Hieromonk Tryphon Attends Chaplains Conference

imageHieromonk Tryphon once again attended the International Conference of Police Chaplains training at the Christian Conference Center in Canon Beach,Oregon. The week long conference is part of an ongoing training program sponsored by the ICPC that prepares police and fire chaplains to better serve their departments and their communities. This was the sixth ICPC conference for Father Tryphon, who began his service as a fire chaplain following eight years as a volunteer prison chaplain with the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe, Washington. Father Tryphon is a graduate of the Police and Fire Chaplains Academy at the Washington State Criminal Justice Center in Burien, Washington. Some eighty chaplains from the states of Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Northern California and Hawaii were in attendance.


01/11 at 04:12 PM

St Herman’s Youth Conference West

imageAbout 50 young people, along with seven priests and three deacons converged on Vashon Island for the 1st Annual St. Herman’s West Youth Conference.  image

The main part of the conference was held at Camp Burton on Vashon Island about 8 miles from the monastery.  The entire group boarded a bus and took a ferry ride to Seattle for services at St. Nicholas Cathedral on Sunday followed by a meal. 

imageEveryone gathered at the monastery for the Vigil service and the celebration of the Divine Liturgy for the Feast of St Herman of Alaska.  The conference was a grand success, and will take place again this next year.



12/27 at 01:55 PM

Icon of St Nicholas Given To The Monastery

imageAlexey Palladin, of the Seattle area, recently gifted the Monastery with this beautiful icon of St. Nicholas, painted by his cousin, Dmitry Palladin, of Moscow, Russia. The icon arrived in time for St. Nicholas Day! Dmitry completed the icon in the summer of 2007

Dmitry began his work as an iconogrpaher shortly after being baptized into the Russian Orthodox faith in 2003. He began as an apprentice, then co-author of a number of icons and currently works both individually and in partnership with other masters of the art. Dmitry considers iconography the highest form of prayer; and works in strict adherence to the traditional methods of Russian icon creation, using only the materials that have withstood the test of time.

Dmitry’s work has been commended by leading experts, including Mr. Adolf Ovchinnikov (renowned icon restoration expert from the Academy n/a Grabar’wink. One of the icons that Dmitry worked on received the high appraisal as a “distinguished example of modern professional iconography” from the Andrey Rublev Museum of Ancient Russian Culture and Art (considered the world’s leading authorities on Russian icon art). More information about Dmitry and his work can also be found on http://www.palladindv.blogspot.com/


12/27 at 01:52 PM
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