October 1, 2014
New York City: Exaltation of the Lord’s Cross in Synodal Cathedral of the Sign

On Friday, September 26, on the eve of the great feast of the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord, the All-Night Vigil and Rite of Elevation of the Cross in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City was led by His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, co-served by His Grace, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan.

On the very day of the feast, Saturday, September 27, Bishop Nicholas celebrated the Divine Liturgy. At both services, the hierarchs were co-served by cathedral clergy: senior priest Archpriest Andrei Sommer, Hieromonk Eutychius (Dovganyuk), Protodeacons Nicolas Mokhoff and Vadim Gan, Deacons Nazari Fataliev and Dionysius Lvov. Upon completion of the Liturgy, Bishop Nicholas addressed the faithful with a sermon on the meaning of the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord.

Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese