Russian Orthodox Church and Skete of the Resurrection of Christ - Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Troparion — Tone 4

Today the faithful celebrate the feast with joy / illumined by your coming, O Mother of God. / Beholding your pure image we fervently cry to you: / “Encompass us beneath the precious veil of your protection; / deliver us from every form of evil by entreating Christ, / your Son and our God that He may save our souls.”

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Beautifying the Iconostasis

We ask all of you who wish to donate for this beautifying of the iconostasis. If you are able to help cover the cost ($2,500), you can give your donation to Br. James, the Treasurer, or Victor Durnev, the Assistant Starosta.

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Latest News!

*UPDATE 10.20.18: At 12 noon Friday, Oct 19th, an angioplasty was performed on our Abbot. After a lengthy hour procedure, and the stretching of a major artery, and an insertion of an additional stent, Fr. John was kept briefly in the specialty heart area. Fr. John was then moved in the regular area on the 2nd floor. There he remains until Saturday or whenever his pickup person can come get him. He has an IV and a SPECIAL dressing on his right wrist. It was through the wrist that the probe, camera and stent traveled through the circulatory system around the heart. Dr. Chambers did two things with the 80% blocked artery. One was to stretch it, the other was to place another stent. Fr. John is conscious, having some pain and discomfort. He is medicated as needed, being given morphine.

Please pray for Fr. John. He is not well and feels forgotten by some. For further information, contact Protodeacon Cavin on his cell phone.

*The Church of the Royal Martyrs at Ganina Yama in Yekaterinburg was damaged by fire on Monday night, October 1st. The arsonist was a student who placed two burning torches in between the wooden logs. The church will be taken apart and rebuilt elsewhere.

*Our insurance bill, which is due October 14th, is for $1,400.00. The monks need help with paying this large amount. If you can help, any contributions would be greatly appreciated, and given to Br. James, the Treasurer. Any small amount would be most helpful for this important insurance payment.

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For those who celebrate the commemoration of the miraculous appearance of the Protecting Veil of the Mother of God, nothing could be more joyous than if we announced that this grace-filled Protection is spread even over us. But who could be the bearer of these glad tidings? Whose eye is capable of seeing the Most Holy Intercessor, “in the air, praying to Christ for us?” There are no obvious mystical seers like blessed Andrew and Epiphanius among us; and the hidden mysteries known only to the Lord will remain hidden unto the ages.

Nevertheless, we also, standing now in church, are not without a witness. In fact, it is the most reliable testimony that the Protection of the Most Blessed Virgin is spread also over us. Who is this witness? Not an earthly person, not even an angel, but our Protectress herself! With boldness and surety I say this on Her behalf; for isn’t Her holy and miracle working icon, which we see in this church, the constant, visible pledge of Her invisible protection?... We know from the history of miracle-working icons that in times of heaven’s wrath against human sins, these icons suddenly hid themselves and appeared in other places, or disappeared entirely. Therefore, as long as our Protectress does not abandon her place here, as long as she does not deprive her image of the grace-filled power of working miracles, as long as she receives our prayers and grants us timely help—we can, despite all our impurity, maintain a steadfast assurance that we are under her grace-filled Protection...

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