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Wayne, WV: Bishop George leads Palm Sunday Services at Holy Cross Monastery

On Saturday the 4th and Sunday the 5th of April, on the great feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, the clergy of Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV, led by their abbot, His Grace George, Bishop of Mayfield, performed the festal divine services.

On Saturday evening, All-Night Vigil was served. His Grace was co-served by monastery clergy: Abbot Seraphim (Voepel; deputy abbot), Hieromonk Alexander (Frizzell; dean), Hieromonks Andrew (O’Leary), Hilarion (Heagy), and Gabriel (Hooten), Hierodeacon Sergius (Wilson), and Deacon Jeremiah Davis. During the Polyeleos, Bishop George blessed the palms, which were decorated with flowers.

On Sunday morning, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated, prior to which Monk Macarius was tonsured a reader and then ordained a subdeacon.

The monastic choir sang the divine services, and the church was overflowing with the brethren Holy Cross Monastery, local parishioners, and pilgrims, who came to celebrate the joyous feast of the Lord’s Entry into Jerusalem before His Passion.

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Palm Sunday Services at Holy Cross Monastery - 04/05/15

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