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PASCHAL LITURGY AT CHRIST THE SAVIOUR CATHEDRAL
"CHRIST IS RISEN FROM THE DEAD, TRAMPLING DOWN DEATH BY DEATH AND TO THOSE IN THE TOMBS BESTOWING LIFE!!!" Pascha morning dawned to a brilliant sunlit day at Christ The Saviour Cathedral in Johnstown on Sunday April 23, 2006. The faithful of our Diocesan Cathedral, joined His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas, the main celebrant at the 10:00 am Liturgy, to celebrate the "Feast of Feasts, and Holy Day of Holy Days". The posted photos show scenes from the Paschal Divine Liturgy.
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"In the Beginning was the Word...." Metropolitan Nicholas Proclaims the Gospel of Pascha.
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"Exclaim onto the Lord All the Earth Sing to His Name Give Glory to His Praise.." The Cathedral Choir joyously sang the responses to the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy.
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"Receive the Body of Christ, taste the Fountain of Immortality."
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The faithful come forward to receive the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas at the end of the Paschal Liturgy. His Eminence presented everyone with a mini Paska bread and The Very Rev. Protopresbyter Frank P. Miloro, Cathedral Dean offered the festal annointing.
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Metropolitan Nicholas and Proto-deacon Emil Gulick pose with Mrs. Helen Spanovich, the Cathedral Choir Director
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His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas is joined by Fr. Frank Miloro, Hieromonk Matthias and diocesan deacons in the blessing of the Paschal foods in the Cathedral Auditorium.
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The cathedral faithful await the blessing of the paschal foods.
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The traditional Egg Hunt took place on the Cathedral grounds following the blessing of the Paschal Foods.
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