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				    SCOBA
  The Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas
		   8 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10021

For Immediate Release
March 5, 2003

Contact:  Bishop Dimitrios, General Secretary
Phone: (212) 774-0593 Fax: (212) 774-0202
E-mail: scoba@goarch.org

Hierarchs Representing Membership Of SCOBA
To Celebrate Sunday Of Orthodoxy On March 16

New  York, NY -- On Sunday, March 16, Hierarchs representing the membership
of  the  jurisdictions	of  the  Standing  Conference of Canonical Orthodox
Bishops  in  the  Americas  (SCOBA)  will  gather  at  the  Greek  Orthodox
Archdiocesan  Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York City for the Divine
Liturgy and the celebration of the Sunday of Orthodoxy.

His  Eminence  Archbishop  Demetrios,  Chairman of SCOBA and Primate of the
Greek Orthodox Church in America, will host the event and co-celebrate with
Archbishop  Nicolae  of  the  Romanian	Orthodox Archdiocese in America and
Canada,  Archbishop  Antony  of  the  Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA,
Metropolitan  Nicholas of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese in
the  USA,  Bishop  Mitrofan  of  the  Serbian Orthodox Church in the United
States	and  Canada,  Bishop  Antoun  of  the Antiochian Orthodox Christian
Archdiocese  of  North	America,  Bishop Seraphim representing the Orthodox
Church	in  America,  and  Bishop  Ilia of the Albanian Orthodox Diocese of
America.  His  Eminence  Metropolitan  Nicholas  will  preach  the  homily,
seminarians  from  Holy  Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology will chant
the  Matins,  and  the Cathedral Choir, directed by Dr. Dino Anagnost, will
sing the hymns and responses of the Liturgy.

The  historical  significance  of the Sunday of Orthodoxy dates to 787 A.D.
when  the  Fathers  of the Seventh Ecumenical Council of Nicaea decreed the
restoration  of the icons as a means for the spiritual growth and formation
of  the  Christian ethos and character in the likeness and image of God and
His  Saints.  In  843  A.D.  when  the	veneration  of	icons  was solemnly
proclaimed  at	Saint  Sophia Cathedral in Constantinople, clergy and monks
came  in  procession and restored icons to their rightful places within the
church.   The  Sunday  of Orthodoxy is traditionally celebrated in Orthodox
Churches  worldwide on the first Sunday of Great Lent. Following the Divine
Liturgy,  the  clergy  lead  the  faithful in the procession of icons and a
recitation of the Declaration of Faith.

The  Hierarchical Divine Liturgy will begin at 10:00 a.m.  The Cathedral of
the Holy Trinity is located at 319 East 74th Street in Manhattan.

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