About the Foundation

With the blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion of New York and Eastern America, a foundation dedicated to the memory of Father Joseph (Isaac) Lambertsen has been formed. During the course of his life, Father Joseph translated into English the entire Menaion (twelve volumes), the Pentecostarion, and the Octoechos, along with many other liturgical texts, akathist hymns, and lives of the saints. He also composed a number of liturgical services, especially for the new hieromartyrs of Russia and the saints of the British Isles. Many of these works were published by the Saint John of Kronstadt Press. Isaac Lambertsen reposed in January of 2017, not long after taking monastic vows with the name Joseph (in honor of Saint Joseph the Hymnographer). Father Gregory Williams, editor- in-chief of the Saint John of Kronstadt Press, had reposed a few months earlier, in September of 2016.

The Father Joseph Lambertsen Foundation intends to undertake the labor of continuing the translation work started by Father Joseph and the publication work of the Saint John of Kronstadt Press. In addition to the translation, editing, and publication of liturgical and other ecclesiastical texts, the Foundation is resolved to encourage others in the salvific work of translating and authoring liturgical and hagiographical texts in English. To this end, the Foundation expects to conduct a biennial translation and hymnograpy conference and offer the Stallman-Pacitti and Lambertsen Translation Awards.