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50th Anniversary Schedule

Friday, September 22, 2023

6:00 PM

Akafist to St. Herman of Alaska

7:00 PM

Presentation by Bishop Alexis of Sitka & Alaska:
The Alaskan Church: Past, Present & Future
with remarks by:

  • V. Rev. Mitred Archpriest Nicholas Molodyko-Harris
    Former Missionary & Founder of St. Innocent Orthodox Cathedral, Anchorage, AK
  • Innokentia Wellman
    Historian & Ethnographer, Fort Ross, CA

8:00 PM

Reception in Church Memorial Hall
Everyone is invited & encouraged to attend

Saturday, September 23, 2023

~ Eve of the Feast of Sts. Peter the Aleut & Juvenaly the Hieromonk ~

10:00 AM

Prayer Service & Toy Distribution at Nemours Children’s Hospital
Nemours Children’s Hospital – Main Lobby
600 Rockland Rd, Wilmington, DE 19803

5:00 PM

Great Vespers with Litiya

6:00 PM

Reception in Church Memorial Hall
Everyone is invited & encouraged to attend

Sunday, September 24, 2023

~ 229th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Valaam Mission to America ~
~ Feast of Sts. Peter the Aleut and Juvenaly the Hieromonk~

9:30 AM

Greeting of Metropolitan Tikhon, Entrance Prayers & Vesting

10:00 AM

Festal Hierarchical Divine Liturgy
On the 50th Anniversary of St. Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church

1-5 PM

Golden Jubilee Grand Banquet
Ballrooms at Boothwyn
1405 Meetinghouse Rd, Boothwyn, PA 19061