Metropolitan Jonah to consecrate Holy Chrism during Holy Week

15/2/2012 OCA For the first time since his election as Primate of the Orthodox Church in America in November 2008, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah will consecrate Holy Chrism in conjunction with the celebration of the Vesperal Liturgy of Great and Holy Thursday at the Monastery Church of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk here April 12, 2012. The consecration of Chrism is a Rite reserved for the Primates of autocephalous Orthodox Churches.