ODESSA, UKRAINE: June 13, 2019
Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan and his delegation participate in feast-day celebrations at the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God “Surety of Sinners” (video)

On June 11, 2019, the feast day of St Luka of Crimea and of the Icon of the Mother of God “Surety of Sinners,” His Eminence Metropolitan Agafangel of Odessa and Izmailsk celebrated Divine Liturgy in the church dedicated to that icon in the city of Odessa, Ukraine, accompanied by His Grace Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan, Deputy Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia; Vladyka Serafim, Rector of Odessa Theological Seminary and other clergymen.

A procession of the cross was held after Liturgy. A video of the event is posted here.

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