Gerondissa Makaria (Desipri), former abbess of the Holy Annunciation Monastery in Nea Makri, who was vouchsafed to uncover the relics of St. Ephraim of Nea Makri in 1950, has been formally proposed for canonization.
The feast of the Uncovering of the Relics of St. John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai and San Francisco (September 29/October 12) has been added to the liturgical calendar of the Moscow Patriarchate.
Radu Hagiu
Fr. Dionisie was an “old-fashioned” monk who tried all his life to adhere to the traditions he received from the elders and to pass them on to his disciples and spiritual children, for all seventy-seven years of his monastic labor.
The procession will pass through the historical sites that his relics passed through in 1724. It lasts until June 20.
Archbishop Averky (Taushev)
On Wednesday of the fourth week after Pascha, we celebrate the Feast of Mid-Pentecost. This day unites two great feasts—Pascha and Pentecost.