Odessa: January 31, 2017
Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan participates in an akathist before the "Milk-Nursing" Icon of the Mother of God

As he begins his pilgrimage to the holy sites of the Diocese of Odessa of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, his grace Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan, on Tuesday, January 31, 2017, joined His Eminence Metropolitan Agathangel of Odessa and Izmailsk in the performance of an akathist before the "Milk-Nursing" Icon of the Mother of God and his vicar Bishops. Bishop Nicholas will remain here until February 6th, then will head for Kiev, where he will venerate the relics of Holy Martyr Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev, on the day of his martyrdom.