Source: The Orthodox Church in America
May 18, 2023
Bishop (now Metropolitan) Tikhon celebrates Liturgy assisted by Deacon (now Metropolitan) Nicholas Olhovsky on October 6, 2010 at Our Lady of Kazan Church in Sea Cliff, NY during the meeting of the Dialogue Commissions of the OCA and ROCOR.
During the Annual Memorial Day Pilgrimage at Saint Tikhon’s Monastery, on Monday, May 29, 2023, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) will welcome His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) for a joint celebration of the Divine Liturgy. This will mark only the second time in the hundred years of ROCOR’s existence that the Primate of the OCA or the Russian Metropolia - as the OCA was popularly called before being granted autocephaly in 1970 - and the First Hierarch of ROCOR will have concelebrated Liturgy at a church of the OCA or Metropolia. This will be the first concelebration of Metropolitan Tikhon with Metropolitan Nicholas since the latter’s election as First Hierarch of ROCOR last year.
To fully appreciate the significance of the concelebration, some historical reflection is necessary.
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