Robin McClelland

Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago spoke to the parishioners of Mason City's Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church on Tuesday as they celebrated the Feast of the Holy Transfiguration.

"The Transfiguration reveals that our relationship with Jesus Christ is ecclesial, is familial, but it's also something far greater than anything, any institution, church or otherwise," Nathanael told parishioners.

Father Nickalas welcomed Nathanael to the church.

"It doesn't seem right to welcome a father into their own home," March said. "We are here to be with you in love. You bring the completeness of the church to us so that we can experience that communion with Christ, that love that you spoke of so well."

Nathanael's visit to the Mason City Church is the beginning of a tour of

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