December 12, 2010
Sea Cliff, NY: Metropolitan Alexander of Astana & Kazakhstan and
Archbishop Justinian of Naro-Fominsk celebrated the Divine Liturgy
in St. Seraphim’s Church
On
Saturday, December 11, Metropolitan Alexander of Astana & Kazakhstan
and Archbishop Justinian of Naro-Fominsk, Administrator of the
Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in
St.
Seraphim’s Church in Sea Cliff, NY. Their Eminences were
co-served by parish clergy and clerics from neighboring parishes.
Present at the service was the wonder-working Kursk Root Icon of the
Mother of God.
Praying in church were dignitaries from Kursk: the deputy abbot of
the Kursk Root Hermitage, Igumen Benjamin (Korolev) and Hierodeacon
Rodion, who was traveling with him, as well as Vyacheslav N. Lysykh,
Director of
Kursk Regional Historical & Cultural Center "Root Hermitage."
Upon completion of the Liturgy, Their Eminences were greeted by
parish rector Archpriest Serafim Gan, who presented Metropolitan
Alexander with a new bishop’s staff in honor of his elevation to the
rank of metropolitan by His Holiness, Patriarch Kyrill, on July 28th
of this year. He then presented Archbishop Justinian with a staff in
honor of the 15th anniversary of his hierarchal consecration.
Metropolitan Alexander, in turn, presented Fr. Serafim with an icon
of the Holy Great Prince Alexander Nevsky in honor of his
archpastoral visit.
After the service, a luncheon was offered in the parish hall, during
church longtime parishioners Oleg G. Sampsidis and Rostislav V.
Polchaninov delivered presentations on the topic of the evacuation
of the White Russian Army and other refugees from the Crimea exactly
90 years ago.
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