Liturgical Services - 08/06/10
The celebration of the 40th anniversary of the canonization of St. Herman of Alaska began Friday evening, August 6, 2010, with the praying of the Akathist at Holy Resurrection Cathedral. Seminarians and families joined their voices in prayer with the hierarchs, clergy, and laity. The reliquary of St. Herman was opened so all could venerate St. Herman's relics before being anointed with oil from the lampada that hangs above his reliquary.
On Saturday evening, August 7, we gathered again at Holy Resurrection Cathedral for Great Vespers, followed by a soup dinner.
On Sunday, His Beatitude Metropolitan JONAH celebrated the Divine Liturgy with His Eminence JUSTINIAN, Archbishop of Naro-Fominsk, Administrator of the Moscow Patriarchal Churches in the USA; His Grace MAXIM, Bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western America; and His Grace BENJAMIN, Bishop of San Francisco and the West, locum tenens of the Diocese of Alaska. A host of clergy and faithful joined together for this joyful and grace-filled Divine Liturgy.
The celebration of the 40th anniversary of the canonization of St. Herman of Alaska began Friday evening, August 6, 2010, with the praying of the Akathist at Holy Resurrection Cathedral. Seminarians and families joined their voices in prayer with the hierarchs, clergy, and laity. The reliquary of St. Herman was opened so all could venerate St. Herman's relics before being anointed with oil from the lampada that hangs above his reliquary.
On Saturday evening, August 7, we gathered again at Holy Resurrection Cathedral for Great Vespers, followed by a soup dinner.
On Sunday, His Beatitude Metropolitan JONAH celebrated the Divine Liturgy with His Eminence JUSTINIAN, Archbishop of Naro-Fominsk, Administrator of the Moscow Patriarchal Churches in the USA; His Grace MAXIM, Bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western America; and His Grace BENJAMIN, Bishop of San Francisco and the West, locum tenens of the Diocese of Alaska. A host of clergy and faithful joined together for this joyful and grace-filled Divine Liturgy.