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September 7, 2011
A Message from the Chancery of the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad in connection with the 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks

Brother Archpastors, Reverend Fathers, Brothers and Sisters:

We hereby bring to the attention of the archpastors and clergymen of our dioceses that the feast day of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, which this year falls on a Sunday, is also the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the United States, which tore away from this vale of tears thousands of peaceful citizens. On this day, my blessing is given to raise the following petitions during Divine Liturgy, and during a Litany for the Departed that should follow, to prayerfully remember all the victims of this terrible act of wickedness, preceding it with words of edification.

May our fervent prayers to God warm our hearts! May it warm and console both those who died, and those who survived!

With love in the Lord and asking for your prayers,

+HILARION
Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York,
First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

Click here to download a pdf version of the petitions.

Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese