On Saturday, January 25, 2020, clergy and faithful from the Archdiocese of Washington D.C., the Monastery of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk, Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary Seminary, and New Skete Monastery gathered at Saint Nicholas Cathedral for the celebration of the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, during which Bishop-elect Alexis [Trader] was ordained to the Episcopacy as Bishop of Bethesda, Auxiliary to His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon.
Photo Credit: Yuri Gripas and Victor Lutes