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Feast
of
Saint
Polycarp
Celebrated
at
Vatra
Romānească
Grass
Lake,
Michigan
February
23,
2005
| On
Wednesday,
February
23,
2005,
a
group
from
The
Ascension
of
the
Lord
Monastery
in
Detroit,
Michigan,
traveled
to
Vatra
Romānească
to
join
the
hierarchs
and
chancery
staff
for
the
Divine
Liturgy
in
celebration
of
the
feast
of
Saint
Polycarp.
It
was
four
years
ago
this
day
that
Bishop
(then
Archimandrite)
IRINEU
arrived
in
the
United
States
with
a
group
of
monks
to
establish
the
monastery
in
Detroit. |
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| His
Grace
IRINEU
celebrated
the
Hierarchal
Divine
Liturgy
in
the
Saint
Mary
"Pioneers"
Downstairs
Chapel
with
His
Eminence,
Archbishop
NATHANIEL
in
attendance.
A
Memorial
Service
(Parastas)
was
also
held
in
memory
of
His
Grace,
Bishop
POLICARP
(Moruşca),
the
first
hierarch
of
the
Romanian
Orthodox
faithful
in
North
America. |
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