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Official Statements, Speeches, Addresses, and Sermons

His Beatitude Metropolitan Theodosius

Former Primate of the Orthodox Church in America

December 1, 2002

The path to autocephaly and beyond: “Miles to go before we sleep”

2002 Seminary Appeal

The Feast of Pascha

Exhortation to His Grace, the Right Reverend NIKOLAI on the occasion of his installation as Bishop of Sitka and Alaska

Installation of Bishop Nikolai as Bishop of Sitka and Alaska

2002 Mission Appeal

The Beginning of Great Lent

January 20, 2002

Sanctity of Life Sunday 2002

December 25, 2001

The Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord

February 1, 2001

2001 Mission Appeal

December 25, 2000

The Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord

The Feast of Pascha

The Beginning of Great Lent

December 25, 1999

The Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord

Address of the Primate at the Grand Banquet of the 12th All-American Council

Address of the Primate at the 12th All-American Council

Sermon delivered by the Primate on the 8th Sunday after Pentecost at the 12th All-American Council

Patriarch Ignatius welcomed to the United States

Seminary Commencement

Statement on the Tragedy in Littleton, CO

Great and Holy Thursday

The Feast of Pascha

Opening of the Aleut Exhibit UNANGAX: People of the Sea

The Beginning of Great Lent

February 28, 1999

Sunday of Orthodoxy

January 30, 1999

The Feast of the Three Hierarchs

January 17, 1999

Sanctity of Life Sunday 1999

December 25, 1998

The Feast of the Nativty of Our Lord

November 1, 1998

The 25th Anniversary of the Founding of St. Herman Orthodox Theological Seminary

October 30, 1998

The Assembly of the Diocese of Alaska

October 4, 1998

Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in Connecticut Annual Banquet

September 1, 1998

The Beginning of the Ecclesiastical New Year

The Feast of St. John the Baptist / Summer Institute

Pastoral Life Ministry Conference

Greeting on the Arrival of His Holiness, Patriarch ILIIA II

The Feast of Pascha

Sunday of Orthodoxy Vespers

The Beginning of Great Lent

January 18, 1998

Sanctity of Life Sunday 1998

December 25, 1997

The Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord

October 4, 1997

Orthodox Education Day

September 1, 1997

The Beginning of the Ecclesiastical New Year

August 26, 1997

Bicentennial Celebration of the Birth of St. Innocent of Alaska

The Return of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Hebron to the Russian Orthodox Church

93rd Annual Memorial Day Pilgrimage

St. Tikhon’s Seminary Commencement

Homily before Seminary Commencement

St. Vladimir’s Seminary Commencement

The Feast of Pascha

The Beginning of Great Lent

January 20, 1997

Letter to the President of the United States

December 25, 1996

The Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord

October 5, 1996

Orthodox Education Day

October 4, 1996

Letter to the Turkish Ambassador to the United States on the Bombing at the Ecumenical Patriarchate

October 1, 1996

Letter to His All-Holiness, Patriarch Bartholomew I on the Bombing at the Ecumenical Patriarchate

September 20, 1996

Greetings to Archbishop Spyridon from Metropolitan Theodosius and Bishop Innocent

September 1, 1996

The Beginning of the Ecclesiastical New Year

August 29, 1996

Letter to His All-Holiness, Patriarch Bartholomew I on the Ecclesiastical New Year and Situation in

The Feast of Pascha

The Beginning of Great Lent

January 21, 1996

Sanctity of Life Sunday 1996

Discerning God’s Will: Our Spritual Life and Ministry

Response of His Grace Theodosius Bishop of Sitka and Alaska Upon Receiving the Tomos Declaring the Autocephaly of the Orthodox Church in America