On
Saturday, January 14, on the feast of the Circumcision of the Lord
and St. Basil the Great, our parish was honored by an archpastoral visit of our beloved Metropolitan Hilarion, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church
Abroad, where he
celebrated the Divine Liturgy in our Church. His Eminence was
co-served by Archpriest Vasily Lickwar (rector of Holy Dormition
Church in Cumberland, RI – OCA), Archpriest George Lardas (rector of
St. Nicholas Church in Stratford, CT), Priest Brendan
Crowley (rector of St. Nicholas Church in West Springfield, MA),
Priest Nicholas Dellerman (rector of St. Nicholas Church in Norwich
- OCA), and
parish clerics: rector Priest Kevin Kalish and Protodeacon Nicholas
Drobot.
During the Sixth Hour, Metropolitan Hilarion tonsured parishioner
Nicholas Tague a reader. During the Small Entrance, Metropolitan
Hilarion bestowed upon the rector, Fr. Kevin, the right to wear the
nabedrennik.
Upon completion of the Liturgy, the parish sisterhood organized a
bountiful luncheon for all.