March 25, 2011
Washington: The Lenten Retreat and Pastoral Conference concluded
On
Wednesday, March 3, upon completion of the
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts,
a farewell banquet and official closing of the conference were held
in the parish hall of St. John the Baptist Cathedral. Farewell
addresses were delivered by the Eastern American Diocesan vicar
bishops, Their Graces, George of Mayfield and Jerome of Manhattan,
as well as diocesan secretary Archpriest Serge Lukianov and
cathedral rector Archpriest Victor Potapov. In gratitude for his
visit to the conference and his lecture on the life and labors of
St. Seraphim of Sarov, Bishop George presented Priest George
Pavlovich with an icon of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of
Russia with a commemorative plaque. For his earnest labors over the
course of the whole conference, His Grace presented parish chef
Mikhail Vladimirovich Kolosov with an icon of St. Euphrosynos of
Palestine (the patron saint of cooks) with a commemorative plaque,
and also honored those volunteers who donated their time in the
kitchen.
On behalf of His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, Bishop George
presented the parish of St. John the Baptist with a certificate of
appreciation then thanked cathedral rector Archpriest Victor Potapov
and all those who took part in making the conference a success. The
conference officially closed with a thanksgiving moleben in the
cathedral. The clergymen of the Eastern American Diocese then
departed for their parishes, praising and thanking the Lord for a
successful conference and for the chance to partake of Christ’s Holy
Mysteries from one Chalice with their brothers.
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