March 23, 2011
Sydney: A Message from the First Hierarch of the Russian Church
Abroad to participating clergy of the Eastern American Diocesan
Lenten Conference & Pastoral Conference, and their spouses
My brother-archpastors, reverend fathers, brothers and sisters!
From faraway Australia, I call down God’s grace on the labors of the
Lenten Retreat and Pastoral Conference, which is currently taking
place under the aegis of the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God
and the holy auspices of St. John the Baptist Cathedral, which for
so many years has beautifully adorned the capital of the United
States. I prayerfully wish that blessed success, spiritual aid, and
comfort are the fruits of your gatherings, meetings, and especially
your joint service and communing.
May this conference and the prayerful interaction of the clerics of
the Eastern American Diocese and their spouses fortify and renew
your internal strength, unto the continuation of the labor of the
fast, which is to culminate in the radiant festival of Christ’s
Resurrection, and unto service to His Holy Church!
With abiding love in the Lord and asking your holy prayers,
+ HILARION,
Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York,
First
Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad
Media Office of the Eastern American
Diocese
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