Recently the Eastern American Diocese of ROCOR has been posting some excellent video presentations. On Saturday, March 24, on the eve of the Sunday of St. John Climacus, several members of the Diocesan Youth Choir gathered in Howell, NJ to attend discussions and sing at the divine services together, in the presence of His Grace, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Jerome of Manhattan, and the Protectress of the Russian Diaspora, the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God.

Upon completion of the Liturgy for the Departed, a spiritually instructive discussion on leading a healthy Christian spiritual life was held with the youth by Archpriest John Moses (rector of All Saints of North America Church in Middlebrook, VA). The Diocesan Media Office recorded the discussion and the question-and-answer session following it.

http://eadiocese.org/News/2012/may/youthseminar.en.htm

Alexandr

With the blessing of the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, the Diocesan Media Office has published an English-language version of the lecture by Protopresbyter Valery Lukianov on homiletics entitled – "The Fountain of Living Water."

The lecture was recorded on March 6, 2012 in the parish library of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Lakewood, NJ, as part of the Pastoral Resources Program (PRP), which has as its goal providing similar lectures and seminars to the clergy and faithful of the whole Church Abroad.

In his lecture, Fr. Valery – the senior-most cleric of the Russian Church Abroad ‒ drawing on authoritative sources and his own 49 years of experience as a pastor, answered a range of questions relating to the preparation and successful delivery of a sermon. After the lecture, Fr. Valery answered listeners’ questions, including ones submitted via Facebook. "The Fountain of Living Water" is a valuable resource for clergymen hoping to better learn the art of homiletics.

The lecture was translated into English by Reader Gregory Levitsky, who also voiced the English version of the film.

With God’s help, and thanks to the support of the Fund for Assistance to ROCOR, the Diocesan Media Office hopes to publish many similar videos in the coming months.

The lecture and discussion that followed can be viewed in English in their entirety below.

http://eadiocese.org/News/2012/may/homiletics.en.htm

Alexandr,

I was very impressed with both these presentations - particularly the one directed at youth (ah, to again be a youth )

Many years,

Neil