Walking in our forefathers’ footsteps: Memorial Day pilgrimage includes procession “from Mayfield to the Monastery”

SOUTH CANAAN, PA [OCA] 3/5/2012 It was in 1905 that faithful Orthodox Christians processed from Saint John the Baptist Church, Mayfield, PA, to South Canaan for the formal opening of Saint Tikhon’s Monastery. This year, faithful are invited to “walk in our forefathers’ footsteps” on Sunday, May 27 in a procession that follows the same route “from Mayfield to the Monastery.” The procession to the monastery will begin with the celebration of the Sunday morning Divine Liturgy at Saint John the Baptst Church [Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia], Mayfield, at 9:30 a.m