On Mid-Wednesday of Great Lent, March 13/26, Metropolitan Mark of Berlin and Germany, as part of his pastoral visit, celebrated the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts in the Monastery of St. Mary Magdalene which is in the Garden of Gethsemane. The evening before, Vladyka led the rite of General Unction in the same church. The abbess of the convent, Mother Elisabeth (Smelic) and the sisters received the sacrament along with visiting parishioners.
After the Liturgy, Metropolitan Mark read the prayer for the removal of the klobuk of the newly tonsured monk Jeremiah.
After the Liturgy, Metropolitan Mark read the prayer for the removal of the klobuk of the newly tonsured monk Jeremiah.
