50th anniversary celebration at OCA Chancery to be held September 25, 2008
On Thursday, September 25, 2008, OCA chancery staff and guests will celebrated the 50th anniversary of the acquisition of the Griswold estate in Oyster Bay Cove, NY, used as the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America since the early 1970s.
Originally the residence of His Eminence, Metropolitan Leonty, the house was blessed on July 1, 1958. The Chapel was dedicated on October 11, 1958, on the Saturday following the feast of St. Sergius according to the Julian Calendar. On June 1, 1974, the Oyster Bay Cove site became the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America. More information on the Chancery property may be found here.
Celebrations will include an open-air Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at 10:00 AM, celebrated by His Eminence, Archbishop Seraphim of Ottawa and Canada, Administrator of the OCA’s Metropolitan See. A luncheon will follow the Divine Liturgy.
All clergy and faithful who are in the area are welcome to attend.