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January 28, 2010
Howell, NJ: Announcement from the Diocesan Office

Dear Father Rectors and Clerics of the Eastern American Diocese,

Please bear in mind that the Eastern American Diocese Lenten retreat and pastoral conference at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Mayfield, PA, on March 1-3 of this year, is rapidly approaching. We are eagerly anticipating the arrival of Archpriest Artemy and Matushka Elena Vladimirov, who will make presentations and hold discussions during the conference. A tour of St. Tikhon’s Monastery, a photomontage of the visitation tour of the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God throughout our diocese, a presentation by Deacon Andrei Psarev, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Archbishop Vitaly’s (Maximenko) repose, and various other discussions are being prepared for you. The conference will culminate in a Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, celebrated by Metropolitan Hilarion, co-celebrated by Bishops George and Jerome. We, dear fathers and matushkas, will have an opportunity to all come together to confess our sins and approach the Holy Body and Blood of our Savior fraternally, as one family.

Everyone who has yet to register for the conference is asked to do so at their earliest convenience. If for some extraordinary reasons you are unable to participate in the conference, it is requested of you that you inform the diocesan administration beforehand; please do this by phone at (732) 961-1917 or by e-mail at eadiocese@gmail.com. God bless you.

With love in Christ,

Archpriest Serge Lukianov
Diocesan Secretary

Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese