CHICAGO, IL [DOM] – Saturday, May 30 through Monday, June 1, festal services were held honoring the Great Feast of Holy Pentecost, the altar feast of the Diocesan Cathedral, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Chicago, IL. His Eminence Archbishop Daniel of Chicago and the Diocese of the Midwest presided over the celebration of the divine services.
Saturday, June 7, Priest Alexander Koranda, Cathedral Dean, served Divine Liturgy for Soul Saturday. Later that evening, the Archbishop presided over the Vigil service for Pentecost and was assisted by the Cathedral Clergy.
The next day, the feast of Pentecost, Archbishop Daniel presided over the hierarchical liturgy. Serving with His Eminence were Archpriest Herman Kincaid, Chancellor, Fr. Alexander, Archpriest Tarasiy Maxim, Deacon Paul Garklavs, and Deacon Timothy Heinbokel. The Cathedral Choir was directed by Reader Vladimir Lymar.
Following the Divine Liturgy, Great Vespers was served with the Kneeling Prayers.
On Monday June 1, the Day of the Holy Spirit, His Eminence concelebrated the Divine Liturgy with Bishop Spyridon of Chicago and Mid-America (ROCOR), and Bishop Serafim of Kostajnica (Serbian).
The hierarchs were assisted by Archpriest Herman Kincaid, Chancellor, Priest Alexander Koranda, Cathedral Dean, Mitered Archpriest Vladimir Kovalchuk, Archpriest Athanasios Chulakov, Archpriest Tarasiy Maxim, Archpriest Michael Volzhanskii, Priest Antony Alekseyenko, Priest Nikolai Lochmatow, Priest John Kennerk, Priest Daniel Greeson, Priest Joseph Whittaker, Protodeacon Alexander Kichakov, Deacon Paul Garklavs, and Deacon Timothy Heinbokel.
A cross procession was held following the Divine Liturgy.
The Archbishop welcomed the visiting hierarchs to the Cathedral and thanked them for attending the feast. This was Bishop Spyridon and Bishop Serafim’s first time serving at the Cathedral. The Archbishop also honored Protodeacon Thomas Keith on the occasion of his 20th anniversary of ordination.
After the Prayers of Thanksgiving a festival meal was held in the Cathedral courtyard.
