Monastery News
Although the brotherhood has already been using the new church for half a year, work continues to bring it fully to completion. Since our last newsletter, the cupolas and crosses have been successfully placed atop the domes of the church as well as the belltower, finally bringing the exterior of the church to completion.
Abbot Gabriel gives an update on the status of the new church construction, and outlines the building projects that the monastery will undertake in the coming year.
On the afternoon of December 17th, His Grace Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan visited the monastery with the wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God.
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Thanks to a very generous benefactor, a full set of thirteen Russian bells has been donated to the monastery for the belfry of our new church. They were made at the largest bell foundry in Russia and are perfectly tuned.
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On Saturday, November 16, the Hermitage was blessed with a visitation of the Mother of God's Kursk-Root Icon, an ancient and miracle-working icon which is considered the protectress of the Russian Church Abroad. At the same time, relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov arrived as a gift to the monastery by the brotherhood of St. Tikhon's Monastery in Pennsylvania. St. Seraphim himself was healed as a child by the Kursk-Root Icon of a severe illness, and this second meeting of the two at our humble monastery was the cause of great joy and gratitude amongst all the brethren.
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