February 18, 2012
Howell, NJ: Announcement from the Diocesan Office

Reverend fathers, dear brothers and sisters,

On Monday, February 20, our loving First Hierarch and ruling bishop, His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, will undergo knee replacement surgery in Australia. His Eminence sincerely asks for prayers on behalf of our entire Diocese. We ask that all rectors commemorate our ailing First Hierarch during the Proskomedia and with a special petition during the Augmented Litany.

With the blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion, in observance of the first week of Great Lent, the diocesan office will be closed February 27 to March 3. May the Lord’s help accompany each of us in these days of the Holy Great Lent.

With love in Christ,

Archpriest Serge Lukianov
Diocesan Secretary

Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese