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On Saturday, January 19, 2013, the great feast day of the Epiphany, after Divine Liturgy and the blessing of the waters, Protopriest Andrei Sommer, Protopriest Serafim Gan, Priest Alexandre Antchoutine and Priest Nicholas Olhovsky, as well as Protodeacon Paul Wolkow, performed the rite of vesting of the body of newly-reposed Dean of the First Deanery of the Eastern American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, Mitred Protopriest Alexey Ohotin. The coffin was then brought to Annunciation Church in Flushing, NY, where a pannikhida was performed before all-night vigil. On Monday, January 21, a hierarchal funerary Divine Liturgy will begin at 9 am, followed by the funeral. The burial will take place at Novo-Diveevo Convent Cemetary in Nyack, NY.
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