With the blessing of Their Eminences Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, and Kyrill, Archbishop of San Francisco & Western America, the myrrh-streaming Hawaiian-Iveron Icon of the Mother of God will visit churches on the East Coast in 2026. This grace-filled visitation offers the faithful a rare opportunity to venerate the wonderworking Icon, which has been a source of comfort, healing, and spiritual renewal for Orthodox Christians around the world.
The icon’s visitation schedule is available to our readers below:
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Friday, March 6
Assumption of the Holy Virgin OCA Church
35 Orange Avenue · Clifton, NJ 07013
6:15 PM – Greeting of Icon
6:30 PM – Moleben & Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos
Saturday, March 7
Descent of the Holy Spirit Romanian Church
1323 Ashbourne Road · Elkins Park, PA 19027-2678
9:00 AM – Greeting of Icon
9:30 AM – Divine Liturgy
St. Vladimir OCA Church
812 Grand Street · Trenton, NJ 08610
4:50 PM – Greeting of Icon
5:00 PM – Great Vespers with Moleben to the Mother of God
Sunday, March 8 – St. Gregory Palamas
St. Vladimir OCA Church
812 Grand Street · Trenton, NJ 08610
9:30 AM – Greeting of Icon
10:00 AM – Divine Liturgy
Monday, March 9
St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
200 Alexander Avenue · Howell, NJ 07731
8:00 AM – Greeting of Icon
8:30 AM – Divine Liturgy
Hermitage of the Holy Protection
333 Weymouth Road · Buena, NJ 08310
6:15 PM – Greeting of Icon
6:30 PM – Moleben & Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos
Tuesday, March 10
Life-Giving Fountain Romanian Church
132 Califon Road · Long Valley, NJ 07853
6:15 PM – Greeting of Icon
6:30 PM – Paraklesis to the Most Holy Theotokos
Wednesday, March 11
Holy Dormition Convent "Novo-Diveevo"
100 Smith Road · Nanuet, NY 10954
6:00 PM – Greeting of Icon
6:30 PM – Moleben & Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos
Thursday, March 12
St. Paul Antiochian Church
156 E Main Street · Emmaus, PA 18049
6:00 PM – Greeting of Icon
6:30 PM – Paraklesis to the Most Holy Theotokos
Friday, March 13
St. James Antiochian Church
441 Violet Avenue · Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
6:00 PM – Greeting of Icon
6:15 PM – Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos
