Fund for Assistance to the ROCOR

Jordanville crisis update

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

New York - Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY, is in the middle of a severe financial crisis. Most of its infrastructure is extremely old and requires urgent repairs. Since October of 2012 the Fund for Assistance to ROCOR has been collecting funds to help the monastery. To date, over $182,000 has been collected.

When the last check for $35,000 arrived, FFA received a TY note from monastery treasurer Hieromonk Theophylact.

"Holy Cross Monastery - a story of survival" documentary now in Russian

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

"Holy Cross Monastery - a story of survival" is now available in Russian.

Holy Cross Monastery - a story of survival documentary

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

"Holy Cross Monastery - a story of survival" is a documentary about the life and difficulties of a small English-speaking Russian Orthodox monastic community in the mountains of West Virginia. The film shows daily life at the monastery and the far-reaching effect this small impoverished community has on the monastery's neighbors and pilgrims and even the world, as well as how donations of thousands of people, made through the Fund for Assistance, have saved the monastery at one of the most difficult times of its history in 2011-2012.