February 5, 2011
Old Forge, PA: The Kursk Root Icon visited St. Stephen’s Church
On
Saturday afternoon, January 29, the wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of
the Mother of God visited
St. Stephen's Church in Old Forge, PA. Eastern American Diocesan
secretary Archpriest Serge Lukianov, who was accompanying the Icon,
served the moleben and akathist, co-served by parish rector Abbot
German (Ciuba), Archpriest Michael Lepa (cleric of St. Tikhon of
Zadonsk Monastery in South Canaan, PA), Archpriest Basil Micek
(rector of Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Scranton, PA), and Priest
Stephanos Shagoury (cleric of the Greek Archdiocese of America) to
the prayerful singing of the “Podoben” Male Chorus.
Upon completion of the moleben, Fr. Serge spoke to the gathered
faithful on the history, wonders, and travels of the wonderworking
icon, and then presented the rector a copy of the Kursk Root Icon
with a commemorative plaque on behalf of the First Hierarch of the
Russian Church Abroad, His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion.
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