Clergy Synaxis: Diocese of Boston

Details: Created on Wednesday, 06 November 2013 02:07

On Saturday, Oct. 20/Nov. 2, 2013 a clergy synaxis in the diocese of Boston was held in the Cathedral of St. Mark of Ephesus in Roslindale, MA, under the presidency of the ruling hierarch, His Grace, Bishop Demetrius of Boston, during which lectures were heard and current issues of the diocese were discussed.

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