Church of Our Lady of Kazan 75th Anniversary (10/22/2017)

Dear Friends:

This year our parish observes the 75th Anniversary of its founding. We do more than observing this significant milestone – we celebrate it with joy and thanksgiving to God. On Sunday, October 22, on the Feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, the Divine Liturgy will be concelebrated by His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, and His Eminence Michael, Archbishop of New York and New Jersey. The greeting of the bishops as they enter the church will be at 9:30 am. Please do not be late!

The liturgy will be followed by a festive anniversary lunch at the Sea Cliff Manor on Bryant Avenue, within walking distance of our church. See information on the response card. Please respond no later than October 1.

I wish to emphasize the importance of your full participation in the Liturgy and the anniversary lunch. On the day we celebrate our 75th anniversary as a parish, let us come together as a community of faith and mutual love. The two dimensions of the day are deeply connected. The Divine Liturgy brings us together in the Holy Eucharist, gathered around our bishops to give thanksgiving to God for 75 years of Christian ministry. The anniversary lunch brings us together in joyful fellowship. May the celebration of our 75th anniversary open for us the future of our mission and ministry as an Orthodox Christian community.

With love in Christ,

Fr. Leonid Kishkovsky

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