Ecumenical Vespers Service for the Feast of St. Anna

On July 25, 2012, at the invitation of His Excellency Archbishop Allen Vigneron (Roman-Catholic Archbishop of Detroit), His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas attended the Vespers Service for the Feast of St. Anna at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit, MI. Metropolitan Nicholas was also invited to a private dinner at the residence of the Archbishop preceding the Vespers Service. Accompanying His Eminence at dinner were: Rev. William Bartz (Chancellor), Rev. Nicholas Pathenos (Ecumenical Liaison), Rev. Aristotle Damaskos (Proistamenos of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Toledo, OH) and Mr. Alex Radulescu (Assistant to the Metropolitan). His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas delivered the sermon stressing the importance of good parenting taking as models Sts. Joachim and Anna. At the end of the service, Metropolitan Nicholas presented the Roman Catholic Cathedral with an icon of Sts. Joachim & Anna with Panagia receiving in return an icon of St. Anna from Archbishop Vigneron.