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Metropolitan Herman with Bishop Demetrius
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Noted Roman Catholic scholars Fr John Long
and Prof. Thomas Bird were among the distinguished guests. |
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New faculty member, Fr. Alexander Rentel,
with Aristeides Papadakis (Univ. of Maryland), author of "The Christian
East and the Rise of the Papacy" (SVS Press). |
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Distinguished guests and seminary faculty
process into the Metropolitan Philip Auditorium. |
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His Beatitude, Metropolitan Herman, Seminary
President, presides at the opening prayer service. |
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Metropolitan Herman officially opens the Installation
Ceremony. |
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Professor Paul Meyendorff welcomes all and
introduces distinguished guests. |
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Metropolitan Herman addresses guests. |
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Metropolitan Herman installs John Erickson
as Dean by bestowing on him the seminary medallion. |
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Dean John H. Erickson addresses the guests
who packed the auditorium. |
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Metropolitan Herman presents Dean Erickson
with the Fr. Georges Florovsky Cross, which is passed from dean to dean. |
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Dean John H. Erickson and Metropolitan Herman. |