Metropolitan Herman to preside at Nativity, Theophany services at St. Nicholas Cathedral, Washington, DC

St. Nicholas Cathedral, Washington, DC

WASHINGTON, DC [OCA Communications] — His Beatitude, Metropolitan Herman, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, will preside at services marking the Great Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord at Saint Nicholas Cathedral here on Saturday and Sunday, December 24-25, 2005.

On Saturday evening, December 24, Metropolitan Herman will preside at the celebration of the Nativity Vigil at 5:00 p.m. On Sunday, December 25, he will preside at the Nativity Divine Liturgy at 9:00 a.m.

Metropolitan Herman will also preside at services for the Great Feast of the Theophany on Thursday and Friday, January 5-6, 2006.

On Thursday evening, January 5, Metropolitan Herman will celebrate the Theophany Vigil at 5:00 p.m. On Friday, January 6, he will preside at the Theophany Divine Liturgy at 10:00 a.m.

Saint Nicholas is the main cathedral of the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America. The cathedral recently observed its 75th anniversary in the fall of 2005.