March 27, 2013
Novo-Diveevo: Metropolitan Hilarion officiated the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts in Holy Dormition Convent

On Friday, March 22, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, officiated the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts in Holy Dormition Convent "Novo-Diveevo" in Nanuet, NY. His Eminence was co-served at the Liturgy by senior convent cleric Archpriest Alexander Fedorowski, Priest Dmitri Don (rector of Sts. Cosmas & Damian Church in Passaic, NJ), Protodeacon Sergei Arlievsky (convent cleric), and Hierodeacon Tikhon (Gayfudinov; cleric of the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City).

Upon completion of the Liturgy, a moleben was served to the Holy Great Martyr Theodore Tyro, followed by blessing of the koliva. In his sermon, Metropolitan Hilarion wished everyone a salvific Great Lent.

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Photos: Subdeacon Adrian Fedorowski