On Sunday, July 1/14, 2013 His Eminence Metropolitan Moses of Toronto was enthroned in the Cathedral of St. Nektarios, Toronto, Canada.
The enthronement was performed by His Eminence, Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Attica and Boeotia, the representative of the Holy Synod of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece. The enthronement took place during the Divine Liturgy just before the Thrice-Holy Hymn at the synthronon according to a 14th century Book of Rubrics of the Diocese of Karpasia, Cyprus.
Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church is a beautiful mission parish near downtown Tucson, a city in southern Arizona. It was started in 1997 by Father John Bockman, who was a missionary Priest formerly serving missions in Tennessee and Massachusetts since 1990. Father John served the faithful in Tucson and the surrounding area in his home Chapel until his repose in November of 2000. His wife, Presbytera Valerie, continued to make her home Chapel available for the mission, with clergy from Saint Nectarios Orthodox Church in Seattle and His Eminence, Metropolitan Moses of Toronto (then of Portland), visiting to provide the Divine Services.
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