HOWELL: November 17, 2014
St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in New Jersey Celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the Episcopal Consecration of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York

A photo-report on the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the episcopal consecration of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, is posted on the official website of the diocese.

The main church celebration of His Eminence�s jubilee as hierarch will be held on the actual anniversary of his consecration, December 10, the feast day of the Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God "of the Sign" at the Synodal Cathedral of Our Lady �of the Sign� in New York City. There will be a regular meeting of the Synod of Bishops at the time, and the assembled hierarchs will celebrate Divine Liturgy before the Kursk Icon.