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The
90th
Anniversary
of
The
Presentation
of
Our
Lord
Church
Fairlawn/Akron,
Ohio
January
31-
February
1,
2004
| On
Saturday,
January
31,
2004,
His
Eminence,
Archbishop
NATHANIEL
traveled
to
The
Presentation
of
Our
Lord
Church
in
Fairlawn,
Ohio,
for
the
celebration
of
the
90th
Anniversary
of
that
parish. |
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| Before
the
Great
Vespers
service
on
Saturday
evening,
a
Memorial
Service
(Părăstas)
was
offered
in
memory
of
the
deceased
members
of
the
parish. |
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| Clergy
from
the
Ohio
&
Western
Pennsylvania
Deanery,
the
Akron
area
and
elsewhere
came
and
participated
in
the
events
of
the
weekend. |
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| On
the
far
left
is
Rev
Fr
Ian
Pac-Urar,
parish
priest. |
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| His
Eminence
offers
the
final
blessing. |
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| V
Rev
Frs
Richard
Grabowski
and
Constantin
Tofan
offer
the
Holy
Cross
for
veneration
as
the
faithful
come
forward
at
the
end
of
the
service. |
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| On
Sunday,
February
1,
2004,
the
Hierarchal
Divine
Liturgy
was
celebrated.
Here,
Archdeacon
David
Oancea
reads
the
vesting
prayers
as
His
Eminence
vests
in
the
church. |
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| "Lord,
open
my
lips,
and
my
mouth
will
speak
out
Your
praise." |
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| The
inside
of
the
Fairlawn
church,
built
in
early
1970's. |
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| The
Great
Entrance. |
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