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November
16,
2010
Red Bank,
NJ: Metropolitan Hilarion led the celebrations in honor of the 60th
anniversary of St. Nicholas Church
On
Sunday, November 14, parishioners marked the 60th anniversary of the
founding of St.
Nicholas Church in Red Bank, NJ. On Saturday evening, parish
rector Archpriest Serge Lukianov led the All-Night Vigil, co-served by
parish clergy Priest Jonah Campbell and Deacon Leonid Roschko, as well
as Deacon Paul Drozdowski (cleric of St. Vladimir Memorial Church in
Jackson, NJ). Before the start of the Vigil, a panihida was served for
all of the past rectors, builders, and parishioners of St. Nicholas
Church.
On Sunday morning,
the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, His Eminence
Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, celebrated the
Divine Liturgy. His Eminence was co-served by the above-mentioned
clergy, as well as Archpriest Philip Petrovsky (rector of Holy Virgin
Protection English Mission in Jackson) and Archdeacon Eugene Burbelo
(cleric of the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign).
During the Small
Entrance, the Metropolitan awarded Fr. Jonah the right to wear the
nabedrennik, and Fr. Leonid the right to wear the double orarion, for
their ardent service to the Holy Church.
Present during the
Liturgy was Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna, who stood alongside scout
representatives of the St. Alexander Nevsky Division of St. George
Pathfinders of America.
At
the end of the service, the First
Hierarch congratulated parishioners on the significant occasion of
the 60th anniversary of the parish’s founding, and presented the
rector with a Synodal gramota for the whole parish. Mayor Pasquale
Menna then greeted the First Hierarch on the occasion of his
archpastoral visit to Red Bank, and congratulated parishioners with
this joyous milestone. On behalf of the local government, Mr. Menna
presented the parish with a congratulatory proclamation. Also read was
a greeting
from the Dean of New Jersey, Protopresbyter Valery Lukianov.
Upon completion of
the Liturgy, a bountiful luncheon was offered in the hall of the local
Holy Nativity Catholic Church, during which many warm words and
greetings were expressed. During the luncheon, a photomontage of the
parish’s history was presented.
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