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God has planted the seed of Orthodoxy in Norwich, Connecticut with the Orthodox Church of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia. We are a small, active community with members from a rich variety of backgrounds and cultures. Our Orthodox Faith is the source of our strength and the focus of our efforts. We are blessed to be a community that is close and caring. There is usually something  going on "up on the hill " that people get involved with.

As we celebrate our tenth anniversary, we pray that God will permit us to continue to be a "small island amidst the vain world, an island of hope and salvation." ( Archbishop Vikenty )

Three years ago Holy New Martyrs Church relocated from the Norwich Grange building to its countryside spot at 364 Canterbury Turnpike in Norwich. The parish purchased a section of the Tarryk farm. The present building which has been erected on the hill top is the parish center. The chapel in our parish center has been serving us adequately but, as we have continued to grow, the need for a real church building becomes increasingly obvious.  It is the hope of the parish to embark upon the construction of the church in the next five years

We would also like to make a memorial tribute in the names of parish members who have departed during the last year.

An opportunity has risen. The craftsman, who made the cupola and cross for the Optina Elders Chapel, has offered his services once again to our church. We would like to add the cupolas above the portico, as the design plans indicate, which will further add beauty to our parish center.

Have fun visiting our site and feel free to contact us should you have any questions. If you’re traveling through New England… stop in and visit!  You will always be welcomed here.

Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia Pray To God For Us!

It is our hope that, despite the economic difficulties being felt by us all, we might together gather the funds needed to honor these members of our community.

Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad Elected New Patriarch of Moscow 

Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad has been elected the new head of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Council, which comprised clergymen, monks and laymen, announced on Tuesday the results of the voting for the post of Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia.  MORE...

Bishop's Residence

Important Announcement Concerning the Residence of Bishop-Elect George

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Repose of Patriarch Alexei

NEW YORK: December 5, 2008
His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion Expresses His Condolences On the Repose of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia MORE...


Solzhenitsyn

Aleksander Solzhenitsyn is dead at 89

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose stubborn, lonely and combative literary struggles gained the force of prophecy as he revealed the heavy afflictions of Soviet Communism in some of the most powerful works of fiction and history written in the 20th century, died late Sunday in Russia, his son Yermolai said early Monday in Moscow. He said the cause was a heart condition. He was 89.   MORE…

 


 

THE FILM “THE FALL OF AN EMPIRE—THE LESSON OF BYZANTIUM”



Updates

Photo Album Update - November 16th Concert - Holy Myrrhbearers Women’s Choir

On this Sunday afternoon, November 16th, in a sparsely attended hall, heavenly sounds could be heard on Canterbury Turnpike in Norwich

View pictures from the Holy Myrrhbearers Womens Choir Concert


Photo Album Update - 11th Annual Fall Festival and Russian Bazaar

View the pictures from our 11th Annual Fall Festival and Russian Bazaar


Library Update - 23 August 2008

Life of the Holy New Martyr Alexei Elnatsky


Library Update - 27 June 2008

The Life of the Venerable abd God-bearing Miracleworker, Father Leonty, Archimandrite of Mikhailovskoe





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