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On Sunday, September 12, 2004, His
Beatitude, Metropolitan HERMAN visited the Cathedral
of the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord,
Brooklyn, NY. This was the first visit of an OCA
Primate to the parish in twenty-one years. |
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Metropolitan
HERMAN is offered traditional greeting with bread
and
salt. |
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Parish youth present Metropolitan
HERMAN with flowers. |
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The V. Rev. Wiaczeslaw Krawczuk,
Dean of the Cathedral, presents the Holy Cross to
Metropolitan HERMAN. |
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Metropolitan HERMAN blesses the
concelebrating clergy, which included
Protopresbyter Robert S. Kondratick, OCA
Chancellor; the V. Rev. David Brum, Secretary to
the Metropolitan; Fr. Krawczuk; the Rev. Daniel
Degyansky of St. John Chrysostom Church, Woodside,
NY; the Rev.
Alexandre Ioukliaevskikh of the
Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection, New York,
NY; and Archdeacon Alexei Klimitchev
of St. Tikhon Monastery Church. |
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Metropolitan HERMAN is vested by
subdeacons. |
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"May your light so shine before
men..." |
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Metropolitan HERMAN prays during
the singing of the Third Antiphon. |
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On behalf of the Holy Synod of
Bishops, Metropolitan HERMAN awards Fr. Krawczuk
the jeweled cross. |
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"Holy God! Holy Mighty! Holy
Immortal! Have mercy on us!" |
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Metropolitan HERMAN stands at the
high place. |
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Metropolitan HERMAN commemorates
the living and departed. |
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The clergy during the Great
Entrance. |
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Metropolitan HERMAN blesses
faithful. |
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Mr. Igor Ksynyuk directs the choir.
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Children prepare to partake of Holy
Communion. |
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Faithful partake of Holy Communion.
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Subdeacon Peter Andryuk chants the
Epistle during a Service of Thanksgiving marking
the beginning of the school year. |
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Fr. Krawczuk welcomes Metropolitan
HERMAN and visiting clergy to the cathedral. |
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Metropolitan HERMAN presents
citations to Mrs. Elzbieta Krawczuk, Mr. Nicholas
A. Podhaiski, Mrs. Anna Kuctha, Mrs. Olga
Chernosky, and Mrs. Sophie Sazanozich in grateful
recognition of their devoted service to Holy
Transfiguration Cathedral, Brooklyn, New York and
for his commitment to the life and mission of the
Orthodox Church in America. |
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At a luncheon following the Divine
Liturgy, children presented flowers to
Metropolitan HERMAN and visiting clergy. |
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Metropolitan HERMAN and clergy with
Church School students and teachers. |
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Metropolitan HERMAN thanks faithful
for their warm reception. |
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Metropolitan HERMAN presents icons
of St. Herman of Alaska to several members of the
parish. |
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Metropolitan HERMAN presents icon
of St. Herman of Alaska to Mary Durniak |
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Metropolitan HERMAN with Fr.
Krawczuk, his wife, Elzbieta, and their family.
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Photos used by permission of OCA Communications Department |
