Mount Saviour Monastery

January 2021 News:
Because of the Pandemic and other unforeseen delays, the work on the restoration of the Triptych that has hung for many years behind the Tabernacle in the Crypt is just now going forward. The three panels were a gift acquired in 1952 and loaned to the local art museum until our chapel could be built. The work of art has been at the conservators since autumn of 2019. Once they begin work on the first panel, they should be able to provide us with an estimate of how long the restoration will take.

On the 6th we received word that Oblate Novice Bruce 'Pete' Crew had died. Oblate Eleanor Lesser and Joan Pape, the youngest and last sister of Brother Luke Pape also died this month. Please remember them and their families in prayer.

Our aging fleet of cars, both with 130,000 plus miles on them, prompted us to purchase a newer vehicle. The Corolla hybrid will be our first experience with the new and supposedly more environmentally friendly technology. The owner's manual, coming in at over 500 pages in length, can be downloaded from the Internet. Brother Pierre has been busy deciphering its mysteries.

A benefactor who knows an iconographer in the Ukraine commissioned Icons of the Visitation and Pentecost for Mount Saviour. They arrived within the last month and will be venerated in the chapel during their particular Liturgical celebrations.