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Media Release / Orthodox Church in America (www.oca.org)
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METROPOLITAN HERMAN TO CELEBRATE NATIVITY, THEOPHANY AT DC CATHEDRAL

WASHINGTON, DC [OCA Communications] -- His Beatitude, Metropolitan Herman, 
will celebrate the Vigil for the Great Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord at 
Saint Nicholas Cathedral here on Friday, December 24, 2003 at 7:00 p.m.

Earlier the same day, the Vesperal Divine Liturgy for the Eve of the 
Nativity will be celebrated at the cathedral at 10:00 a.m.

On Saturday, December 25, the Great Feast of the Nativity, Metropolitan 
Herman will celebrate the festal Divine Liturgy at Saint Nicholas Cathedral 
at 9:00 a.m.

Metropolitan Herman also will celebrate the Vigil for the Great Feast of 
Theophany, which commemorates the Baptism of Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, 
January 5, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. and the festal Divine Liturgy on Thursday, 
January 6, at 10:00 a.m.  Following the Liturgy, he will preside at the 
Great Blessing of Water.

The beautifully frescoed cathedral, of which the Very Rev. Constantine 
White is dean, is located in the heart of "embassy row" in the US capital 
at 3500 Massachusetts Avenue NW.  Modeled after the famous 14th century 
Church of Saint Demetrius in Vladimir, Russia, the cathedral serves as the 
seat of the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America.

Visitors are warmly invited to attend all services at the cathedral.  For 
further information and a complete schedule of additional
services, call the cathedral office at 202-333-5060.

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Related resources:
Archpastoral Message of Metropolitan Herman for Christmas: 
http://www.oca.org/pages/news/news.asp?ID=708
Biography of Metropolitan Herman: 
http://www.oca.org/pages/ocaadmin/episcopacy/mh/biographymh.html
About Orthodox Christian celebrations of Christmas: 
http://www.oca.org/pages/orth_chri/Orthodox-Faith/Worship/Nativity-of-Christ.
html

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With headquarters in Syosset, New York, the Orthodox Church in America
numbers over 700 parishes, missions, monasteries, seminaries and institutions
throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. (www.oca.org)

For more information:
Please contact the Very Rev. John Matusiak, OCA Communications Director, at 
630-668-3071 or jjm@oca.org

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