Bishop MARK was at St. Michael the Archangel Church in Wilmington, DE on the Feast of the Presentation of the Theotokos Friday, November 21, 2014 to ordain James Carpenter to the Holy Diaconate and Reader James Weremedic, Jr. to the Subdiaconate. James Carpenter is a graduate of St. Tikhon Orthodox Theological Seminary's Diaconal Formation program. Reader James Weremedic, Jr. is the son of Fr. James and Matushka Lisa Weremedic. Following the Festal Hierarchical Liturgy a meal was served in the parish hall for visiting clergy, family and parishioners.