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UKASE June
10/23, 2009 To
all rectors and clergy of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Deaneries Dear
in the Lord father rector, priests and deacons, Friday,
July 17, 2009 will mark the 91st anniversary of the martyrdom
of the Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia. On this day, festivities in honor
of the Holy Royal Martyrs will be held at St. George’s Church in
Freewood Acres (www.stnicholasredbank.com). On Thursday evening at 6:00
PM, the relics of the royal family will be greeted, after which an
All-Night Vigil with an akathist to Tsar-martyr Nicholas II will
commence. On Friday, July 17, the Divine Liturgy will be served by a
multitude of clergy from across the diocese, led by Their Graces Bishops
George and Jerome. After the liturgy, a procession with the holy relics
will be held, as well as a luncheon in the Kuban Cossack Voisko hall.
During the luncheon, a unique montage, dedicated to the life and
suffering of the Holy Royal Martyrs, will be presented. The Cossack
museum will also be open for all visitors. The
national celebration of St. Vladimir’s Day will take place this year
on Sunday, July 26, at St. Vladimir Memorial Church in Jackson, NJ (www.stvladimirnj.org).
On Saturday, July 25, a liturgy for the departed will be served in
memory of all of the founders and builders of this most important and
historic church, dedicated to the memory of the 1000 year anniversary of
the Baptism of Russia. The Liturgy will begin at 9:00 AM in the lower
church of the Protection of the Holy Theotokos, where the ever-memorable
Archbishops Vitaly and Nikon are encrypted. At 5:00 PM the same day the
greeting of our First Hierarch will take place, followed by an All-Night
Vigil. On
Sunday, July 26, the great and holy icon of the Pochaev Mother of God
will arrive from Holy Trinity Monastery for the beginning of the Diving
Liturgy, which is to start at 9:30 AM with the greeting of His Eminence,
Metropolitan Hilarion. After the Liturgy, a procession and blessing of
the water will take place, followed by a festive banquet. All those who
wish to take part in the banquet, please contact Fr. Serge Ledkovsky by
phone at (315) 868-2548. It
is incumbent upon all of the rectors and clergy of parishes in the 1st,
2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Deaneries to cancel services on these days and
take part in these festivities with their flock and fellow clergy. The
days on which we commemorate the Holy Royal Martyrs and St. Vladimir are
days of national Russian unity, and it is the duty of all clergymen and
of the Russian people to take prayerful and brotherly part in them.
+ Jerome, Bishop
of Manhattan Vicar
of the E.A. Diocese Archpriest Serge
Lukianov PS:
We ask that clergy bring with them red vestments for the feastday of the
Royal Martyrs, and white vestments for St. Vladimir’s Day. PPS: For those clergy who need hotel accommodations, please contact Radisson Hotel of Freehold. The hotel’s contact information is as follows: (732) 780-3870 – 50 Gibson Place, Freehold, NJ 07728; website: www.radisson.com/freeholdnj.
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