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Epistle Book in KJV English, published by Holy Apostles
Full Color Cover on Dust Jacket
Full Color Cover on Dust Jacket

This is the only Orthodox Epistle Book using the KJV text.

Published with the blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.

This new Epistle Book, which has been prepared over the course of twenty years, includes the Acts and the Epistles, arranged for liturgical use according to Russian Orthodox practice, with headings and rubrics in red text. An appendix includes all relevant prokeimena and readings for the whole year. The Biblical text is the King James Version. Prokeimena use the text of the Holy Transfiguration Monastery Psalter. 

Also included in the Epistle Book are:

1) traditional introductions and outlines for each book,

2) marginal markings for the sections and cell readings, and

3) a monthly calendar for the Church Year.

Order online — $70.00 (plus shipping & tax)

  • First Edition, published March 23, 2020
  • Published by Holy Apostles Orthodox Church and St. Polycarp Press
  • 8.5 x 11 in., 632 pages, headings & rubrics in red text
  • Hardcover, Linen-Wrap, with full color dust-jacket:
    • Front cover: Full color icon of Christ in Glory
    • Back cover: Full color icon of the Holy Apostles
    • Ribbon markers not included

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A Pentecost Memory
By Matushka Deborah Johnson:

Added September 6, 2024 

This booklet is a record of the experience of a priest’s wife during the Pentecost Kneeling Vespers served in Holy Apostles Orthodox Church in Beltsville, Maryland, on June 23, 2024.

“Through the eyes of my heart, I saw a stream of the departed, people whom I knew throughout my life. I saw so many, many people. The Lord brought them close to my heart, as close as He is. The stream became a river. From my lost babies, to my grandfather who committed suicide, to an untold number of departed relatives, brothers and sisters in Christ, I saw a great crowd. The border between Heaven and earth dissolved as the Lord brought me to this place.” 

$5.00  |  Holy Apostles Lulu Store  |  plus shipping & tax

Pannikhida Music Book

By Archpriest George Johnson

Spiral-Bound, Large Format, Designed for Choir Use

This book contains the complete Pannikhida, or memorial service, as contained in the "Book for Commemoration of the Living and the Dead," published by Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, New York.

Specifications
Pages: 60
Paperback Coil Bound
US Letter (8.5 x 11 in / 216 x 279 mm)

$14.95  |  Holy Apostles Lulu Store  | plus shipping & tax

Akathist to the Mother of God, by St Romanos the Melodist

 

Spiral-Bound, Large Format, Designed for Choir Use...

with over a dozen devotional hymns.

This devotional book to the Mother of God is 63 pages long, and includes the Akathist by St. Romanos the Melodist, arranged with pointed text so that it can be sung congregationally, along with musical settings (also available on the St Romanos Occasional Services page) of the following:

  • O Heavenly King,
  • Troparion to the Iveron Icon,
  • Refrains to the Mother of God,
  • To Thee, the Champion Leader (two settings),
  • It is Truly Meet (three settings),
  • O My most Blessed Queen (the prayer sung at the end of the akathist),
  • O Theotokos and Virgin (four settings),
  • Ode 9 Irmos for the Nativity of the Theotokos,
  • the Magnification for the Theotokos;
  • Rejoice Thou O Queen, Thou art the True Vine (Georgian melody),
  • Beneath thy Mercy, and
  • In Thee Rejoiceth. 


To order your copy, send a check for $15.00, made out to "St. Romanos the Melodist Society," to:

Holy Apostles Orthodox Church
PO Box 594
Beltsville, MD 20704

For multiple copies or more information, email apostlebird@aol.com.

A Church Singer's Companion
Assorted Titles:

 

For the following music books from 'A Church Singer's Companion', and additional titles, please visit our St Romanos Society Bookstore:

 

  • Part One: The All-Night Vigil  |  Volume 1: Vespers (Revised)
  • Part Three: The Paschal Cycle  |  Volume Three: Pascha
  • Part Five: Occasional Services  |  Supplement: Funeral Sticheri

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Parish History:
1995-2001
Met. Hilarion at our parish, 2016
Met. Hilarion at our parish, 2016

 

EARLY BLESSINGS

 

The blessing for the foundation of Holy Apostles Orthodox Church was given by Bishop Gabriel of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, on April 28th, 2001, on the eve of the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women, [but there was an earlier blessing from Bishop Hilarion] in the spring of 1995, for us to openly pray for and work towards the eventual establishment of the new mission parish... Read the rich and edifying early history here...

