Clergymen of the Church Abroad Conduct a Moleben
Before the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God

At the invitation of Bishop Mercury of Zaraisk (ROC/MP), and with the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Laurus, the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, Archimandrite Luke (Murianka), Dean of Holy Trinity Seminary, and Priest Serafim Gan, a clergyman of the Synodal Cathedral of the Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God, performed a moleben (service of supplication) before the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God at St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York. Students of Holy Trinity Seminary accompanying Archimandrite Luke attended the moleben, as well as parishioners of the Synodal Cathedral and many other worshipers who came to pray before--and venerate for the last time--this great holy image, which is returning to the renascent Tikhvin Monastery this June. The miracle-working icon will be at St. Nicholas Cathedral until the Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross.