Austin, Texas: Bishop Peter's Visit to Holy Protection Church, Jan. 21-22, 2012
A parish of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, 1701 Peridot Rd., Pflugerville, TX  78660, a few blocks from Austin. Church website: http://www.orthodoxaustin.org

All-Night Vigil on Saturday, blessing of the new church on Sunday, followed by the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy with four priests and two deacons. Attendance was approx. 68. 

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Bishop Peter blessing children of Holy Protection Russian Orthodox parish, serving the greater Austin area.

The All-Night Vigil - Jan. 21, 2012 

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  Above: Thumbnail image. Click on it, to see a bigger picture. Fr. Deacon Nicholas Parks of Dallas with Hieromonk Aidan (Keller) of Austin.
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Vladyka did not serve the Vigil because the airport had mishandled his luggage with vestments, etc. They were delivered later on.
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Left to right: Fr. Drago Popovich (St. Luke's Serbian parish); Fr. Aidan (Keller); Fr. Paul Andreasen (military chaplain).


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Left to right: Fr. Deacon Alexander Petrovsky (who was in choir for the Vigil); Fr. Drago; Fr. Aidan; Fr. Paul.


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Bishop Peter (Loukianoff) from the Chicago cathedral, ruling bishop of the Chicago and Mid-America Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.


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The Divine Liturgy - Jan. 22, 2012  -- Attendance was approximately 68.

Vladyka Peter served, and with him Hieromonk Aidan (Keller) of Austin, rector; Priest Cassian Sibley of Life-Giving Spring church in Bryan-College Station; Priest George Dahdouh of St. Elias church in Houston; Priest Paul Andreasen, Orthodox military chaplain at Fort Hood; Deacon Nicholas Parks from St. Nicholas church in Dallas; Deacon Alexander Petrovsky from Wharton, Illinois; Reader Andrew Eatough; with servers (altarniki) Michael Trujillo, Nathaniel Trujillo, Maxim Belov, Samuel Andreasen, Alex Kachkin, and Andrei Kachkin.

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Left to right, Fr. George (Houston); Fr. Aidan (Austin); Fr. Dn. Nicholas (Dallas); Fr. Cassian (Bryan); Fr. Paul (Fort Hood army base), moments before Vladyka entered the church.


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Vladyka enters the church through the hallway entrance; on the left Fr. Aidan holds the blessing-cross; in the right foreground Sergei (starosta of the parish) holds the traditional bread and salt as a token of welcome, and little Valentina holds a bouquet of flowers for Vladyka.


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We hope to post some pictures of the Liturgy itself; the above picture is from before the Liturgy, the following picture from after the Liturgy.


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Vladyka and Julia Belova.


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Vladyka and Maria and Sarah Davis.


Banquet in the church hall, after Liturgy - Jan. 22, 2012

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Left to right: Fr. George Dahdouh (Houston); Hieromonk Aidan (Keller), Austin; Vera M.; Bishop Peter of Cleveland (from Chicago); and Fr. Cassian Sibley (Bryan, Tx.). A delicious meal was served by the Sisterhood of Holy Protection parish.
 
Thanks to parish photographers Sergei and Lena Larin(a).   Back to http://www.orthodoxaustin.org