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December 2, 2010
Washington, DC: Archbishop Justinian celebrated the Divine Liturgy in St. John the Baptist Cathedral

As reported by the official site of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, on Sunday, November 28, by invitation of cathedral rector Archpriest Victor Potapov and with the blessing of the First Hierarch of ROCOR, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, the Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, His Eminence Justinian, Archbishop of Naro-Fominsk, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Washington, DC.

His Eminence was co-served by cathedral rector Archpriest Victor Potapov, Igumen Nicodemus (Balyasnikov), Assistant to Archbishop Justinian, Hieromonk Alexander (Frizzell; cleric of Holy Cross Monastery), and parish clerics Priest Alexander Resnikoff and Protodeacon Leonid Mickle.

Upon completion of the Liturgy, Archbishop Justinian addressed the gathered faithful with a sermon dedicated to the spiritual labors of St. Paisius Velichkovsky, whose memory the Church was celebrating that day. His Eminence also congratulated Fr. Victor with his recent namesday, presenting him with a jeweled cross.

 

Photos courtesy of the official website of the Patriarchal Parishes in America
www.russianchurchusa.com

Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese