All Saints of North America
On the second Sunday after Pentecost, the Church commemorates all saints of the local land. Here in the United States, we celebrate the Feast of All Saints of North America. Here in North America, God has blessed us with such a bountiful harvest of saints who have grown in the North American Lands. North America has produced saints who were both born in the region and those who immigrated to it. The vineyard of North America has been fertilized by the blood of both converts and cradle-born Orthodox martyrs, native born and foreign-born martyrs.
Today, we celebrate those who have brought the Orthodox faith to North America and all of those who have labored in the North American Vineyard. This year, we are even blessed to have a new North American Saint to join our celebration, Saint Olga of Alaska, officially glorified as a saint yesterday.
All saints of North America, pray for us!