DIOCESE OF EASTERN AMERICA AND NEW YORK: August 15, 2005

Holy Cross Hermitage Marks the 1700th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of St Panteleimon the Great Martyr

On Sunday, August 7, the brethren of Holy Cross Hermitage, a podvorie [branch] of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY, marked the 1700th anniversary of the martyrdom of St Panteleleimon the Healer and Great Martyr. A Divine Liturgy was celebrated along with a moleben with a procession of the cross, and on the eve, all-night vigil with a litia and polyeleos, attended by an enormous gathering of worshipers. At the end of the services, the worshipers were afforded the opportunity to venerate an icon of St Panteleimon containing a part of his holy relics, and then to renew their physical strength by participating in the monastic repast.