His feast was celebrated with special joy by Metropolitan Panteleimonos of Veria, who was a spiritual child of the newly canonized St. Gerasimos.
She spent the last 37 of those years as abbess of the Prislop Monastery.
This week, the Russian Orthodox Church kicked off the year-long celebration of the 300th anniversary of the transfer of the relics.
The celebration, held Friday, November 24 to Sunday, November 26, “was joy and celebration crowned by the light of education.”
At present, in addition to the many monastics, about 200 people, including 100 pensioners (many of whom are disabled) and children, are living at monastery.