By Baptism, Chrismation and Confession of Orthodox Faith
Protection Parish is blessed by the arrival of several new families since Fr. John's arrival. Here we see a family enrolled as catechumens, then being Chrismated on Holy Saturday; an infant is baptized appropriately at Theophany, and a Coptic Orthodox family joining us by rite of Confession of Orthodox Faith. God grant them many years!
Baby Samuel with parents Hannah & James, Godparents Nichole & Herman
Baby Samuel with parents Hannah & James, Godparents Nichole & Herman
The Wilsons are Chrismated
The Wilsons are Chrismated
The Iskanders confess 'Roum Orthodox' faith
The Iskanders confess 'Roum Orthodox' faith
Chrismation of the Wilson family
The Wilsons, Monica, Nicholas and Katherine, are Chrismated into the Orthodox faith after the completion of their catechumenacy, on Holy Saturday, 2010
Baby Samuel is Baptised into the Orthodox Christian faith and becomes the first of his family to enter the Church, soon to be followed by his parents James and Hannah. Here he is seen with his Godparents Herman and Nichole Boldt.
Protection parish venerates four authentic tempera icons by the hand of Ina Narimanidze of Tbilisi, Georgia. The presence of these holy images greatly enhance our Orthodox worship.
Sketch for our Iveron icon of the Most Holy Theotokos
The icon of the Resurrection: the Great and Holy Pascha
Angel
An iconostasis, icons by the hand of Ina Narimanidze
Another iconostasis, icons by the hand of Ina Narimanidze
Prophet Ilia
The Icon-not-made-by-hands
The Iveron icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, in an early stage before completion
Iveron icon of the Most Holy Theotokos
Christ Pantocrator
Guardian Angel
The Lord of All, here shown at an incomplete stage of production
Anastasis, or the Harrowing of Hades – the Holy Pascha of the Lord
Feast of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos 2009 - 10/01/09
We were overjoyed to have Father Justin Patterson of St.
Athanasius OCA parish in Nicholasville, Kentucky with us to concelebrate the Liturgy.
Fr. Justin was instrumental in the previous evening's celebration of the Festal
Vigil. He told Fr. John that he was impressed by our choir's ability to sing the
many special melodies which are particular to the feast of the Protection in our
tradition. May God bless Fr. Justin and the catechumen John who favored us by
driving much of the 250 miles from central Kentucky to visit us on our feast
day.
Entering the Orthodox Catechumenate - August 16, 2009 - 08/16/09
Deborah Fetch, Rufus Lyle, James, Holly and, their infant son, Samuel
Parnell are inducted into the Orthodox
Catechumenate before Divine Liturgy Sunday of the Image Not Made By Hands. They are blessed and
dismissed at the conclusion of the Liturgy of Catechumens.
Orthodox Church in America
