Monastery News – Tagged "Fundraising Appeals"– Holy Cross Monastery

Oct 04, 2025

Help Restore the Synod of Bishops in New York

We invite all of our readers to watch this beautiful update from His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas on the renovation of the ROCOR Synod building in Manhattan.

Feb 25, 2025

Church Construction Update - February 2025

By the grace of God, in the past year we have gotten significantly closer to completing the new church. In particular, the new trapeza (monastic dining hall) and kitchen on the lower level are nearly finished, with the plumbers and electricians installing the commercial kitchen equipment at the time of this writing.

Jul 11, 2024

Church Construction Update - July 2024

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.

Feb 27, 2024

Church Construction & Fundraising Update - Feb. 2024

By God’s grace, the construction of our new monastery church has continued to go extremely well. Since our last newsletter, we have finished installing the beautiful Douglas fir timber ceilings (on both the main church as well as the porch), plastered and painted the exterior walls of the church, installed the windows as well as a number of bells in the bell-tower, and lastly, built and erected both of the domes.

Aug 16, 2023

Video Release - Let the Walls of Jerusalem Be Builded

Last month, we shared the story of the cornerstone blessing for our new church that took place in May.

Now we have turned the story into a beautiful short film. It's the first in a new series of videos promoting our church construction effort. We hope you find it edifying and inspiring. If you do, please share it widely!