a copy of a card from Rt. Rev. Archbishop Joann (Maximovitch) of San Francisco and the Western States

Temporal

(Letter in a box,
a copy of Archbishop John's blessing
to begin a magazine called
The Orthodox Word,
17 Sept. 1964)

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This is a copy of a card received this week from Rt. Rev. Archbishop Joann (Maximovitch) of San Francisco and the Western States.

The 12th of September of 1964, the day of St. Alexander Nevsky, at 8 in the evening the following brief statement of the Brotherhood s ideas have been read in the presence of 4 members, brothers, of the Fr. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood. After hearing the reading the 4 brothers, Rt. Rev. Hieromonk Sava (Anthony Ulrich), reader Gleb Podmoshensky, Eugene Rose and Vladimir Tenkevich, held these ideas in common:

The Fr. Herman Brotherhood

A. The Aim: —

...By glorifying Fr. Herman propagate true Orthodox spirituality by the means of  
1. — personal spiritual life  
2. — collecting, translating, printing and distributing Orthodox ascetic literature
3. — and directing this activity to all young people and others...

B. Practical approaches:

1. Bookstore for {1. distributing literature 2. gaining “holy money”     
2. Print own periodical in English language (also lectures, illustrated, etc.) 
3. Skete in wooded area to lead Orthodox ascetic life and to house a print shop.

C. Spiritual Advisor:

1. Rev. Archbishop John Maximovitch, he blessed brotherhood on St. Job of Pochaevsky day in 1963.
2. Rev. Nektary Konzevitch, he blessed the store in March, 1964.

D. Achievements:

1. Bookstore ($2500 of spiritual literature sold in a period of 1/2 year)        
2. Four brothers

E. Brothers agreement:

1. Intention to devote whole life to the service of the Holy Orthodox Apostolic Church.

F. Problems, practical

1. Need of funds for —       
a.) printing press, etc. 
b.) upkeep of the bookstore, advertisement    
c.) maintaining land property for a skete (ckutb)

2. Lack of Christian togetherness.

G. The Brotherhood Funds — donations, gifts from:

1. Rev. Gerasim Schmaltz, Alaska $25.00