicariate
• ROCOR Historical Studies
• The Fund for Assistance to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia

ROCOR Parishes & Communities in Great Britain & Ireland

• The Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God and the Holy Royal Martyrs – Chiswick, London. W4 4ED
• The Parish of St John the Wonderworker – Colchester, Essex. CO1 2AN
• The Parish of St Elisabeth the New-Martyr – Wallasey. CH45 5DE
• The Church of the Mother of God: the Joy of All Who Sorrow – Mettingham, Suffolk. NR23 1TP
• The Monastery of the Holy Unmercenary Healer Pantaleimon – Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. CO16 8BB
• The Church of Saint Colman of Oughaval – Stradbally, Co. Laois, Republic of Ireland
• The Liverpool Mission of St Nicholas the Wonderworker – Liverpool, Merseyside, L2 8TZ
• The Chapel of the Life-Giving Spring – The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk
• The Cardiff Mission of St Nicholas the Wonderworker – Cardiff. CF10 5HA
• The Cheltenham Mission to Gloucestershire & The Cotswolds – Bentham, nr Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. GL3 4UD

Other Orthodox Churches in the UK and Ireland

• The Diocese of Sourozh – The Church of Russia (Moscow Patriarchate)
• The Deanery of Great Britain and Ireland – Exarchate of Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe (Ecumenical Patriarchate)
• The Diocese of Great Britain and Scandinavia – The Church of Serbia
• The Diocese of Thyateira and Great Britain     – The Church of Constantinople (Greek Archdiocese)
• The Deanery of the United Kingdom and Ireland – The Church of Antioch
• The Metropolis of Western Europe and the Mediterranean – The Church of Romania
• The Diocese of Western and Central Europe – The Church of Bulgaria

Orthodox Media & Information

• Ancient Faith Radio – Orthodox music, programmes, and downloads
• Orthotracts – videos and podcasts from ACORN
• Orthodox Christian Network – Orthodox video, radio, and podcasts
• The Saint Innocent Press – publishers of the annual liturgical calendar.
• Interfax Religion
• Orthodox England
• DECR – The Department for External Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church
• Pravoslavie.ru
• Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk
• The Orthodox Christian Information Centre
• English Liturgy – a directory of churches with services entirely or mostly in English
• The Saint George Orthodox Information Service
• The Saint John Cassian Press – liturgical resources from Hieromonk Aidan of the ROCOR Eastern American Diocese.
• The Saint John Cassian Press – publishers of Orthodox Outlook.
• The Saint John of Kronstadt Press – an invaluable source of liturgical and other resources
• The Chrysostom Press – making Orthodox classics available in English
• The Friends of Mount Athos
• International Orthodox Christian Charities
• OrthodoxWiki
• Orthodox Christianity – links

Orthodox Education

‘Virtually all know the words of this psalm and they continue to sing it at every age, without knowing, however, the sense of what has been said. This is not a small charge, to sing something every day, putting forth words from the mouth, without searching out the meaning of the thoughts residing in the words.’ – St John Chrysostom

• The Orthodox Church in the UK
• The Mystery of Faith – a catechism
• Orthodox Christianity for Absolute Beginners
• The Orthodox Fellowship of St John the Baptist
• Orthodox Education – resources and ideas for work with children
• Holy Trinity Seminary
• The Orthodox Pastoral School – run by the Diocese of Mid-America
• The University of Wales, Lampeter
• The Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies
• E-Quip – diploma in Orthodox theology
• The University of Joensuu – diploma and degree correspondence courses

Music and Liturgical Resources

‘Just as the Angels stand with great fear and chant their hymns to the Creator, likewise should we stand in psalmody’ – St Ephraim the Syrian

