April 15, 2010
Thomas
Sunday in the Eastern American Diocese
On
Thomas Sunday, April 11, litanies for the departed were served in
cemeteries across the Eastern American Diocese. His Grace Jerome,
Bishop of Manhattan, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the main
monastery church of the Dormition
Convent "Novo-Diveevo." His Grace was co-served by the
monastery clergy, in the presence of a great multitude of pilgrims and
worshipers. After the Liturgy, Vladyka led a procession to the
cemetery, were a Litany for the Departed was served.
On
Saturday, April 10, Divine Liturgy was served in Washington, DC, in
the parish Chapel of the Iveron Montreal Icon of the Mother of God at
Rock Creek Cemetery. On Sunday, April 11, Divine Liturgy was served in
Jackson, NJ, in the Chapel
of St. John the Baptist. The Liturgy was celebrated by chapel
rector and diocesan secretary Archpriest Serge Lukianov, co-served by
Priest Jonah Campbell and Deacon Leonid Roschko. The priests of the
New Jersey Deanery then served litanies at the graves of the departed,
including one at the Cossack memorial for all reposed Cossacks. That
same day, in Methuen, MA, the Liturgy was served in St.
Xenia’s Church by the rector, Priest Michael Crowley, after
which litanies were served at Sts. Peter & Paul Cemetery, which is
located next to the church.
Bishop
Jerome’s service in Novo-Diveevo
Divine
Liturgy at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington
Divine
Liturgy at St. Vladimir Cemetery in Jackson
Commemoration
of the departed at Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery in Methuen
Media Office of the Eastern
American Diocese
