PICS: Sunday of Orthodoxy, Etc.

Here’s some pics I’ve had laying around — most are from Sunday of Orthodoxy in Houston, courtesy of parishioner Gregory Quartaro.

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Clergy process with icons at Vespers, St Joseph Antiochian Orthodox Church. (Right to left: me, Archpriest Matthew MacKay, Archpriest David Eckley, Archpriest Joseph Shahda in the shadows.)

This year’s host pastor, Archpriest Matthew MacKay, during the procession.

Fathers Richard Petranek, Michael Lambakis, Basil Biberdorf, and Iulian Anitei.

From the far left: Archpriest Paul Tarazi (guest preacher), Archimandrite Gabriel Karambis, Archpriest Joseph Shahda, self, Archpriest Matthew Mackay, Archpriest David Eckley, Priest Dejan Tiosavljevic, Deacon Gregory Gibson.

Deacon Joseph Carter … leads the Synodikon. (That’s Archpriest Anstasios Raptis beside Fr Paul Tarazi; Fr Florin Craioveanu, a very tall man, is blocked from view.)

Deacons Meletios Marx & Gregory Gibson hold the Gospel Book for veneration of the faithful.

St George, from the choir loft, in the dark.

The Clergy Brotherhood of St Raphael of Brooklyn, Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America, pictured here with Archimandrite Zacharias at the annual retreat.

Hey … how’d they get in here? Just some kids I’m blessed to know.

“With fear of God and faith and love, draw near!” (That’s Fr John Salem in the background.)