Readers?Deacons Retreat 2002

The Annual Diocesan Readers, Sub-deacons & Deacon's Retreat takes each year the third weekend in December at Christ the Savior Seminary and Cathedral in Johnstown PA. Instituted by His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas, the annual encounter affords our Diocesan Readers, Sub-deacons and Deacons the opportunity to gather together to reflect upon their vocations in the Church. A highlight of this year's retreat was the Ordination to the Holy Diaconate of Subdeacon Michael Ellis of Christ The Saviour Seminary, a vocation of St. Michael's Parish, Binghamton, NY and the tonsure to the Order of Reader of John Anderson, James Blomeley, Elijah Bremer, Herman (Wayman) Cowan, Philip (Jeffrey) Floyd, Stephen King, John Miller and Josuah Vander Plats and the Ordination to the Sub-Deaconate of John Anderson, Elijah Bremer, Timothy Eads, Kenneth Ellis, Stephen King and Daniel Meece.

This year's retreatmaster was the Very Rev. Hieromonk Matthias (Moriak), Pastor of St. Michael's Church in St. Clair, PA. Father Robert Lucas was the Father Confessor for the Retreatants.

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Metropolitan Nicholas and Assembled Clergy At The Blessing of The Five Loaves During Saturday Evening's Vespers Service

Newly Tonsured Readers Chant the Old Testament Readings at Vespers

Concelebrating Clergy At Sunday Morning's Hierarchical Divine Liturgy

Very Rev. Protopresbyter Dimitri Sydor of Uzhorod, Ukraine is Presented With a Jeweled Cross By His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas at the Conclusion of Sunday's Divine Liturgy

Father Peter Paproski, Pastor of St. John The Baptist Church, Stratford (Broadbridge Avenue) CT Is Awarded the Priestly Title of Very Reverend, and the Privilege of Wearing the Gold Pectoral Cross By His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas at the Conclusion of the Sunday Divine Liturgy.

Attorney and Archon Michael Ristvey, John & Margaret Biros and Archon Joseph and Barbara Paramucha Were Among Those Honored By His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas For Their Dedicated Labors With the Construction of the Saints Cyril and Methodios Church at Camp Nazareth.

Fr. Dimitri Sedor Is Presented With an Icon of the Synaxis of the Carpatho-Rusyn Saints By His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas at The Annual St. Nicholas Dinner Which Followed Sunday's Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral Educational Center.