First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad visits St. Catherine the Great Martyr Church
On Wednesday evening, February 20, 2008, His Eminence, Metropolitan Laurus of Eastern America and New York and First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, by invitation of Archimandrite Zacchaeus, the Representative of the Orthodox Church in America to the Moscow Patriarchate, and with the blessing of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Herman of All America and Canada visited St. Catherine the Great Martyr Church - the Moscow Representation of the Orthodox Church in America.
Accompanying His Eminence were Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany; Bishop Gabriel of Manhattan; Bishop Peter of Cleveland; Archpriest Seraphim Gan, the Private Secretary of the Metropolitan; Protodeacons Joseph Jarostchuk and Victor Lochmatov; and Mr. G.F. Selinsky.
The delegation led by Metropolitan Laurus prayed at an intercessory molieben to the Most Holy Theotokos, St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco and the parish patron saint, the Great Martyr Catherine, which was concelebrated by Bishop Peter, Archimandrite Zacchaeus and parish clergy. Following the service of prayer the “Many Years” was intoned for His Holiness, Patriarch Aleksy of Moscow and All Russia, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Herman of All America and Canada and the visiting Metropolitan Laurus. Afterwards, Archimandrite Zacchaeus welcomed His Eminence and those accompanying him to the parish and presented him with an icon of Christ “the Sacrificial Lamb” in honor of his first visit to the Moscow Representation of the Orthodox Church in America.
After blessing the faithful assembled in the temple, Metropolitan Laurus and his delegation were offered a festal meal held in their honor in the parish dining hall.
Source: www.st-catherine.ru