February 2, 2012
Nyack, NY: The First Planning Meeting for the Joint Pastoral
Conference for Clerics of the EAD & MP was held
On
Tuesday, January 31, with the blessing of the First Hierarch of the
Russian Church Abroad, His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, the
first meeting of the local organizing committee for the joint
Pastoral Conference for Clerics of the Eastern American Diocese and
the Moscow Patriarchate, dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the
signing of the Act of Canonical Unity within the Russian Orthodox
Church was held at Holy Protection Church in Nyack, NY.
Taking part in the meeting were parish rector Archpriest George
Larin, Eastern American Diocesan secretary Archpriest Serge
Lukianov, Abbot Nicodemus (Balyasnikov), secretary to the
Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, and several
members of the parish council of Holy Protection Church:
Matushka Catherine Larin Mr. Kirill Zaporoshan Ms. Marie
Zaporoshan Mr. Serge R. Lopoukhine Ms. Anastasia Lopoukhine
Meeting members discussed various technical issues relating to the
organization of the conference, and focused particular attention on
the unique schedule of events for this historic gathering.
Organizers expect that almost 200 clergymen and their spouses will
take part in the conference. The Myrrh-Streaming Hawaiian-Iveron
Icon of the Mother of God, which started streaming myrrh five years
ago after the Reunification, will also be present at the conference.
Joint service of the All-Night Vigil will be held at Holy Dormition
Convent in Novo-Diveevo on June 8, while the Divine Liturgy on June
9 will be concelebrated at Three Saints Church in Garfield, NJ. The
main body of the conference’s work will take place in the parish
hall of Holy Protection Church, where parishioners are willing to
lovingly greet all of the guests who arrive for this great event.
Video from the meeting is available to our readers below:
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