I spoke with my sister this afternoon and she told me that to be there was incredible. The most amazing thing for her was going to the new exhibit in the museum (which is in the lower part of the cathedral building) and seeing our maeternal grandmother's photo and our paternal grandfathers photo along with the major contributions they both made to ROCOR. She said she stood there shaking because she never expected to see that!
I so wish I could have been there...but alas I'm babysitting my sister's childrenso she could go!
Glory to God indeed.
one of the thinks i remarked to my wife, who is preganant, is that our children (it’s our first) will never have to know a world of multiple Russian churches now. they won’t have to go to one church here and one there and think wow these are so identical but they’re really different organizations. the Russian Orthodox church is now one