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Orthodox Observer - May 5, 1997
Highlights of Holy Week Services
Archbishop Spyridon and a young boy break eggs in celebration of Christ's Resurrection. NEW YORK.― Archbishop Spyridon officiated at Holy Week services at several Greek Orthodox parishes in the Metropolitan area. Palm Sunday services took place with His Eminence at St. Paul Cathedral in Hempstead. His first Nymphios service was at St. Spyridon Church in Manhattan that evening. His Eminence attended Holy Monday Nymphios service at Holy Transfiguration Church in Corona and the Holy Tuesday service at Holy Cross, Brooklyn. On Holy Wednesday, he administered the Holy Unction at Holy Trinity Church in New Rochelle.
Congregants at Sts. Constan- tine and Helen Cathedral in Brooklyn, N.Y., take part in the Agape service which Archbish- op Spyridon celebrated on Eas- ter Sunday. Holy Thursday at the morning communion service for the Archdiocese staff, the Archbishop was joined by Archbishop Iakovos, who administered communion to the entire staff. Archbishop Spyridon officiated at the Service of the Holy Passion on Holy Thursday evening at St. Demetrios Church in Jamaica. On Holy Friday, he presided at the service of the Royal Hours at the Archdiocese in the morning, at the afternoon Apokathilosis service at Kimisis Tis Theotokou in Brooklyn and the Lamentations at St. Demetrios Cathedral, in Astoria. The Archbishop went to St. Nicholas Church in Flushing on Holy Saturday morning for the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great. He officiated at Resurrection services Saturday evening at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. The Resurrection service was televised on CNN and on Greek television. On Easter Sunday, he traveled to Sts. Constantine and Helen Church in Brooklyn for the Agape service. [ ... ] [ Orthodox Observer - Vol. 62, No. 1128 - May 5, 1997 - p. 24 ]
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