On Wednesday, February 2nd, His Beatitude Metropolitan HERMAN and His Grace Bishop TIKHON, together with the faithful of the St. Tikhon's community, celebrated the feast of the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple.

On this feast, we bless candles, both to recall the lights in the Temple in Jerusalem and to glorify our God Who has come as a "light unto the Gentiles and the glory of His people Israel."