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Feast
of
Saint
Stephen
the
Protomartyr
Celebrated
at
The
Ascension
of
the
Lord
Monastery
Detroit,
Michigan
December
27,
2004
| On
Monday,
December
27,
2004,
His
Eminence,
Archbishop
NATHANIEL
celebrated
the
Divine
Liturgy
at
The
Ascension
of
the
Lord
Monastery
in
Detroit
on
the
feast
of
Saint
Stephen
the
Protomartyr. |
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| His
Eminence
reciting
the
Entrance
Prayers
and
preparing
to
give
a
blessing
to
the
faithful. |
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| The
beginning
of
the
Hierarchal
Divine
Liturgy. |
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| "Blessed
is
the
Kingdom,
of
the
Father
and
of
the
Son
and
of
the
Holy
Spirit,
now
and
ever
and
unto
ages
of
ages." |
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| Leading
the
responses
that
day
was
the
Harisma
Men's
Choir
of
students
from
the
Theological
Institute
in
Bucharest,
Romania. |
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| Hierodeacon
Neonil
(Furdui)
intones,
"O
Lord,
save
the
faithful!" |
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| The
deacons
read
the
Holy
Gospel
in
the
English
and
Romanian
languages. |
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| V
Rev
Archimandrite
Dr
Mihail
(Filimon),
abbot
of
the
community,
carries
the
chalice
during
the
Great
Entrance. |
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| Following
the
Divine
Liturgy,
the
Harisma
Choir
offered
a
short
concert
of
traditional
Romanian
and
American
Christmas
carols.
Seen
here
during
the
program
are
(from
L-R):
Archbishop
NATHANIEL;
Archimandrite
Mihail
(Filimon);
V
Rev
Fr
Laurence
Lazar,
Dean
of
Saint
George
Cathedral;
and
Rev
Hieromonk
Nicolae
(Peicu)
of
the
monastery. |
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*
some
photos
courtesy
of
the
website
of
The
Ascension
of
the
Lord
Monastery
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