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laborday.lg.jpg (63126 bytes)September 7, 2009
Jordanville: Celebrating the Feast Day of St. Job of Pochaev in Holy Trinity Monastery

September 5 and 6 marked the "little" feast day of Holy Trinity Monastery, whose lower church is named in honor of St. Job of Pochaev, whose memory is traditionally greatly celebrated at the monastery on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. The divine services were led by Bishop George of Mayfield, co-served by a multitude of diocesan and monastery clergy.

02.jpg (28080 bytes)The feast began on Saturday at 3:00 PM, when the clergy and pilgrims gathered at Holy Trinity Cathedral. From there, all departed with a crucession to the monastery's cemetery church to greet the Icon of the Pochaev Mother of God. Following this, and upon returning to Holy Trinity Cathedral, an akathist to St. Job was sung by the people, before an icon of the Mother of God and the great God-pleaser. At 7:00 PM, after a spiritually and physically satisfying dinner in the monastery refectory, the All-Night Vigil was served, greatly beautified by the singing of the monastery choir, under the direction of Hieromonk Roman (Krassovsky).

03.jpg (68190 bytes)On Sunday, September 6, the greeting of Bishop George took place at 9:00 AM, to the mellifluous ringing of monastery bells. During the reading of the Sixth Hour, His Grace tonsured seminarian Sergei Jakubov to the rank of reader, and during the Little Entrance awarded Deacon Andrei Rudenko the right to wear a double orarion. Due to the high quantity of pilgrims, the people communed from two chalices. In his sermon, Bishop George spoke on the life of St. Job and his works, especially the printing of books. Vladyka reminded everyone, that a very important aspect of life at Holy Trinity Monastery is found in the publishing of spiritual materials by the Publishing House of St. Job (whose feast day it was) for the good of the faithful. Vladyka herein urged the faithful to engage in spiritual reading, without which salvation becomes much more difficult to achieve. The archpastor explained that the Church, in the words of the ever-memorable Archbishop Nikon, is a great Teacher, which "teaches Her children how to live and how to die." At the end of the Liturgy, a crucession proceeded around the cathedral. 

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After the Liturgy, a bountiful luncheon was offered to all the pilgrims, after which all were allowed to walk around the monastery, visit the bookstore, or just sit in the shade of the trees until 4:00 PM, when a new tombstone was blessed in the monastery cemetery for Bishop Mitrofan (Znosko-Borovsky), who reposed in 2002. 

 


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