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His Grace, Bishop Irénée served at St. Catherine's OCA Church in Moscow

November 25, 2012

In the Church of St. Catherine in the Fields in Moscow (the Representation Church of The Orthodox Church in America), on November 25, 2012, with the blessing of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, His Grace, Bishop Irénée (Rochon), Administrator the Archdiocese of Canada (OCA), celebrated the Divine Liturgy together with Archimandrite Alexander (Pihach), the Representative of The Orthodox Church in America, and also with the Priest John Kechkin, Priest Kronid (Kalashnikov), a longtime friend of the Monastery of the Pskov Caves, Priest Andrew Tregubov and Deacons Hasratyan Dmitry, Alexei Cherkasov and Cyril Dotsenko.

Before the icon of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, and in the presence of his relics, there was a special prayer service. The faithful were able to venerate the relics until the Feast of St. Catherine, the name-day of the parish, on December 7, 2012.