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ARCHBISHOP HILARION OF SIDNEY ELECTED NEW METROPOLITAN

New York, 12 May 2008 (Interfax):

Archbishop Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney, Australia, and New Zealand was elected the new primate of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), Archpriest Nikolai Balashov, secretary of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations told Interfax-Religion. The election took place during a session of the ROCOR’s Archbishop’s Council in New York. Archbishop Hilarion became acting Chairman of the ROCOR Holy Synod after the death of ROCOR primate Metropolitan Laurus of New York and Eastern America, and was seen as his likeliest successor. Under the new order, his candidacy requires the approval of Patriarch Aleksei II of Moscow and all Russia.

Archbishop Hilarion (Igor Kapral) was born on 6 January 1948, in Canada. In 1972, he graduated from Holy Trinity Seminary in Jordanville. In December 1974, he was tonsured as a Riassofor monk with the name of Hilarion. In December 1975, he was ordained to the deaconate. In 1976, he became a hierodeacon. The following year, he graduated from Syracuse University with a master’s degree in Slavic Studies and Russian Literature and was ordained to the priesthood. In December 1984, at the age of 36, Father Hilarion was appointed bishop of Manhattan. In June 1996, he was transferred to the diocese of Australia and New Zealand and raised to the rank of archbishop. In 2006, he was elected first deputy chairman of ROCOR’s Synod.

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Kremlin supports Russian Orthodox Church, but balks at allowing true religious feeling.

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Update on Palm Sunday 20 April and the Parish Anniversary

We regretfully announce that Bishop Gabriel will be unable to join us for Palm Sunday and the Anniversary of our parish due to his increased responsibilities since the death of our beloved Metropolitan Laurus. Vladyka has asked us to reschedule his visit for this summer and sends his sincerest regrets of this necessary change in his schedule.

Our normal schedule for services will take place on Palm Sunday. Following the Liturgy there will be a festal meal to mark the occasion. Palm Sunday is a joyous feast day normally in the Orthodox Church, but it is also the start of “Great and Holy Week” which is the most solemn and holy week of the entire Church year.

Parish Anniversary, Palm Sunday April 20, Visit of Bishop Gabriel

On Sunday April 20^ththe Orthodox Church of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia will officially celebrate the 10^th anniversary of its founding. April 20^th is also the feast of the Entrance of the Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, also called Palm Sunday or Willow Sunday, according to the Russian Orthodox calendar. We will be honored at this time by the visit of Bishop Gabriel of Manhatten. MORE...

07 April 2008 - First Orthodox Liturgy at the North Pole

Clergy of the Moscow Patriarchate celebrated the first Orthodox Divine Liturgy at the North Pole, 90 degrees north of Greenwich. MORE...

Sunday 16 March - His Eminence Metropolitan Laurus Passes Away

Today, on the day of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, His Eminence Metropolitan Laurus, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, reposed in the Lord.

The late Vladyka Laurus "fought the good fight, completed the course, preserved inviolate the faith," and conquered the long division in the Russian Church.

Tomorrow evening, Monday 17 March, we will serve a panikhida at 6 p.m. for all those who can come.

Please keep our dear Metropolitan in your prayers. He was very dear to us all.

May His Eminence abide in the Kingdom of Heaven. Memory eternal to him!

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