PARISH OF ST. APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST LUKE AQUIRES AND BLESSES NEW ALTAR WARES
Washington DC - The Church-School Congregation of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke in Metropolitan Washington DC, after much research and effort has purchased many new liturgical items in the first step toward the establishment of the new chapel. All of the items were imported from Greece, and most were handcrafted.
A new hand-carved altar table, also imported from Greece, should arrive sometime next month. Many generous parishioners from all over the expansive parish have freely given of their God-given resourses to fund the renewing of our interior worship space. On Sunday November 14, 2004, on the feast of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, these new liturgical items were blessed by Father Aleksa in front of the attending parish community. At present, as we await county approval and the subsequent renovatin of our parish center, we celebrate Sunday liturgies at a local elementary school. Our people have been very patient for over three years as we have struggled to achieve consensus and county and neighborhood approval of our plans. We expect that in the spring all permitting will be completed and that our humble complex of chapel, hall, kitchen and classrooms will be complete next fall.