| On
Sunday,
March
14,
2004,
the
third
Sunday
of
Great
Lent
(Sunday
of
the
Cross),
His
Grace,
Bishop
NIKOLAI,
Bishop
of
Sitka,
Anchorage
and
Alaska,
visited
Saint
George
Cathedral
in
Southfield,
Michigan,
at
the
invitation
of
His
Eminence,
Archbishop
NATHANIEL.
Con-celebrating
with
them
also
was
His
Grace,
Bishop
IRINEU. |
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| The
hierarchs
at
the
High
Place
during
the
reading
of
the
Epistle. |
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| His
Grace
NIKOLAI
making
his
commemorations
at
the
Holy
Gifts. |
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| The
Great
Entrance. |
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| "May
the
Lord
God
remember
those
who
have
brought
these
holy
gifts
and
those
in
whose
names
they
were
brought,
the
living
and
the
dead,
in
His
kingdom." |
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| Bishop
IRINEU
and
Bishop
NIKOLAI
looking
on
as
Archbishop
NATHANIEL
gives
a
blessing. |
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| The
Consecration
of
the
Holy
Gifts. |
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| The
hierarchs
partake
of
Holy
Communion. |
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| V
Rev
Fr
Laurence
Lazar,
Dean
of
the
Cathedral,
receives
the
Precious
Blood
from
Bishop
NIKOLAI. |
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| Archdeacon
David
Oancea
partaking
of
the
chalice. |
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| Archdeacon
Isidore
(Brittain),
Bishop
NIKOLAI's
deacon,
partaking
of
the
chalice. |
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| His
Grace,
Bishop
IRINEU
preaching
at
the
end
of
the
Divine
Liturgy. |
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| His
Grace
NIKOLAI
shared
a
brief
presentation
on
the
history
and
life
of
the
Diocese
of
Alaska,
the
oldest
Orthodox
diocese
in
North
America. |
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| Later
that
evening,
the
hierarchs
returned
to
the
Cathedral
for
the
Pan-Orthodox
Vespers
Service
of
the
Council
of
Orthodox
Christian
Churches
of
Metropolitan
Detroit. |
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| Clergy
receive
the
blessing
of
His
Eminence,
Archbishop
NATHANIEL
prior
to
the
beginning
of
the
service. |
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| His
Grace,
Bishop
IRINEU
and
His
Grace,
Bishop
NIKOLAI. |
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| The
main
celebrant
was
the
president
of
the
Council
of
Churches,
V
Rev
Fr
Timothy
Barna
of
Saint
Michael
the
Archangel
Russian
Orthodox
Church
(Moscow
Patriarchate)
in
Redford,
Michigan. |
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| Clergy
representing
parishes
from
most
Orthodox
jurisdictions
in
the
Metropolitan
Detroit
area
take
part
in
these
Vespers
services
which
are
held
on
each
Sunday
during
Great
Lent,
hosted
by
a
different
parish
each
week. |
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| The
deacons
during
one
of
the
litanies. |
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| His
Eminence,
Archbishop
NATHANIEL
at
his
throne. |
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| The
Pan-Orthodox
Chorale
of
Metropolitan
Detroit
led
the
responses
as
it
regularly
does
at
these
services. |
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| The
entrance
is
made. |
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| The
clergy
during
the
chanting
of
the
Prokeimenon. |
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| "O
Lord
and
Master
of
my
life,
take
from
me
the
spirit
of
laziness,
despair,
lust
of
power
and
idle
talk;
but
give
rather
the
spirit
of
chastity,
humility,
patience
and
love
to
Your
servant.
Yes,
O
Lord
and
King,
grant
me
to
see
my
own
transgressions
and
not
to
judge
my
brother,
for
blessed
are
You
unto
ages
of
ages.
Amen." |
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