His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America will be officially enthroned over the weekend of December 5-7.
His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch is traveling to America for the occasion, which will take place at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Brooklyn, New York.
Preparations are under way and hierarchs and guests will be attending from across the world. The enthronement and the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy will be streamed live on antiochian.org and NOURSAT who will be providing live coverage.
Fr. Christopher Metropulos, Executive Director of the Orthodox Christian Network, will be at the event, providing coverage and reports that will be posted here on myocn.net.
According to Antiochian.org: “Due to an overwhelming response, we have more than 700 people attending the enthronement banquet. Thanks to everyone’s enthusiasm and support, we were able to take over the entire ballroom to accommodate the large number of attendees. As a result, there are a limited number of additional tickets and we will continue to accept reservations on a first come first served basis by credit card only at this point.”
The following is the public schedule for the weekend:
Friday, December 5th:
6:30pm Great Vespers with Artoklasia for the Feast of St. Nicholas
Saturday, December 6th:
9:00am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy for the Feast of St. Nicholas, Patron Saint of the Mother Cathedral
4:30pm Prayer of Thanksgiving and Enthronement of Metropolitan Joseph.
7:00pm Reception at the Brooklyn Marriott
8:00pm Gala Banquet at the Brooklyn Marriott
Sunday, December 7th:
9:15am Orthros
10:30am Patriarchal Divine Liturgy
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