SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

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GRAVE BLESSINGS

May 1, 2011

“Blessed are they whom Thou has chosen and taken, O Lord,  Alleluia!  Their memory is from generation to generation.  Alleluia!  Their souls shall dwell with the blessed.  Alleluia!”    Sunday was a glorious day.  The weather was beautiful and it was a perfect day for blessing graves of our loved ones.  After a Panikhida service in our chapel, Father Sophrony went blessing from grave to grave.   The day was so clear you could see New York City from the road.  If anyone is interested in purchasing grave sites in this beautiful cemetery, please contact us.

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Lazarus Saturday - Great Vespers - 5:00 PM

By raising Lazarus from the dead before Thy Passion, Thou didst confirm the universal resurrection, O Christ God!  Like the children with the palms of  victory, we cry out to Thee, O Vanquisher of Death;  Hosanna in the hightest!  Blelssed is He that comes in the name of...