Monastery News
With the help of God, the construction of the new monastery temple has continued to move along very well. Despite many delays, the beautiful green metal roofing is now nearly complete along the flat portions, with the metal shingling for the two domes slated to be installed next.
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This morning our contractors began pouring the floor for the lower level of the new church, and hope to be finished by the end of this week. Please pray that God will grant the current good rate of progress to continue!
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On Monday, May 9 Hieromonk Paisios blessed the future bell tower by adding various holy oils and soil from sacred places to the in-progress walls. The construction crews have been making good progress, the walls have risen rapidly and...
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Immediately after the visit of the miracle-working icon of the Mother of God "Quick to Hear," the pace of construction immediately began to increase notably. Progress is being made quickly on the walls (including the bell tower), and our contractor hopes to have everything up to ground level within the next few weeks. Following that, the plumbing will be laid and the floor of the basement poured.
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Shortly after our newsletter went out last summer, we encountered several major temptations in the construction of our new monastery church. We were alerted by one of the primary suppliers (with whom we have had a long relationship ourselves) that our general contractor had repeatedly failed to pay for materials delivered to our jobsite.
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