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April 2021 schedule

Pascha Night: Vigil & beginning of the Paschal celebration
Sign-up only, and only for our parishioners this year
Check the schedule at Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral
(in Des Plaines – service in Russian)

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If you wish to attend services and are not on our mailing list,
be sure to contact Father John (through our Contact page) to sign up, as we still need to limit the number of participants in order to keep safe social distancing.

NB: schedule updated on April 19!

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Forgiveness Sunday 2021

On Sunday, March 14, we celebrated Forgiveness Sunday.

After Divine Liturgy and Vespers, which included a prayerful rite of forgiveness, adjusted to the health precautions needed in time of pandemic, we also needed to modify our traditional Blini party – you can see here pictures of our Blini party 2020!

It was too cold to gather even outdoors, so our efficient sisterhood organized a safe Blini takeout, with everything prepared in separate containers.

Enjoy these pictures taken by Sharon:

Blini 2

As you can see, our blini reflect our international backgrounds:
some real Russian blini,
some thicker ones closer to an Irish version,
and some French crepes – without the essential yeast that make traditional blini, oops!

Blini 1