• Te Deum – ensemble specialises in the Russian choral a capella tradition both sacred and secular.
• The St Romanos the Melodist Society – a superb selection of music in English, including the full provision for Saturday Vespers, among other things
• Liturgical Music – a collection of music in English, reflecting general ROCOR usage
• Podoben.com – a collection of sheet music in English and Slavonic, with accompanying MIDI files
• Orthodox Chant in English – from the Hermitage of the Holy Cross
• OCA Diocese of the West – more liturgical sheet music in English
• Orthodox Two-Part Liturgical Music
• The Divine Music Project
• Music from the OCA Monastery of St John of San Francisco
• The Ponomar Project – a liturgical and musical goldmine
• Liturgical Texts and Resources – an invaluable guide compiled by Priest John Whiteford of the Chicago diocese.
• The Dynamic Horologion and Psalter
• The Psalter in the translation of Archimandrite Lazarus (Moore)
• The General Menaion in English
• The Sunday Octoechos in English
• The Complete Octoechos in Slavonic (files are in .pdf format)
• Services to the Saints of Britain – a collection of liturgical material for the Saints of the British Isles, including the Service for the Feast of All Saints of Britain
• A Synaxarion
• The Orthodox Electronic Publishing Society – online Slavonic tutorials
• Notes for Readers (.pdf)
• A Handbook for Church Servers
• Rubrics for Hierarchical Services
• The Order of Divine Services – excerpts from the valuable book on which many have come to rely
• Ustav – a Yahoo group for discussion of matters liturgical
• Occidentalis – a collection of Western Rite resources, by Hieromonk Aidan of the Eastern American diocese

Spiritual and Devotional Resources

‘When the day is over, the vendor sits down and counts his profits, but the worker of virtue does so when the psalmody is over.’ – St John Climacus

• Orthodox Prayer
• The Morning Offering – daily readings and thoughts
• Occasional Prayers
• The Jordanville Prayer Book
• The Old Jordanville Prayer Book – the translation of Archimandrite Lazarus
• God is Wonderful in His Saints
• Daily Lives of the Saints of Britain
• Lives of some Female Saints
• The Western Saints Icon Project
• Holy Virgin Cathedral, San Francisco – request oil from the shrine of St John
• MP3 downloads of Father Seraphim
• Monachos.net
• Death to the World
• Orthodox Photos
• Bishop Alexander of Buenos Aires – A compendium of writings by Bishop Alexander and others.  (Vladyka Alexander, the webmaster, reposed in the Lord in 2005.  This website is an archive only.)
• The Sorrowful Epistles of Metropolitan Philaret
• The Prologue of Ochrid
• The Saint Pachomius Library

Shrines and other Places of Pilgrimage

‘Britain will only become Orthodox when she once again begins to venerate her Saints.’ – St Arsenios of Cappadocia

• Orthodox Ireland Pilgrimages
• Orthodox Tours – organising pilgrimages to Orthodox holy sites around the world.
• Walsingham – the site of an apparition of the Mother of God.  The Anglican shrine hosts the Orthodox chapel of the Life-Giving Fount.
• Ladyewell – a place of pilgrimage since at least the 8th century, Ladyewell has a holy well and a shrine run by the Roman Catholic church. Orthodox pilgrimages can be arranged by contacting the shrine administrators.
• Lindisfarne – the monastic Holy Island of Lindisfarne was the home of Ss Aidan, Cuthbert, Colman, and countless others.
• St Melangell’s Shrine – the shrine church of St Melangell, Powys, Wales.
• Iona – home to Ss Columcille, Blaithmaic, and numerous others.
• Saint Werburgh’s Shrine – the restored shrine of the Holy Abbess Werburgh is at the east end of Chester cathedral.  Unfortunately, outside of service times, there is a charge for admission to the cathedral.
• Saint Eadward’s Shrine – The relics of the holy martyr King Eadward may be venerated at the St Edward monastery at Brookwood. If visiting outside of service times, please contact the monastery beforehand to make the necessary arrangements.
• Saint Bertram’s Shrine – the shrine of St Bertram, King of Mercia.  There is an annual Orthodox pilgrimage in August organised by the parish of St Michael, Audley.
• Tombs of Ss Cuthbert of Lindisfarne and Bede the Venerable – both tombs are located within Durham cathedral. To arrange group pilgrimages, contact the cathedral’s e-mail address for general enquiries.
• Relics of St Audrey – The incorrupt hand of St Etheldreda (Audrey) may be venerated in St Etheldreda’s Roman Catholic church.
• Lichfield Cathedral – there is a reconstructed shrine on the former site of the relics of St Chad.