His Grace Bishop Andrei Joins Hierarchs for Orthodox Volunteer Corps House Blessing in Boston

His Grace Bishop Andrei of Cleveland, Auxiliary Bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America, visits Orthodox Volunteer Corps (OVC) members each year in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Boston, Massachusetts. As the Corps’ episcopal liaison to the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America, His Grace blesses the homes where the full-time volunteers live, shares a meal with them, and spends time in conversation.

Joining His Grace for the annual house blessing in Boston were His Grace Bishop John of Worcester and New England and Auxiliary Bishop of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese on North America (Atiochian Patriarchate) and His Grace Bishop Nikodhim of Boston and the Albanian Archdiocese of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), along with local clergy and faithful.

For many Corps members, these visits are their first opportunity to have their home blessed by a bishop and to sit down with him for a meal and an extended conversation. The visits are part of a program that brings together service to neighbors in need, Orthodox Christian formation, community life, and participation in local parishes. Young adults in the full-time…