December 23, 2011
Mebane, NC: Metropolitan Hilarion visited Holy Trinity Church

On Friday the 16th and Saturday the 17th of December, as part of a visit to North Carolina, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, visited Holy Trinity Church in Mebane.

On December 17, His Eminence celebrated the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, co-served by Archpriest Anastasy Yatrelis (rector of Sts. Cyril & Methodius Church in Summerville, SC), Archpriest Alexander Logunov (rector of the Reigning Mother of God Church in Charlotte, NC), rector Hieromonk Gabriel (Kvasnikov), Priest Alexandre Antchoutine (rector of the Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God in Glen Cove, NY), and Protodeacon Dimitri Temidis (cleric of Holy Virgin Protection Church in Nyack, NY).

Before the beginning of the Divine Liturgy, His Eminence tonsured Aleksandr Andreev, the parish choir director, a reader. During the Small Entrance, His Eminence awarded Archpriest Anastasy Yatrelis the palitsa for his faithful service to the church.

At the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, His Eminence awarded diocesan gramotas to Ivan and Lydia Dolgov, two of the original founders of Holy Trinity Church, and to Rodion Kornienko, the parish Starosta, for their labors.

Following the conclusion of the fellowship meal, His Eminence departed for Charlotte.

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