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The Synod meeting on March
2/15, 2001, when it was decided to canonize Met. Philaret (Voznesenski). |
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Metropolitan
Valentine after the Liturgy. March 2001. |
| Archbishop
Valentine of Suzdal and Vladimir (usually he looks much more serious but I
like this picture). |
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Bishop Victor and Bishop Theodore.
October 2000. |
Bishop Theodore
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Synodal House in Suzdal.
The previous
Synodal House was burned out the day before everyone moved in. This house
has 2 churches inside dedicated to Royal Martyrs and to Iveron icon of
Mother of God. |
| Father Paul Lim. He was
ordained in November 2000 for the parish in Guildford, Surrey, United
Kingdom. He is a
Singaporean citizen, from a Taoist family. He has an honours degree in
metals science, and until August was working for Hewlett Packard. (Now he
is Hierimonk Augustine). |
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Hieromonk Gregory from
St.Petersburg with two Suzdal boys -- Zhenya and Venya. |
Pilgrims from St.-Petersbug with Abbes
Evfimia.
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House for pilgrims near the
Synodal House (white building). |
Schema-abbes Evfimia (in the center), her
kelejnitsa (left) and mother Lydia (right -- she is responsible for
cooking the prosfores -- bread for the Liturgy)
on their way from the church to the monastery.
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Three catacomb babushkas from
Tula, Fr. Nicolas from Suzdal and Fr. Theophan from St.-Petersburg. Our
Church has a monastery in Tula. |
Monk Theodosy and Alexey
Chesnokov cleaning the roof before painting it.
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Preparing to read the prayer in trapeznaya bedore
lunch. |
St. Constantine Cathedral -- the main
cathedral of our Church. Inside there are the relics of St. Evfimij and
St. Evfrosinia.
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This
wooden house is a monastery dedicated to St. John of San-Francisco. Many
times our Vladyka tried to receive some old monastery building (there are
plenty of them in Suzdal), but each time he applies for some building, it
is immediately given to MP.
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Church of St.
Cosmas and St. Damianus. Hieromonk Nicolas (tonsured in the honor of St.
Tzar Nicolas II), a priest of a really holy life served there. Before his
death he went to his church and died before the altar. He died when he was
only 42. Now another Father Nicolas serves there, and he tries to keep
everything as it was during the life of Hieromonk Nicolas.
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This building
was renovated, and now it includes: On the first floor the monastery of
the Mother of God (Church, 24 sells and trapeznaya), on the second floor
there are offices of the eparchy, the museum of White army and
classrooms. On the attic there is a large hall for gatherings (for 200
people). The Congress took place there. |
