Monastery News
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.
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Glory be to God, we are happy to announce that the monastery’s $200,000 matching funds campaign goal was significantly exceeded! Generous patrons, friends, and benefactors contributed a total of $224,073 during the fifty days between Pascha and Pentecost. Along with previously donated funds, these new gifts and the matching dollars from anonymous benefactors permit us to continue construction on the new church for several more months. While we have a long way to go to finish and furnish this beautiful new church here on the Little Mountain, we have firm faith that the Lord and his Mother "Quick to Hear" will continue to bless the labors and offerings which have already brought us this far.
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Our bakery is finally up and running full blast, getting dozens of warm, fresh, golden kulichi ready for the Paschal festivities. It is the last room to be completed in the new St. Herman of Alaska building, which also houses the spacious candle factory and comfy community room, where the brothers meet for spiritual talks and fellowship.
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After more than three years of waiting, the new candle factory was finally blessed following Divine Liturgy on the Feast of St. Xenia.
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The floor has been poured for the new St. Herman's Building and construction progress will be much more rapid going forward, with the interior walls scheduled to go up next week. Additionally, the main entrance road has been shut down to allow for repairs and improvements, with the new gas and water line installation scheduled to begin next week.