The Newest Church of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia is Completed
The Building of a New Church in Rochester, NY, is completed and Divine Services Begin.
DIOCESE OF EASTERN AMERICA AND NEW YORK: 20 October 2002
New Church in Rochester Completed
By the mercy of God, the building of the new Protection Church in Rochester, New York, the newest church in the Russian diaspora, is completed.
On Saturday, 5 October, the final Divine Liturgy was performed in the hold, house church, in which the faithful of Rochester had prayed for almost 50 years. After Liturgy, the Rector of Protection Church, Protopriest Gregory Naumenko, called upon the parishioners