The nuns of Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery, Otego, NY, welcomed His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, on the occasion of his first archpastoral visit marking the Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas March 30-31, 2013.
On Sunday morning, the monastic sisterthood and the faithful of Saint Innocent Mission, Oneonta, NY, who currently celebrate their Sunday services in the monastery chapel, gathered for the celebration of the Divine Liturgy at which Metropolitan Tikhon presided. A festive lenten meal followed. Concelebrating was Priest David Pohling, who oversees Saint Innocent Mission.
Mother Raphaela, the monastery’s Abbess, and members of the sisterhood expressed their gratefulness for the fatherly love and care they receive from their archpastor.
