On three occasions in this year of 2011, a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy is scheduled to be celebrated in the Western Rite by Bishop Jerome of Manhattan, Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR).
Here is a picture with Vladika in newly-donated purple vestments:
Left to right are: Fr. Edward Hughes, Vicar General AWRV; Fr. Anthony Bondi, Pastoral Vicar for the ROCOR Western Rite, Bishop Jerome Vicar-Bishop for the Western Rite (ROCOR) and Fr.John Fenton, Assistant Vicar General AWRV.Scheduled is a Pontifical Mass in the Western Rite, with a clerical ordination in the Western rite, at Our Lady of Glastonbury church at Christminster in Ontario, on the weekend of May 28 and 29, 2011.
Scheduled is the Pan-Western Rite Conference* from Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, at 1:00 p.m. to the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. The conference will take place at the Mt. Alvernia Retreat Center, Wappinger Falls, New York. There will be a Pontifical Mass celebrated at this retreat by Bishop Jerome of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Scheduled also is a Pontifical Mass for the parish of Christ the King, Tullytown, Pennsylvania (Russian Orthodox Church), on some date to be determined later in this year. Bishop Jerome will celebrate this service.
* Conference Cost information:
Individual: $150
Couple: $225
Couple and 2 children: $225
According to His Grace Bishop Jerome, in a communication dated Apr. 5, 2011, a fourth pontifical Mass is being planned for later in this year of 2011. Details will be shared when they are available.
3 comments:
Did the picture not want to post?
It was reluctant, but I gave it much encouragement and it complied eventually. "Entreat, exhort, rebuke."
Can anyone explain why Fr. Bondi is dressed as a Russian priest and not as a western priest, as are Frs. Fenton and Hughes? Is this what is expected of "western" rite priests of the Russian Church to still look as Russian as possible?
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