March 16, 2016
Beloved Hierarchs and Clergy of this God-protected Archdiocese:
Greetings and Blessings during this First Week of the Great Fast!
Saturday March 19, 2016 will mark the second anniversary of the repose of our beloved Metropolitan Philip of thrice-blessed memory. As such, all of the parishes and missions of this Archdiocese are directed to do the following on Sunday March 20, 2016, the Sunday of Orthodoxy:
1. During the Proskomedia, the priest shall commemorate His Eminence Metropolitan Philip of thrice-blessed memory as the first among the departed.
2. During the Great Entrance, the priest shall commemorate His Eminence Metropolitan Philip of thrice-blessed memory as the first among the departed.
May his memory be eternal and may your journey through the Great Fast be spiritually rewarding.
+Joseph
Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of All North America
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America