November 4, 2012
Jordanville: Metropolitan Hilarion celebrated his Namesday in Holy Trinity Monastery

On Saturday, November 3, the feast day of St. Hilarion of the Caves, the namesday of the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, was celebrated in the main cathedral of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY. The Metropolitan celebrated the Divine Liturgy, co-served by monastery clergy.

Owing to damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to the Diocese, access to and movement in New York City has become very difficult. In light of this, His Eminence, cancelled his proposed namesday celebrations at the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign.

After the Liturgy, a luncheon was offered in the monastery refectory, after which monastery abbot Archimandrite Luke (Murianka) invited the Metropolitan, clergy, and guests to a reception in his office in honor of the First Hierarch’s namesday.

The editors of the official site of the Eastern American Diocese sincerely congratulate our dear Metropolitan on the occasion of his namesday. Many years to His Eminence!

Photos courtesy of Holy Trinity Monastery

Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese