Prayers requested for Metropolitan Nicholas

Metropolitan Nicholas

The following statement was released by the American Carpatho-Russian Orthdox Diocese:


"Johnston, PA -- Prayers are requested of all the venerable clergy and faithful of the diocese for His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas who is gravely ill. His Eminence, who has been undergoing treatment for cancer, was admitted to the hospital yesterday and is receiving hospice care.


"Prayers are especially requested at Divine Liturgy tomorrow, March 13, 2011, as it marks the 28th Anniversary of His Eminence's consecration to the Episcopacy.


"May Christ our True God, the Physician of Souls and Bodies, bestow His Grace and Mercy to His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas, as he patiently endures his bodily afflictions."