
Thursday, May 17 / May 4 (Church Calendar) Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor. Hieromartyr Silvanus, Bishop of Gaza. Hieromartyr Albian (Olbian), Bishop of Anea in Asia Minor. Hieromartyr Erasmus, Bishop of Formia in Campania. Translation of the Relics of Righteous Lazarus and St. Mary Magdalen, Equal-to-the-Apostles. Martyrs Aphrodisius, Leontius, Anthony, Valerian, Macrobius, and others, monks of Palestine. St. Nicephorus, abbot of Medikion. St. Nicephorus of Mt. Athos. St. Athanasius, Bishop of Corinth. The Alfanov brothers: Saints Nicetas, Cyril, Nicephorus, Clement, and Isaac of Novgorod, founders of the Sikolnitzki Monastery.

Parish Life

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	October 2011 - Vladika Hilarion's visit On Sunday, October 16, 2011 Vladika Hilarion, our Metropolitan, visited our parish and took part in our church festivities
	May 2011 - Iconography continues On May 15, 2011, our Iconographer Hieromonk Andrei (Erastov), came to complete the Icon of the Feast of the Meeting of our Lord and Savoir Jesus Christ. This icon completes the upper portion of the north vault of our church
	January 25, 2011 - Kursk Icon visit On the evening of Tuesday January 25, 2011, our parish was graced by a visit by the Miraculous Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God.
	January 16, 2011 - Yolka Pictures from our annual parish Yolka - Christmas Paugent on January 16, 2011
	October 2010 On Sunday, October 31 2010, the eve of the St. John of Kronstadt, our parish held our 2nd Annual Harvest Festival. Over 40 parishioners enjoyed potluck dinner, and our younger parishioners enjoyed many fall activities and crafts.
	September 2010 On September 14, 2010 Fr. Andrei (Erastov) came for a month to continue the adornment of our church walls with icons. This latest phase consisted of putting up canvases with the icons of the Crucifixion, Resurrection, Nativity of our Lord and Theophany. Once these canvases and the ornaments which surround them were up, Fr. Andrei painted a mural of the Holy Myrrhbearers at the tomb of Christ on the southern wall between the windows. He had time to start the work on the Icon of the Meeting of the Lord which will be on the north wall between the window. Fr. Theophan came from Holy Trinity Monastery to assist Fr. Andrei. We thank our iconographers and all who helped with putting up the beautiful icons. Special thanks to our parish sisterhood who took turns providing meals for our monks and workers throughout their stay here.
	March 2010 Our parish has long had a tradition for our children to sing Liturgy on Lazarus Saturday. This year on March 27 the children sung beautifully under the direction of our assistant Choir Director Elizabeth Franklin.
	January 2010 Pictures from our annual parish Yolka - Christmas Paugent held on January 10, 2010.
	November 2009 On October 20, 2009, our iconographer Fr. Andrei (Erastov) came to work on the next phase of our church iconography project. This phase had two main goals: 1) paint the icon of the Holy Evangelist Luke on the last remaining pandentive and 2) adorn the arches with icons of saints and ornaments.
	October 2009 Vladika Hilarion, our Metropolitan, visited our parish on October 17-18, 2009 to join in the celebration of our parish feast, Protection of the Mother of God.
	September 30, 2009 The Myrrh-streaming Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God “Softener of Evil Hearts” visits our parish.
	September 2009 Our parish church is being featured at the American Institute Design Awards Exhibit, running from September 1-12 in the Sears Wing of East View mall. One of the stores that is closest to the exhibit is the Yankee Candle Company. Once again we thank God and are grateful to our Architects, Barkstrom and LaCroix for the wonderful design of our beautiful church.
	June 2009 On Sunday June 21, parishioners coming for Sunday morning Liturgy found a great obstacle in their way. A tree had fallen during the night and was completely blocking entrance to our property. Our parishioners had to park their cars on the nearby streets and walk to church from there. On the next morning, parishioners and some neighbors joined forces and cleared the way into our church property. We thank everyone who came to help. The road was clear by evening for our Monday evening Adult Education classes.
	June 2009 - Summer Classes Summer 2009 Orthodox Education Classes begin at our parish. Classes in Russian are held on Mondays at 7 p.m. Classes in English are held Tuesdays at 7 p.m.
	June 14, 2009 - Parish Picnic Each year, on the last Sunday before the Apostles Fast, our parish holds its annual parish picnic. This year's picnic was enjoyed by all.
	June 7, 2009 - Pentecost Our parish celebrates Holy Pentecost.
	May 31, 2009 The Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God unexpectedly visited our parish on Sunday May 31, 2009
	May 2009 Mrs. Galina Garris and Subdeacon Paul Naumov, our prosphora bakers at work baking prosphoras for our church. Prosphora are baked once a month. Each session produces about 600 prosphoras.
	April 19, 2009 - Pascha Pictures of our parish Pascha celebration
	April 2009 - Lazarus Saturday Our church celebrated Lazarus Saturday on April 11, 2009. In the morning Jim Frankunas, husband of our sisterhood treasurer Marina Frankunas, has joined the Orthodox Church thru the Chrismation and took his Holy Communion during Liturgy. Traditionally, the liturgy was sang with participation of parish youth and children. And after the Liturgy children prepared palms and pussy willows for the upcoming Palm Sunday celebration.
	February 2009 - Iconography project continues At the end of January Fr. Andrei our Iconographer came for 4 weeks to continue our church iconography project. The lower portion of the main dome was adorned with medallion icons of the Mother of God, Angels and Saints which in essence formed the upper tier of the Protection of the Mother of God Icon. Fr. Theophan and Fr. Eugene came from Holy Trinity Monastery to assist Fr. Andrei. Fr. Andrei also painted three of the four Evangelists onto the pandentives below the main dome.
	January 11, 2009 - Yolka Pictures from our annual parish Yolka - Christmas Paugent on January 11, 2009
	January 7, 2009 - Nativity Hear are some pictures of our youngest parishioners taken on the feast of the Nativity of Our Lord on January 7, 2009
	November 2008 - Russian Family Days at the Memorial Art Gallery On November 16, 2008 our parish sponsors Russian Family Days at the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
	November 2008 - Visit by Seminarians Holy Trinity Seminary Quartet at the beginning of an outreach program performs at the parish of the Protection of the Mother of God and the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
	October 2008 - New Garage Project Our parish was in great need of some place to store our outdoor equipment. A new garage was designed and paid for by our Starosta Mr. Andy Babish. It was completed by the time of our Parish Feast and was blessed on that day. It is a beautiful structure which matches our Church with its blue roof and white walls. Thank you very much Andy!
	October 2008 - Out Parish Feast Bishop Metropolitan Hilarion visited our parish on October 12, 2008 to join in the celebration of our parish feast, Protection of the Mother of God
	July 2008 - Iconography update The beautification of our church continues. In July, our iconographers came for three weeks and put up frescoes in the main dome of our church.
	February 2008 - Iconography continues Our Iconographers arrived to continue work on the frescoing of our church. Fr. Andrei (Erasov) flew in from France, while Fr. Theophan and Fr. Evgeney drove in from Holy Trinity Monastery. Fr. Andrei does the bulk of the work on canvas at his studio in France and then these canvases are applied to the walls and ceilings of our church. The application requires many workers. On Saturday Feb. 2, 2008 a group of our parish volunteers helped the Fathers put up the canvases of the Holy Ascension Icon above the Altar. After the application the Iconographers worked for 5 days putting on finishing touches and ornaments.
	August 2007 - Our Church Choir On the feast day of the image of Christ not made by Hands (August 16/29, 2007), with the blessing of our rector, Father Gregory Naumenko, we selected a patron, St. Theodosius, Wonderworker of Chernigov, for our choir.
	October 2007 - Our Parish Feast Our parish celebrated our parish feast, Ptocetion of the Mother of God, on October 14, 2007