On Saturday 16 May and Sunday 17 May we had services for the Sixth Sunday of Pascha, the Sunday of the Blind Man. As on Sunday it was eight years to the day since the signing of the Act of Canonical Communion between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Moscow Patriarchate, the Prayer for the Prosperity of the Russian Orthodox Church was read at Divine Liturgy. In addition, the ever-memorable Patriarch Alexis II (Ridiger) and Metropolitan Laurus (Skurla), chief signatories of the Act, were commemorated at the Great Entrance and with the singing of “Eternal Memory” after the dismissal. The parish rector spoke briefly about the significance of these two men in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church, thanking God that He had raised up wise shepherds at such an important time for the Church both in the homeland and in the diaspora.