Great Consecration of Protection of the Mother of God Church

On Monday, September 6, a monumental occasion in the life of Protection of the Mother of God Church in Rochester, NY took place. With the blessing of the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan arrived to officiate the Great Consecration of the church and celebrate Divine Liturgy in the newly sanctified altar.