The Liturgy was served in Church Slavonic, French, and Moldovan.
His Eminence Metropolitan Arseny of Svyatogorsk, the persecuted canonical Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch who has been unjustly held in detention since April, reached his 30th anniversary as abbot of the Holy Dormition-Svyatogorsk Lavra this month.
The joyous occasion was celebrated by two hierarchs and a host of clerics and faithful.
The Zaporozhye Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is asking for help to restore the St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Zaporozhye that suffered serious damage over the weekend.
The cathedral is home to the relics of St. Herman of Alaska, and his feast on December 13/25 “served to strengthen the community and extended a special grace to the catechumens in preparation for Holy Illumination.”