by stbadmin | Jun 3, 2026 | Без рубрики
I would like to invite you to a screening of the remarkable documentary film Where Are You, Adam? — a film that many viewers describe not simply as a movie, but as a profound personal experience.
The film was shot on Mount Athos, a place that has existed for more than a thousand years as a unique monastic republic with its own laws, traditions, and way of life. To this day, women are not permitted to enter Mount Athos, and photography and filming there are strictly restricted. For this reason, the opportunity to witness the authentic daily life of one of the Athonite monasteries from the inside is truly rare.
Even more remarkable is the story behind the film’s creation. The future producer, Deacon Alexander Pliska, together with director Alexander Zaporoshchenko, spent nearly ten years regularly visiting the Dohiar Monastery, gradually earning the trust of the brotherhood and seeking their blessing to film. Once permission was granted, years of meticulous work followed. The result is a film unlike almost any other.
It is important to understand that this is not a film about Orthodoxy, not a film about monasticism, and not religious propaganda. The filmmakers are not trying to persuade anyone, prove anything, or impose any conclusions. There are no actors, no script, no staged scenes, and no narration. There is only life as it truly is.
That is precisely why the film affects people in such an unusual way. It speaks not so much to the intellect as to the inner state of the viewer. Each person sees something different in it. Some find answers to long-standing questions, while others begin to reflect on things for which they had never before found the time.
Another unique aspect of the film is that it cannot simply be found online or streamed on popular platforms. Screenings are organized directly by the filmmakers, who present the film in cinemas, cultural centers, and parishes around the world.
Audiences often respond very emotionally: they laugh, they cry, and many remain long after the screening has ended, discussing what they have seen. This happens among people of all backgrounds, professions, and beliefs.
Perhaps the reason is that the film’s central question is addressed not to monks, but to every human being:
“Where Are You, Adam?”
Trailer:
by stbadmin | Aug 26, 2018 | Без рубрики
Today, on August 25-th 2018 our parish has received the relics of Saint John Maximovich!
We have been waiting for this event to happen for many years….
From now on we will have his holy relics remain in our church all the time.
Glory be to God!
O Holy Hierarch John pray unto God for us!
by stbadmin | Apr 5, 2018 | Без рубрики
The Hours and Confessions start at 9:30 am on Sunday. There is lunch after the Liturgy.
by stbadmin | Apr 5, 2018 | Без рубрики
Saturday 7:00 Pm – Matins
On the Eve of Liturgy – Vigil Service is held. If you want to receive Holy Communion during Liturgy – you must attend the Vigil, as well.
by stbadmin | Jan 23, 2018 | Без рубрики
People of the parish needed spiritual leadership in order to organize parish life better and straighten it by the Holy Sacraments and Liturgical Services on a regular basis. During last year the Sisterhood of the parish was formed, consisting of the devote members, who regularly take care of the Church, cleaning and beautifying it with fresh flowers; sewing sets of vestments, printing monthly church bulletin, etc. Our liturgical language is Church Slavonic, but we include some English in our services, as well.
