June 20, 2012 Poughkeepsie, NY: Bishop Jerome paid an
archpastoral visit to St. Nicholas Church
On
Sunday, June 17, the Sunday of All Russian Saints His Grace, Eastern
American Diocesan vicar Bishop Jerome of Manhattan, paid an
archpastoral visit to St. Nicholas Church in Poughkeepsie, NY and
celebrated the Divine Liturgy. His Grace was co-served by Archpriest
Victor Tseshkovsky (rector of the Nativity of the Mother of God
Church at the New Kursk Root Hermitage in Mahopac, NY), parish
rector Archpriest Alexander Donchenko, Deacon Nathan Mousselli
(cleric of the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City), who
was accompanying the bishop, and Deacon George Temidis (cleric of
the Nativity of the Mother of God Church in Mahopac).
Upon completion of the Liturgy, Bishop
Jerome delivered a sermon on the Sunday of All Russian Saints and
the Gospel account of the calling of the Apostles. After the
Liturgy, with the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion,
His Grace presented diocesan gramotas to parish council members
Reader George Lukianoff and Mr. George Nikolsky for their many years
of hard work in support of the parish.
A splendid lenten luncheon was then served,
with warm and fraternal socializing by the faithful and the visiting
clergy.
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