A wonderful slide show
here on Fr. Sergei [
facebook.com] Sveshnikov's Facebook. I assumed some people would come up with some good shots. Mine were "You had to be there" style. If you get to
#31 of 158 in his series, [
facebook.com] I'm closest to the camera, left, furthest from the action, rust color paisley scarf on my head, black jacket, man with child on his shoulders in front of me. Gives you an idea of why photos I took of the Liturgy were mainly a sea of heads. On my right is my tall husband with white hair, and to his right with the long brown hair, another parishioner from our Russian Greek Catholic parish.
It was a wonderful day!. I will eventually upload pictures of the three plaques that were recently installed in the cemetery.
I personally was quite delighted when I noticed Met Gerasimos arriving during the Liturgy. I never got close enough to him to get his blessing. Another priest from the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco was with him, whom I have seen many times but not sure where he serves.
It was a glorious day and the weather cooperated well, staying chilly during the time when clergy were vested for the Liturgy, and the memorial at the cemetery. After that the sun came out and it was pretty toasty.
The Liturgy was mainly, but not entirely, in Slavonic with a fair amount of antiphonal singing with the two choirs. Some of that was one choir in Slavonic and the other in English. There was also the Trisagion in Greek.
I was also delighted to see again, and visit with briefly, now
Fr Deacon Kyrill, from Mexico, whom I met at St Nicholas OCA on the altar feast last year.
