Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church

Great and Holy Saturday – Divine Liturgy, 2017

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Holy Friday

Deacon Michael Laliberte

Protopresbyter Maxym Lysack

His Eminence, Metropolitan NICHOLAS, reads the prayer making Fr. Maxym a protopresbyter of the Holy Church.

His Eminence preaches the sermon.

Metropolitan NICHOLAS censes the temple and the people during the singing of “O Come, Let us Worship.”

Ten priests and one deacon surround His Eminence, Metropolitan NICHOLAS, as the latter prays, “O Lord, O Lord, look down from heaven and see….”

Two young girls of the parish greet His Eminence before the beginning of the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy on Sunday morning.

His Eminence, Metropolitan NICHOLAS consecrates the icon above the Royal Doors with holy chrism.

Deacon Michael stands beside His Eminence while the latter reads the prayers of consecration.

Matushka Yvonne directs the children’s choir, which alternated with the adult choir in singing the service.

The clergy surround the Metropolitan’s throne at the beginning of Great Vespers.

The church is shown in a picture taken before Great Vespers on Saturday evening.

Diocesan priest Fr. Jeff Zias, pastor of St. Michael’s Church in St. Clair, PA, with newlyweds Victor and Nancy Chiasson.

His Eminence, Metropolitan NICHOLAS converses with sisters Ludmila “Millie” Lacosta and Evhenia “Jennie” Sullivan.

Parishioners Lucie Brandt and Marina Kravtsova enjoy refreshments and fellowship at the dessert reception during the “Anniversary Weekend.”

Terri Warnock and baby Lilian greet His Eminence, Metropolitan NICHOLAS during the dessert reception at Holy Trinity Hall on Saturday, June 21, 2008.

Metropolitan NICHOLAS prays at the grave of Protopresbyter Nicholas Bohatyretz, one of the early pastors of Holy Trinity Bukovynian Orthodox Church.

His Eminence, Metropolitan NICHOLAS blesses the grave of Alexandra Christine Monuk, a late member and benefactor of our church.

Several diocesan priests bless a newly opened section of Holy Trinity Bukovynian Orthodox Cemetery during the “Anniversary Weekend,” 2008.

His Eminence, Metropolitan NICHOLAS leads the faithful in an informal procession to the back of the cemetery for the consecration of a new section on Saturday, June 21, 2008.

His Excellency, Dr. Ihor Ostash, addresses guests at a reception hosted by the Embassy of Ukraine to mark the 90th anniversary of the establishment of Holy Trinity parish and the 600th anniversary of the founding of the city of Chernivtsi, Bukovyna, Ukraine, on Friday, June 20, 2008.

Longtime Holy Trinity parishioners Kay Warchow, Eleonora Vorobej, and Jimmy Vorobej enjoy the reception at the Embassy of Ukraine, Friday, June 20, 2008.

Fr. Maxym gives a short address on the founding and early years of Holy Trinity Bukovynian Orthodox Church at the Embassy of Ukraine, Friday, June 20, 2008, during the Anniversary Weekend of our parish.

Fr. Roberto Ubertino, pastor of St. John the Compassionate/St. Silouan the Athonite Mission in Toronto, presents Fr. Maxym with a beautiful jewelled cross before the luncheon for clergy and out-of-town guests at Holy Trinity Hall.

The clergy and monastics pose with His Eminence after the Divine Liturgy.

The Metropolitan greets His Excellency, Dr. Ihor Ostash, Ambassador of Ukraine in Canada.

Metropolitan NICHOLAS gives the cross for veneration.

The Metropolitan blesses the children with holy water as they come forward after the Divine Liturgy.

Fr. Maxym and Matushka Yvonne catch each other’s eye at the end of the blessing.

At the end of the Divine Liturgy, His Eminence, Metropolitan NICHOLAS blesses Fr. Maxym and Matushka Yvonne on the occasion of their 25th anniversary of marriage.

The clergy are seen praying in the altar during the eucharistic canon.

Metropolitan NICHOLAS places the jewelled cross on the new protopresbyter.

His All-Holiness,
Patriarch BARTHOLOMEW,
Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch