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On the 24th and 25th of May the clergy of the Central States Deanery of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA assembled for the first of their two semi-annual meetings of the Deanery at St. Elias Church in Battle Creek, Michigan. Along with the meetings attended by the clergy, all present worshiped in the temple on the occasion of the feast of the Midfeast of Pentecost.