On Sunday, November 5/18, the commemoration of the holy martyrs Galacteon and Episteme, His Eminence Archbishop Peter visited the parish church of St. Nicholas in McKinney, TX. Archpriest Seraphim Holland, the parish rector, con-celebrated, along with parish deacon Nicholas Park and visiting deacons Alexander Petrovsky from Cincinnati, OH and David Shepherd from Spring, TX. The choir sang beautifully under the direction of Genevieve Park.

During the hours Sergius Burns was tonsured as a reader, and after the Great Entrance Deacon Nicholas Park was ordained to the priesthood.