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Bishop
IRINEU
Celebrates
Feast
of
Saint
Ambrose
in
Bucharest
Bucharest,
Romania
December
7,
2004
| On
Tuesday,
December
7,
2004,
Grace,
Bishop
IRINEU,
returning
from
the
funeral
of
his
mother
and
grandmother
near
Alba
Iulia,
Romania,
traveled
to
the
city
of
Bucharest
and,
at
the
invitation
of
His
Grace,
Bishop
AMBROZIE,
one
of
the
Auxiliary
Bishops
of
the
Patriarchate
and
a
former
classmate
of
Bishop
IRINEU,
concelebrated
the
Divine
Liturgy
for
the
Feast
of
Saint
Ambrose,
the
patron
saint
of
Bishop
AMBROZIE. |
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| His
Grace,
Bishop
IRINEU
blesses
the
faithful
upon
entering
the
church. |
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Prior
to
the
Divine
Liturgy,
His
Grace,
Bishop
AMBROZIE
blesses
a
subdeacon
who
will
be
ordained
into
the
Holy
Diaconate
later
that
same
day. |
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| "Intru
mulţi
ani,
Stapāne!" |
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| "Command,
Right
Reverend
Master,
him
who
is
brought
forward
to
be
made
deacon..." |
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| The
deacons
lead
the
candidate
around
the
Holy
Altar
and
in
front
of
the
Bishop. |
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| The
prayer
of
ordination. |
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| His
Beatitude,
Patriarch
TEOCTIST
arrived
at
the
church
by
the
end
of
the
Liturgy
and
offered
congratulations
to
his
Auxiliary
Bishop
on
the
feast
of
his
patron
saint.
His
Beatitude
went
on
to
welcome
His
Grace,
Bishop
IRINEU
and
offered
condolences
on
the
falling
asleep
in
the
Lord
of
his
mother
and
grandmother. |
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| Bishop
IRINEU
looks
on
as
Patriarch
TEOCTIST
signs
the
Holy
Gospel
book. |
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