We
currently have a very small simple Gospel book, but now
that someone has donated a beautiful silver and red
Epistle book cover, we find the Epistle book is larger
and more impressive than the Gospel book, which should
be the greatest, as containing the very words of our
Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ.
(Note: We will supply our own text and this must be mailed to the seller for installation prior to shipping).
Option B - Gospel Book for $775
Product can be purchased here.
Manufacture and delivery are paid, and, as of Mar. 24, 2013, all remaining donations were made to finance the installation. Work on the installation began on Mon., March 25. Glory to God, and thank you to our benefactors.
| The Russian-style cupola
represents a flame of prayer to the worshippers as
they approach the holy temple. We are called to
become that very thing--a flame of prayer, with our
thoughts and feelings rising up to God. The above are drawings provided by the company here. A "starter donation" of $2,900 got the project underway (God bless you), and by 2013 the cupola was delivered. |
Mar. 24, a large donation
completed all that was needed to finance the
installation, which began Mon., Mar. 25, 2013 at
Holy Protection Church, 1701 Peridot Rd.,
Pflugerville, TX 78660. Completion date unknown. _________
O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance. Grant victory to Orthodox Christians over their adversaries, and by the power of Thy Cross, preserve Thine earthly dwelling-place. |
Procession Cross with Procession Icon - $1777.29
Corresponding processional fans were listed. These are now donated.
http://www.istok.net/altar-icon-set-1.htmlThe cross (top left) is placed upon a special pole which we will make.
The icon of the Mother of God (bottom left) is in the Russian "Kazan" style. This sacred image goes on top of a second pole, which we will make locally. These two sacred images, first of our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ, and next of our most blessed, pure, glorious Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, go at the head of all processions, leading the people of God both literally and spiritually, that is, in very truth.
Following in their footsteps, we shall not stray.
The light blue inserts make this set ideal for our church of the Holy Protection, which has light blue walls and coverings.
Processional torches (candle-holders) -- $149.95
http://www.easternchristiansupply.biz/-#supplies/c96/c122/41219The $149.95 is for a single torch. Two of them are needed, because sometimes we have more candle-bearers serving, than there are candle-holders.
Blue Stikharia (Altar Server Robes)- $110+
http://www.istok.net/liturgical-vestments-child-stikharion-alb-s2.htmlBlue is worn on feasts of the Mother of God.
Currently our priest has a set of blue vestments, and there are two large stikharia for the older altar servers.
There are no small blue stikhari for our younger and teen altar servers to wear on feasts of the Mother of God.
Height and chest information for our servers will appear here shortly.
On the order site, there are choices for color, chest size, and height, as well as options for fancier stikharia with velvet inserts, etc., etc.
White Stikharia (Server Robes) - $76 (child), $90 (adult)
http://www.istok.net/liturgical-vestments-acolyte-stikharion-alb-s1.htmlWhite is worn on Pascha and during the Easter season. Next Pascha is May 5, 2013.
Currently our priest has one set of white vestments.
There are no white stikhari for any of our adult, teen, or younger altar servers.
Height and chest information will appear here shortly. Also note that white which matches the other stikharia shown here, can be ordered using those links. They are a little fancier.
http://www.istok.net/liturgical-vestments-child-stikharion-alb-s2.htmlGold is worn on most of the Twelve Great Feasts (Feasts of Christ), and on many ordinary Sundays.
Currently our priest has two sets of gold vestments, and our ordained readers have their gold stikharia, in which, by our Russian tradition, they vest in order to receive Holy Communion.
We currently have no gold stikhari for our adult, teen, and younger altar servers.
Height and chest information will appear here shortly to aid any benefactor who wishes to help.
http://www.istok.net/liturgical-vestments-child-stikharion-alb-s2.htmlPurple is worn during Great Lent.
Currently our priest has a set of purple vestments.
There are no purple stikhari for our adult, teen, and younger altar servers.
Height and chest information will appear here shortly to aid any benefactor who wishes to help.
http://www.istok.net/liturgical-vestments-child-stikharion-alb-s2.htmlGreen is worn on Pentecost, Palm Sunday, and feasts of Monastic Saints. Our priest is a hieromonk (monastic priest) and important Russian monastic saint feasts include St. Seraphim of Sarov and St. Sergius of Radonezh.
Currently our priest has no set of green vestments, but this is our goal to obtain by Pentecost 2013.
There are no green stikharia for our adult, teen, and younger altar servers.
Chest and height measurements to appear here shortly.
http://www.istok.net/priest-vestments-russian-priest-vestment-set-s1.html(The catalog picture is only red, so select green through the drop-down menu there. On this page we photoshopped the stikharion pics to make them the colors described in the description for each; the online catalog shows gold, but you select the right color through the drop-down menu.)
Banding is actually gold, not blue; this was a side effect of our photoshopping. The actual hue of green will be a standard Russian Church green.
http://www.easternchristiansupply.biz/-#supplies/c98/c143/64327
http://www.istok.net/baptizing-clothing.htmlThe idea of obtaining one or several sets of such baptism clothing is to make it easier for Orthodox parents in the Austin area to prepare for their child's baptism.
http://sofrino.ru/products/product/key_3361The baptismal robe at left is a simple robe for baptisms of older children, made in Russia.
Remember, the price is under $12, but that does not include shipping and handling.
http://www.istok.net/wedding-candles-2.htmlThe idea of obtaining these candles is to have one or several sets of them in the church for sale to any local Orthodox who may be having a wedding and need wedding candles.
Order set here. We have a St. John of Kronstadt Press set, missing only one month. The above "Boston" set would be advantageous for us because (a) it is fuller in content, (b) it is free of the ubiquitous grammar errors of the SJKP edition, and (c) the type is larger and much easier to read in church.
Order
book here.
This would be a start towards helping us use a little
Slavonic on feasts, when we could not achieve this so easily
before. Note: A Slavonic General Menaion (Obshchia Minia) was just donated to us by an Antiochian Orthodox priest. God preserve and save!
We need a vehicle to transport people to church. We currently have twelve people without "wheels" who desire to come to church on Sunday, but Fr. Aidan's SUV only holds seven. A minivan holding 15 people would be ideal at this time.
Please note that issues of vehicle condition and insurance must be worked out prior to the donation of any vehicle. Contact any parish council member if you are interested in donating a vehicle.
http://www.istok.net/processional-cross-for-children-2.htmlThis processional cross is specially made for children to carry. Since our parish has so many children, one of our children can be blessed by our priest to carry such a cross after the vested servers carrying the other crosses and banners and lanterns.
This one is less heavy than the gold processional cross.