Jordanville, NY, March 18, 2013
As reported by the official website of Holy Trinity
Monastery in Jordanville, NY, His Eminence Metropolitan
Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, First
Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of
Russia, celebrated Divine Liturgy at its cathedral on
Saturday March 16, 2013, the feast day of All the
Venerable Fathers. He was joined by Archimandrite Luke
(Murianka), Abbot of the monastery, as well as other
monastic and visiting clergymen. The Kursk-Root Icon of
the Mother of God “of the Sign” was brought
from New York City for the occasion by its caretaker,
Priest Nicholas Olhovsky. Subdeacon Peter Markevich, a
student of Holy Trinity Seminary, read a sermon before
Holy Communion.
Afterwards, His Eminence led a pannikhida
at which Metropolitan Laurus of blessed memory was
commemorated, who had died five years earlier, and
addressed the brethren with a sermon on the former
Primate of the Russian Church Abroad.
On the day before, Metropolitan Hilarion hosted a
discussion with the brethren on monastic life, its joys
and difficulties, and shared his recollections of deceased
monks of Holy Trinity Monastery, many of whom, in the
opinion of His Eminence, attained holiness there.
Photographs of the divine services and the meeting of the
First Hierarch with the brethren can be viewed here.
The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of
Russia
