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We appeal to you with a heartfelt request to help our small parish cope with the great difficulty that has beset it.
Our church building – which houses our church and is the site of our entire parish life – is over 100 years old. Besides the constant repairs which it requires by virtue of its venerable age, several times it has demanded “catastrophic” repairs from us, due to the negligence to which the building was subjected during the 12-year period in which the church had no rector.
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Now we are faced with yet another catastrophic repair that surpasses all previous ones. It turns out that there has long been a leak in the roof, which due to the ancient construction of the building did not become immediately apparent. Gradually water from snow and rain poured under the roof and into one of the walls of the facade, until all the wood rotted and the very brick began to crumble.
The cost of the entire repair far exceeds the modest funds which the church possesses. Besides the need for a new roof, our expenses for repairing the facade are considerably complicated and increased by the fact that the church building has been placed in the category of historic edifices, and city laws require all restorations to be done in keeping with its original style.
We kindly ask you to help us, dear brothers and sisters, and may the All-merciful Lord Himself reward you a hundredfold for your generosity and concern for His abode! Thank you and God bless you!
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With love in Christ, |
Fr. Ion Barbus
and the church council.
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Please send all contributions to the address of the church,
with the notation “Renovation Fund”:
Transfiguration of our Lord Russian Orthodox Church
2201 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21231 USA
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| PLEASE HELP REPAIR THE HOME OF THE MOTHER OF GOD! |
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Dear brothers and sisters in Christ!
The Lesna convent in France – home to the Lesna Icon of the Mother of God, one of the original Russian ancient miracle-working icons – is badly in need of funds to repair the roof of the convent building, which houses the chapel where the icon is usually kept, except when brought out to the church for Divine services. The Lesna Icon dates back to 1683, when it was found on September 14th in a forest near the village of Lesna in the western region of Russia, and is renowned for many miracles.
The Lesna Convent was established in 1885 and became the center of Orthodoxy in the entire region. During World War I the nuns, together with the holy Icon, evacuated to Yugoslavia. During World War II the convent was subjected to many tribulations, but the nuns’ Holy Protectress – the miracle-working Icon – guarded them during bombings and under Communist rule, and finally helped them evacuate to France, where they have remained to this day.
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The cost of the much-needed repairs has been estimated at $286,000! The convent is poor – subsisting only on the nuns’ modest pensions and on donations from benefactors. Please contribute as generously as possible, thus earning the blessing and help of the Mother of God, which all of us, Orthodox Christians, need not only in this life, but especially in the next one.
May God and His Most-Holy Mother bless you!
In order to make your donation tax-deductible, please write out your check to our church, marking it “for Lesna.” Thank you.
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