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It was a beautiful, bright, and balmy afternoon, August 18, 2004, when the
lengthy procession of some thirty-three Archbishops and Bishops and over seventy
Priests and Deacons solemnly made its way into the Cathedral of Our Lady of the
Annunciation, the Mother Church of the Eparchy, for the Divine Liturgy of
Enthronement. With great anticipation, the Faithful, representing many
churches in the Eparchy, filled the Cathedral.
After the solemn vesting of the new Archbishop by the Deacons, Father Eugene
Mitchell, B.S.O., Rector of the Cathedral, called upon His Excellency Archbishop
Gabriel Montalvo, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, the Pope's personal
representative to our country, to come forward to read the Papal Bull
proclaiming Archbishop Cyril Bustros as the Fourth Eparch of Newton. Then,
His Beatitude, Patriarch Gregorios III, Father of Fathers and Shepherd of
Shepherds of the Melkite Church, imparted the pastoral staff of authority to
Archbishop Cyril instructing him to rule, govern, and guide the Eparchy of
Newton with firmness and love. The Pontifical Divine Liturgy then
followed.
After the congregation had received the Precious Body and Blood of Christ in
Holy Communion and the Divine Liturgy had concluded, Bishop John Elya, now
Eparch Emeritus of Newton escorted his successor, Archbishop Cyril Salim Bustros,
from the Holy Doors to ascend the Hierarchical Throne of his new Cathedral for
the first time. From his Eparchial Throne, the new Eparch solemnly blessed
the clergy and people with the Dikirion and Trikirion, the two and
three-branched candles that symbolize the two Natures of Christ and the three
Persons of the Most Holy Trinity. Then, the Clergy and the people
came forward to kiss the hand of the new Eparch as a sign of loyalty and
obedience.
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| Eastern bishops attending the enthronement | Patriarch
Gregorios III Archbishop Montalvo, Papal Nuncio, Bishop John and
Archbishop Cyril pause for a moment before entering the Cathedral
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The procession into the church before the enthronement of the new Eparch of Newton |
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| The Patriarch blesses the clergy and people | Eparchial Clergy in attendance at the Enthronement | Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Montalvo read Papal Bull proclaiming Archbishop Cyril Bustros Fourth Eparch of Newton. |
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| Archbishop Cyril, Eparch of Newton | The Patriarch blesses the clergy and people | Archbishop Cyril
receives the obeisance of clergy and people after his Enthronement
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