The Divine Liturgy and Ordination of Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago. His Eminence was ordained to the Episcopacy by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios Geron of America, at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity on Saturday, March 17, 2018. Sixteen Hierarchs concelebrated in the Divine Liturgy and the ordination. This video begins with the Confession of…


The Divine Liturgy and Ordination of Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago. His Eminence was ordained to the Episcopacy by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios Geron of America, at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity on Saturday, March 17, 2018. Sixteen Hierarchs concelebrated in the Divine Liturgy and the ordination.

This video begins with the Confession of Faith. The ordination takes place over the course of the Divine Liturgy:

Confession of Faith: 00:00
Beginning of Divine Liturgy: 12:41
Small Entrance: 22:38
Trisagion Hymn: 29:56
Start of Ordination: 42:20
Ordination Address: 44:28
Ordination Hymns and Prayers: 01:18:00
Χειροτονία (“Laying on of hands”): 01:19:58
The Vesting: 01:27:40
Epistle and Gospel Readings: 01:33:20
Cherubic Hymn and Great Entrance: 01:43:50
Litany Before the Anaphora: 02:04:55
Anaphora: 02:11:37
Communion: 02:51:18
Dismissal: 03:02:00

For the Orthros service which preceded the Ordination, go to: https://youtu.be/T0PB8082DXY