(Dallas) His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah celebrated the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord here with Great Compline, Festal Matins and the Festal Divine Liturgy at midnight. At the service, His Beatitude tonsured Iosif Wynn as a reader and subdeacon. Celebrating with the Metropolitan was Archpriest Joseph Fester, Dean of St Seraphim Cathedral and Chancellor of the Diocese of the South, Archpriest John Anderson, Associate Pastor at St. Seraphim, Deacons Gregory Norris, Steven Kroll, Gregory Conley and Photius Avant.
Prior to the start of the Festal services, two catechumens, Seraphim and Mary Long were received into the Orthodox Church and three new catechumens were enrolled, Tikhon and Helen Tadlock and James McCormick.