Patronal feast of the Three Hierarchs metochion is celebrated in Paris

On 12 February 2010, the Three Hierarchs metochion in Paris, the main church of the Korsun diocese in France, celebrated its patronal feast. Archbishop Innokenty of Korsun, Archbishop Gabriel of Comana, Patriarchate of Constantinople, and Bishop Michael of Geneva, Russian Church Abroad celebrated the Divine Liturgy together with clerics from different Orthodox jurisdictions, website of the Korsun diocese reports.

Attending the service were Russian Ambassador to France Aleksandr Orlov, seminary students from Epinay-sur-Seine, and many parishioners.

In his homily after the Liturgy, Archbishop Innokenty thanked the archpastors for participation in the main feast of the Korsun diocese and invited them to attend the celebration of the 80^th anniversary of the Three Hierarchs metochion to take place in 2011. He called the concelebration of the three bishops representing Russian Orthodox tradition in France an important symbolic gesture, witnessing common wish to work together to the good of the people of God.

Archbishop Gabriel thanked Archbishop Innokenty for kind sentiments and told all the worshippers that unity experienced in the Divine Liturgy should be continued in life and ministry of all Christians.

Festal repast was offered to clergymen and worshippers after the Divine service.

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Patronal feast of the Three Hierarchs metochion is celebrated in Paris

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