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August
1, 2009
Sea Cliff, NY:
Metropolitan Hilarion celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St. Seraphim's
Church
On
Saturday, August 1, on the feast of the Finding of the Relics of St.
Seraphim of Sarov, His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch
of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, celebrated the Divine Liturgy
in St. Seraphim's Church in Sea Cliff, NY, in honor of the parish
feast day. His Eminence was co-served by a multitude of clergy in the
presence of many faithful. After the Divine Liturgy, a procession
around the church was held, after which His Eminence blessed a new
icon on the high place of the altar. This icon is the first of many
which will adorn the walls of St. Seraphim's Church as part of a
unique iconography project, dedicated to the millennial path of the
Russian Orthodox Church, from the baptism of Russia to the signing of
the Act of Canonical Communion, which reunited the two parts of the
Russian Church. A gramota
from the Metropolitan was then awarded to the parish sisterhood, led
by head sister A.N. Ryl, for their zealous work in the Holy Church. A plentiful luncheon was held on the parish grounds,
during which congratulatory remarks were offered to the parish and its
rector, Archpriest Serafim Gan, who is celebrating his namesday today.
Photo-report
of the feast day.
Click here
for more photographs from the parish website.
Media
Office of the Eastern American Diocese
See
also:
August
1, 2009
Sea
Cliff, NY: A Sermon by His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, First
Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, in St. Seraphim's
Church on the parish feast day
