On Saturday, December 10, the feast of the appearance of the wonderworking Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God “of the Sign,” festal services were held at the ROCOR Cathedral of the Sign in New York, led by the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York.
Concelebrating with His Eminence were Archbishops Gabriel of Montreal and Canada and Peter of Chicago and Mid-America; Bishops Irenei of London and Western Europe and Luke of Syracuse; the sacristan of the cathedral, Archpriest Andrei Sommer; the Chancellor of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Archpriest Igor Vyzhanov; the cleric of St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York, Hegumen Nikodim (Balyasnikov); representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches; and a large host of clergy of the Eastern American Diocese, with a great multitude of the faithful.
After the glorification before the wonderworking icon and the dismissal of the Divine Liturgy, His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas congratulated all those gathered, expressing his deep joy at the church-wide prayer before the principal holy icon of the Russian Church Outside of Russia, and wished all the constant prayerful help and sovereign Protection of the Mother of God in all their labors and good works.
Based on materials from the press service of the Eastern American Diocese of ROCOR
