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Month: August 2012

Parish Feastday Photo Report Now Available

Parish Feastday Photo Report Now Available

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At Christ the Savior parish, we recently experienced many grace-filled days, beginning with His Grace, Bishop George of Mayfield serving on Sunday, August 26th, followed by feastday services for the Dormition of the Theotokos on Tuesday.  Festal services for the parish feastday of the Icon “Not Made by Hands” were served on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.  Photos are available here: Sunday, August 26th: Hierarchical Divine Liturgy with Bishop George serving Tuesday, August 28th: Festal Services for Dormition with the…

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Parish Picnic this Sunday after Liturgy

Parish Picnic this Sunday after Liturgy

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We will be having our Parish Picnic this coming Sunday at Beech Fork State Park (off 152) following the Divine Liturgy.  The picnic is being held in honor of our feastday celebrations, which fell on August 29th (Wednesday of this week).  Photos of the event are available by clicking here.

Modern Orthodox Saints and Holy Fathers & Mothers: Helen Yurievna Kontzevitch

Modern Orthodox Saints and Holy Fathers & Mothers: Helen Yurievna Kontzevitch

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     Helen Yurievna Kartsova was born on April 13/26, 1893 in Smolensk in the Smolensk Oblast in Russia that is 220 miles southwest of Moscow.[1] Her father, Yuri Sergeyevich Kartsov, was a graduate from the faculty of law at the local university and entered a career of assistant ambassador in Constantinople.  Later he became the Russian Consul in Mesopotamia, England and Belgium. He finished his profession as a State Councilor and political correspondent for various periodicals. He was a…

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