On Friday evening of the fifth week of Great Lent, April 7/20, Metropolitan Mark of Berlin and Germany led Matins with the reading of the akathist to the Mother of God at the Holy Ascension Convent. The clergy of the monastery concelebrated with the bishop.
The Chief of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission, Archimandrite Roman (Krassovsky) led the same service in the Gethsemane Church of St. Mary Magdalene.
The Chief of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission, Archimandrite Roman (Krassovsky) led the same service in the Gethsemane Church of St. Mary Magdalene.
