This feast of Epiphany has a unique characteristic as it is a revelation of the Holy Trinity. We chant, "the worship of the Holy Trinity" was revealed today. In Christ's baptism, the water participates in the sanctification of God's creation. The water we drink, the water we use to cleanse ourselves, and the water that we are is the same water that participates in God's holiness.
His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Geron of America, celebrated Epiphany on January 6, 2018 in the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity in Hicksville, New York.
At the Holy Trinity in Hicksville, the Archbishop presided at the Divine Liturgy of the Epiphany and the Service of the Holy and Great Agiasmos, the sanctification of the waters and the blessing of the faithful with holy water.
His Eminence Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh concelebrated with the Archbishop. Also celebrating the liturgy were parish priest Fr. Theofanis Papantonis, Fr. George Stavropoulos, assistant priest and former proistamenos for many years, Archdeacon Panteleimon Papadopoulos and Deacon Eleftherios Constantine.
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