Pan-Orthodox Mission Vespers / Sunday of Orthodoxy Hosted by St. Nicholas ROC, Bethlehem, PA - 02/25/18

On Sunday, February 25, Pan-Orthodox of the Lehigh Valley Clergy Brotherhood, under the direction of Fr. Andrew Damick, President, celebrated the 1st Sunday of Great Lent Mission Vespers and the Sunday of Orthodoxy.  The Guest Homilist was Bishop Neophytos.  He is the first native Kenyan Bishop of the Diocese of Nyeri and Mt. Kenya, within the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All-Africa.

The celebration was hosted by St. Nicholas ROC, Bethlehem, PA.  The choir, led by Choir Director/Reader Nick Lezinsky, sang beautifully.  Orthodox Christians from around the Lehigh Valley attended this Vespers Service. Priests and parishioners, from Antiochian, Greek, Ukrainian, and our own Russian Orthodox Church, united to celebrate this Sunday’s Lenten Mission Vespers.

After the service, refreshments were served in Chernay Fellowship Hall.