On Monday, May 16, the feast of Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Caves, at 2:00 PM New York time, following a lengthy illness, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, reposed in the Lord in a New York City hospital.
His Grace Nicholas, Bishop of Manhattan, vicar of the Eastern American Diocese, performed the "Canon of Supplication at the Parting of the Soul." His Grace was joined by Archpriest Serafim Gan and Hierodeacon Panteleimon (Jigalin). A panihida will be served in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York at 7:30 PM tonight.
Further information will be provided shortly.
Memory eternal to the newly reposed Metropolitan Hilarion!
