Sunday of Orthodoxy was celebrated in a special way this year in Chicago. At Ss. Constantine and Helen Romanian Cathedral of Chicago, the Divine Liturgy was served by the clergy of the Cathedral. At the time of the sermon, Fr. Vasile Muresan read the Pastoral Letter of the Romanian Orthodox Church Holy Synod on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. After the Divine Liturgy, children from the Sunday School of the Cathedral organized a procession with holy icons from the church to the social hall where they sung hymns of Great Lent and adorned with flowers the icons of the Mother of God.
His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae responded to the invitation of His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago to serve together at St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church of Palatine, IL. The parish Sunday School children also organized a procession with holy icons. The Synodicon of Orthodoxy was read as a conclusion. The two hierarchs spoke on the meaning of the Sunday of Orthodoxy and the common witness all Orthodox are called to bring on this day.
In the evening, hierarchs, priests and Orthodox believers of the Chicago area gathered at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church of Cicero, Illinois for the Pan-Orthodox Vespers. The homilist of the evening was Father Milos Vesin of Holy Archangel Michael Serbian Church of Lansing, IL. The answers were given by the Pan-Orthodox Choir of Chicago directed by Mrs. Gordana Trbuhovich in English, Greek, Slavonic, Romanian and Arabic. At the end of the Vespers, the Synodicon of Orthodoxy was read as a common confession of the Orthodox Faith. A procession with holy icons completed the Vespers service.
HE Metropolitan Nicolae, the clergy and many believers of Ss. Constantine and Helen's Cathedral attended this Pan-Orthodox service.
