Metropolitan Hilarion of ROCOR Visits India,Celebrates Divine Liturgy and Ordains Reader
Russian Orthodox Church in India
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia – Moscow Patriarchate
OCP News Service – 13/1/13
Mumbai: Metropolitan Hilarion the first Hierarch of ROCOR arrived in Mumbai on the 10th pf January 2013 and was warmly welcomed by the local people. Former Metropolitan John Augustine of the Anglican church hosted a welcome dinner later that evening to mark this historical moment of ROCOR’s first metropolitan in recent times who has visited the Indian sub continent.
Silouan Sunil Benedict from St John Chrysostom Orthodox Church, Banaglore was raised and tonsured to the rank of Reader. Since there is no church building in India yet, the service was held at the residence of a Serbian Orthodox faithful. Deacon Fr George Yurij Maximov made all necessary arrangement’s. Traditional Indian food was served after the service.
Russian Orthodox Church has a stable and growing missions in India, Pakistan and Nepal. There are several converts to Russian Orthodox from Roman Catholic, Anglican, various protestant denominations and also from Hinduism and Islam.
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It is indeed a significant event. But I think Russian Church should be more co-operative with the Indian Orthodox Church. Though Indian Church is non-Chalcedon,it would’ve been better if the ordination was held in an orthodox church itself. Metropolitan Hilarion could’ve stayed in the Orthodox bishop house in Mumbai. May God bring them closer.
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