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On August 12-13 the monastery of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk in Waymart, PA celebrated its patronal feast with a festal Vigil and Divine Liturgy. Abbot Sergius (Bowyer) and the monastery brotherhood were joined in the celebration by His Eminence Archbishop Mark of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania who presided at the Divine Liturgy, dean of St. Tikhon’s Seminary Fr. Stephen Voytovich, as well as a dozen area priests and other visiting clergy, many of whom had been students of St. Tikhon’s Seminary and were trained and nourished in the monastery church.
Bishop David of Sitka and Alaska
As the world is bombarded with tragedy after tragedy, the Saint Herman’s Pilgrimage becomes a place of solace and protection from the secular world and our attendance renews our spirit so that we can return to the world refreshed and able to give others what we received here at the Pilgrimage.
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