Photos - Concelebration at St. Mark of Ephesus Cathedral 2012

On Sunday, October 8/21, 2012, His Grace, Bishop Demetrius of Boston, concelebrated at the Cathedral of St Mark of Ephesus, Roslindale, MA together with: Protopresbyter Christos Constantinou, Archimandrite Nicodemus Kalantis, Protopresbyter Theodore Giannakopoulos, Fr. George Kochergin, Fr. George Liadis, Fr. Vasiliy Mihailov, Hieromonk Maximus Marretta, Fr. George Kamberidis, Fr. George Psaromatis, Protodeacon Demetrios Houlares, Hierodeacon Agathangelos, Deacon Jacob Wojcik, Deacon Christopher Catanzano, Deacon Alexander Buterbaugh, Deacon Yakov Tseitlin, and Sub-deacon Stefan Kaschkadajew.

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