On the weekend of March 14-15, the Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God was brought to St. Sergius Cathedral by Bishop Peter of Cleveland who presided at the Divine Services.  Also traveling with His Grace was Protodeacon Vadim Gan, Subdeacon Nicholas Hantel, and Reader Andrei Urtiew.

The Cathedral was near capacity for All-Night Vigil, Divine Liturgy, and Holy Unction services.  Many local Orthodox Christians took the opportunity to pray before this Holy Icon of the Mother of God.  At the Divine Liturgy, Bishop Peter spoke in his homily on the power of the intercession of the Mother of God.  He recounted Christ's first miracle at the wedding in Cana, and that Christ did not wish to perform this miracle, yet his mother asked him, and He did, thus showing what a great intercessor we have before the Throne of God.  Following the Divine Liturgy, the Cathedral Sisterhood prepared a Lenten banquet for the gathered faithful.

The Holy Unction was served Sunday evening by Bishop Peter, and the Cathedral Dean Fr. Ilia Marzev, joined by the Cathedral clergy, Archpriest Peter Burlakov and Archpriest Peter Selenoi.  Joining these clergy were other local priests:  V. Rev. Vladimir Berzonsky of Holy Trinity OCA Church, Parma, OH; V. Rev. Basil Stoyko of Sts. Peter and Paul OCA Church, Lorain, OH; Rev. Paul Bassett of St. George's Russian Church, Cincinatti, OH; Rev. Victor Trotskyy of Dormition Russian Cathedral, Detroit, MI.