Friends of Saint Nicholas Monastery ask that you join them in welcoming The Reverend Father Aleksandr Belya, a Moscow Patriarchal priest of Khust, Ukraine (near Uzhgorod), to Saint Nicholas Monastery. Father Aleksandr is a guest of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) during his month-long pilgrimage to the Orthodox places of America.

Father Aleksandr will serve Vespers on the feast of the Martyrs Theodore and his son John, the Varangians, of Kiev (983), Friday evening, July 24, at 7 p.m. Confessions will be heard in Russian or Ukrainian following Vespers. Tea will be served afterwards at Saint Andrew’s Skete, where you may speak more casually with Father Aleksandr and his host, Father Deacon Ivan of the ROCOR Saint Nicholas Mission in Bunnell, Florida. A number of the Russian faithful from this mission will be making a pilgrimage to worship with us.

The Divine Liturgy will be served on Saturday morning, July 25, at 9 a.m. Hours will begin at 8:30 and Confessions may be heard as early as 7:30 a.m. Following the Divine Liturgy, a luncheon will be served at Saint Andrew’s Skete.

For GPS mapping, services will be held in the Church of the Holy Prophet Moses located at 111 Evergreen Road, North Fort Myers, Florida, 33903. Saint Andrew’s Skete is located at 4181 Silver Sword Court, North Fort Myers, Florida, 33903.

If you are travelling a distance and require overnight accomodations, please contact me at 229-3871. Limited space is available at the Monastery.

Source: St. Nicholas Monastery