May 12, 2012
Nyack, NY: Bishop Jerome celebrated the Liturgy in Holy Virgin
Protection Church
On
Sunday, May 6, the feast day of the holy great-martyr and
trophy-bearer George, His Grace, Eastern American Diocesan vicar
Bishop Jerome of Manhattan led the divine services at
Holy
Virgin Protection Church in Nyack, NY. Bishop Jerome carried out
the archpastoral visit in honor of the namesday of rector Archpriest
George Larin, Dean of the New England Deanery.
His Grace was co-served by the parish rector, parish cleric
Archpriest Ilya Gorsky, parish Protodeacon Dimitri Temidis,
Protodeacon Vadim Gan (cleric of the Mid-American Diocese), Deacon
Nathan Mousselli (cleric of the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign), and
Deacon George Temidis (cleric of the Nativity of the Mother of God
Church in Mahopac, NY). During the Sixth Hour, Bishop Jerome awarded
several parish altar servers the right to wear the orarion.
In his sermon, His Grace spoke on the kontakion to St. George, "God
raised you as his own:"
"In
the kontakion we hear that that a Christian life must be likened to
a fertile field; Satan places obstacles in our path, attempting to
paralyze our spiritual life and arraying our parishioners against
one another," said Bishop Jerome. "Following the example of the
Great-Martyr George, we must try to bring forth a more bountiful
harvest in the field of Christ’s Church."
In the parish hall, owing to the efforts of the parish sisterhood, a
luncheon was offered in honor of the rector and namesday celebrants.