2001-2009

EARLY PARISH HISTORY

Our first house church, followed by our move to Twin Chimneys Office Park, leading up to the gift of the Historic Chapel.  Learn more here...

2009-2017

CHAPEL RESTORATION

Since 2009 we have been restoring our beautiful chapel, gifted to our parish that year by the Christian Brothers.

To date, we have received and administered grants of approximately $400,000 so far, and continue to apply for the grants as they become available.  Learn more here...

2017-2022

NEW PARISH HALL

In October 2017, after spending two days with us and our beautiful chapel campus, noted Orthodox architectural designer Andrew Gould shared with us his vision for an attractive parish hall echoing the "Queen Anne" style of our historic chapel.

For the launch of our Capital Building Fund in mid-2018 Andrew provided us with a lovely watercolor of his design, and since that time we have been fundraising and moving towards building the parish hall, raising and administering approximately $300,000 in pre-construction costs. Once we complete the parish hall, we can begin holding the divine services in it, while we continue to work on the restoration and beautification of the chapel.  Learn more here...

2023-2025

A TALE OF TWO TIMELINES

Our Dual-Timeline Display shows the progress of BOTH the Restoration & Renovation of our Historic Chapel, AND the Building Project for our New Parish Hall, projecting each out to completion.  

Get up to speed quickly with this helpful overview, and see more detailed recent updates here...  


Our Architect

ANDREW GOULD

 

Renowned Orthodox architectural designer Andrew Gould designed our parish hall and will also be involved with the design of the interior of our historic chapel.

 

Check out this special feature page with videos and more about the architect and our future parish home.


View Our Visual History

A Digital Slide Show

and

Building Project Report

 

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Holy Apostles Orthodox Church, in Beltsville, Maryland, is a parish of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR), Eastern American Diocese, founded with the purpose of bringing the Gospel and Divine Services of the Russian Orthodox Church to the people of America in the English language. We invite you to come to any of the Divine Services or events at our mission church. In 2009 we were gifted a beautiful, historic chapel and two-acre campus by the Christian Brothers. Our vision is to establish the parish in its new home, from where the parish can continue to thrive and grow as a living icon of Orthodox missions in America.


EPISTLE BOOK, published by Holy Apostles Orthodox Church

 

The only Orthodox Epistle Book using the KJV text.

Includes the Acts and the Epistles, arranged for liturgical use according to Russian Orthodox practice. An appendix features all relevant prokeimena and readings for the whole year. Rubrics, introductory notes and monthly calendar for the Church Year are also included. Hardbound with full color dust cover, 632 pages. Published by Holy Apostles Orthodox Church and St Polycarp Press.

Full info and links to order on this special page.


St Romanos the Melodist Society

 

The St. Romanos the Melodist Society produces and publishes English language music of the Russian Orthodox Church.

 

The St. Romanos website is the online extension of A Church Singer's Companion, a project started in 1998 with the blessing of Metropolitan (then Archbishop) Laurus. Inspired by the Russian Sputnik Psalomshchika, the Companion is envisioned to contain the music necessary for every service a parish choir might need to sing, while staying simple enough so that any parish choir can sing it.

The St. Romanos Society produces music in both printed and recorded formats, and conducts seminars and workshops on the proper performance of that music. The Society is a sodality of Holy Apostles Orthodox Church, Beltsville, Maryland.

To get started looking at music, proceed to the Church Singer's Companion and begin familiarizing yourself with the content. You'll find there are a few more challenging settings mixed in, marked “difficult” or “very difficult”. Audio or video examples accompany some of the music. In addition, the Introduction provides valuable advice about proper church singing and related topics.

Detailed Reviews and Endorsements by clergy and choral professionals are provided for your consideration.