September 21, 2011
Mayfield, PA: The
myrrh-streaming Hawaiian-Iveron Icon of the Mother of God visited
St. John the Baptist Cathedral
On
Sunday, September 18, on the feast of the Holy Prophet Zachariah and
Righteous Elizabeth, the myrrh-streaming Hawaiian-Iveron Icon of the
Mother of God visited
St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Mayfield, PA. Before beginning
of Sunday Matins, cathedral dean Archpriest John Sorochka greeted
the wonderworking image of the Most Holy Theotokos at the cathedral
entrance. The Icon was accompanied by its guardian, Reader Nectarios
Yangston.
Fr. John then served Matins and celebrated
the Divine Liturgy, co-served by cathedral Protodeacon Gregory
Petrochko. Also praying in church were Archpriest Alexander Atty
(dean of St. Tikhon’s Theological Seminary in South Canaan, PA) and
Protodeacon Stephen Howanetz (cleric of St. Tikhon’s Monastery in
South Canaan). In his sermon, Fr. John underscored the importance of
honoring the Mother of God and recognizing her love for us sinners,
and called on all to prepare themselves spiritually for the great
feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos. Almost all of the
faithful communed of Christ’s Holy Mysteries and, hoping on the
intercessions of Our Lady, venerated Her wonderworking Icon.
Pictures of the Hawaiian-Iveron Icon’s
visit to St. John the Baptist Cathedral are available to our readers
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