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December 22, 2010
Columbus, OH: The Kursk Root Icon visited Annunciation Greek Cathedral

With the blessing of the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, on Monday, December 20, the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God visited Annunciation Greek Cathedral in Columbus, OH. The icon’s guardian, Eastern American Diocesan secretary Archpriest Serge Lukianov, led the moleben and akathist, co-served by cathedral dean Archpriest Michael Kontos, Schema-Archimandrite Nicholas (Hughes; rector of St. Theodore House skete in Galion, OH), Archpriest Athanasius Dresdow (rector of St. Barnabas the Apostle Mission in Sunbury, OH), and parish cleric Priest Panteleimon Maillis. Also praying in church was Priest James Sizemore, cleric of St. Gregory of Nyssa Church in Columbus.

 

Upon completion of the moleben, Fr. Serge presented Fr. Michael with a copy of the Kursk Icon with a commemorative plaque on behalf of Metropolitan Hilarion, in memory of the wonder-working icon’s visit to Columbus. Refreshments were then offered in the parish hall, and a unique photomontage of the wonderworking icon’s return to Russia in 2009 presented.

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