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June 6, 2011
Tampa, FL: The First Hierarch of ROCOR and the Administrator of the
Patriarchal Parishes in the USA concelebrated the Divine Liturgy in
St. Gregory’s Church
On
Monday, June 6, at the invitation of the Administrator of the
Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, His Eminence Justinian, Archbishop
of Naro-Fominsk, the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church
Outside of Russia, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern
America & New York, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in St. Gregory
Theologian Church in Tampa, FL, while paying an archpastoral visit
to parishes of the Eastern American Diocese in Florida. The
hierarchs were co-served by a multitude of clergy from the
Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and the Russian Church Abroad.
During the Liturgy, Archbishop Justinian tonsured longtime St.
Gregory’s parish acolyte Maxim Kasiatori a reader.
Upon completion of the divine service, Archbishop Justinian greeted
the First Hierarch, expressing his gratitude for the joy of their
joint prayer in the church. Archbishop Justinian also presented
Metropolitan Hilarion with a collection of icons belonging to ROCOR,
which at one time were given over by one priest to the temporary
custody of the rector of St. Gregory’s Church in Tampa, Archpriest
Steven Sunderland.
In turn, the First Hierarch thanked Archbishop Justinian for his
invitation to concelebrate the Liturgy, and expressed his
appreciation to Fr. Steven and Matushka Justina for preserving the
holy icons entrusted to them.
