Syosset, NY
November 20, 2006


Photos by John Mindala

On Monday, November 20, at the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America, His Beatitude Metropolitan Herman received representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) for a conversation about the ROCOR’s process of reconciliation with the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate). Also in attendance were His Grace Bishop Nikon of Boston, His Grace Bishop Tikhon of Philadelphia, and Archpriest Leonid Kishkovsky. The ROCOR representatives were Archpriest Alexander Lebedeff, Secretary of the Commission on Negotiations with the Moscow Patriarchate and Rector of Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in Los Angeles, and Priest Serafim Gan, Personal Secretary to His Eminence Metropolitan Laurus of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and Rector of the St. Seraphim Church in Sea Cliff, NY.

His Beatitude Metropolitan Herman with representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) at lunch in the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America.