May 22, 2005
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Pictures of Metropolitan Nicholas’ visit to our Church
MAY 22, 2005
The Doxology – just before the beginning of the Divine Liturgy
Fr. Christos and Deacon Theodore
Metropolitian Nicholas, Deacon Theodore and the altar boys
Metropolitan Nicholas talking to the children
Metropolitan Nicholas and Deacon Theodore
Blessing of the loaves (artoclasia)
Comments (7)
Great pictures! Thanks for sharing. What a blessed time.
I always love your pictures, Lisa! :sunny:
why is his name Metropolitan Nicholas? When I hear Metropolitan I think of yk, a city
Just curious. LOL before I “met” you, I thought “spice” when I heard Basil, now I think “hey lisa has a Basil” :)
Kelly a Metropolitan is a rank of Bishop. Here is a link with a definition and more explanation. Scroll down to where it says Eastern Orthodox Churches there it explains its meaning in the Hellenic (Greek) Orthodox Church.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_bishop
HTH and thanks for asking! :)
And here is a link that talks about St. Basil the Great! :) (Basil comes from the Greek word meaning kingly.) :sunny:
http://www.answers.com/topic/basil-of-caesarea
thanks. I learn something new every day :)
:) LOL! That was exactly my thought when you asked the questions! Thanks again for asking Kelly, it was a good question! :goodjob:
very cool!