September 6, 2010 Jordanville:
Metropolitan Hilarion led the celebrations in honor of St. Job of
Pochaev in Holy Trinity Monastery
Every
year in September, on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend, Holy
Trinity Monastery triumphantly celebrates the memory of the
monastery’s Father and Heavenly Intercessor, St. Job of Pochaev.
This year, the celebration of St. Job took place on September 4th and
5th.
The
divine services were led by the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox
Church Outside of Russian, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of
Eastern America and New York, co-served by Bishops Gabriel of Montreal
and Canada and George of Mayfield, and a multitude
of diocesan and monastery clergy.
On
Saturday evening, on the eve of the feast, the Kursk Root Icon of the
Mother of God arrived at the monastery. The clergy and worshipers who
had gathered at Holy Trinity Cathedral set off for the monastery
cemetery to the Dormition Church to greet the Pochaev Icon of the
Mother of God. Upon returning to the main cathedral, Bishop George led
the faithful in singing the akathist to the great God-pleaser St. Job
before the icons of the Pochaev Mother of God, the Kursk Root Mother
of God, and St. Job. The First Hierarch then led the festal All-Night
Vigil.
On
Sunday morning, to the thunderous peal of the monastery bells, the
clergy greeted Metropolitan Hilarion, after which began the festal
Divine Liturgy. During the Liturgy, the First Hierarch performed the
priestly ordination of Deacon Kevin Kalish, cleric of St. John of
Kronstadt Church in Utica, NY. Upon completion of the Liturgy, a
procession was performed around the church.
