January
3, 2011
Lakewood,
NJ:
The
Kursk
Root
Icon
visited
St.
Alexander
Nevsky
Cathedral
On
Saturday evening, January 1, on the eve of the Sunday of the Holy
Fathers and the feast of St. John of Kronstadt, the wonderworking
Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God visited
St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Lakewood, NJ, for the
All-Night Vigil with akathist. The service was led by cathedral
rector Protopresbyter Valery Lukianov, co-served by diocesan
secretary Archpriest Serge Lukianov, Priest Jonah Campbell (cleric
of St. George’s Church in Howell, NJ), Priest Sergio Silva
(cathedral cleric), Protodeacon Nicholas Lukianov (cathedral
cleric), Deacon Leonid Roschko (cleric of St. George’s Church), and
Deacon Nathan Mousselli (cathedral cleric).
After the akathist, Fr. Valery delivered a sermon on our common
heavenly Mother – the Most Holy Theotokos. On behalf of ROCOR’s
First Hierarch, Fr. Serge greeted the rector and all of the
parishioners, congratulating them on the portentous occasion of the
wonderworking image’s visit to Lakewood. Everyone present was given
a copy of the Kursk Root Icon, as a blessing from Metropolitan
Hilarion.
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