Clergy at the Little Entrance (Servers from left: Dn. Hermogen (Fr. Philip's brother-in-law), Sub-deacon Joseph Olas (from St. George, Indianapolis), Sub-deacon John (from Myrtle Beach, SC), Fr. Gregory Rogers; the nun in the background is Mother Thekla, from Ss. Mary and Martha House, Wagener, SC.
Fr. Philip at the altar (St. Nicholas Cathedral, Brooklyn ??)
Bishop ANTOUN vests Fr. Philip; Fr. Gregory Rogers is at the left.
Bishop ANTOUN continues to vest Fr. Philip; Fr. Gregory assists, behind Bishop ANTOUN. To the right of Fr. Philip is Fr. Stephen Freeman, Fr. Philip's father-in-law (an OCA priest at St. Anne Orthodox Church, Oak Ridge, TN); behind the altar, Fr. David Bleem, a newly-ordained seminarian at St. Vladimir's Seminary.
Fr. Philip (relaxed) with his wife, Kathryn. |