Schedule: March-April 2013

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March - April 2013

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Schedule: January-February 2013

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January - February 2013

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Schedule: November- December 2012

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Orthodox Chapel Groundbreaking Ceremony

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Last Updated (Tuesday, 16 October 2012 15:06)

Orthodox Chapel Groundbreaking Ceremony

Saturday, September 29
The Gardens at Gethsemane Cemetery • Boston, MA

You are respectfully invited to the Orthodox Garden & Chapel Groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday September 29th.

We will be gathering for a light lunch and fellowship at 12:00pm noon and the ceremony starts promptly at 1:00pm.

Officiating:

• His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios (Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston)
• His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion (First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia)
• His Grace Bishop John Abdella (Antiochian Orthodox Diocese of Worcester and New England)

At The Gardens at Gethsemane, we are in the business of taking care of family’s needs. Our relationship with these families and the local clergy showed us an unmet need.

At the initiation of local Orthodox clergy, we started looking into building an Orthodox Garden & Chapel reserved exclusively for Orthodox families. We had meetings with local Clergy, and upon their advice, The Gardens at Gethsemane decided to establish and dedicate an Orthodox Garden & Chapel that offers the community a place to gather during burial services and other calendar events, where families can observe and practice customs and traditions and pass them on to the next generation.

There is no cemetery in the Boston area that has a Byzantine Chapel and Resting Garden dedicated solely to the Orthodox faith; a place where families can practice the customs and traditions passed on from generation to generation and are part of a community with the same beliefs. These customs and traditions have been practiced for over a thousand years and are not allowed in most cemeteries.

This project will be a national model for the country and is the only Orthodox Cemetery Chapel of its kind in New England.

• The Chapel will be a place to gather, pray, light candles, perform the liturgy and serve as a memorial to the Orthodox Faith.
• The Resting Garden will provide a dignified respectful way of burial according to customs and traditions.
• The Orthodox Garden and Chapel will have its own Endowment Fund to help maintain this beautiful area in perpetuity. This Endowment Fund will also help promote and support Orthodox endeavors.

This endeavor can become a reality only with the support of a “United Orthodox Community”.

For more information about the chapel or to view the resting garden, please visit the cemetery at 670 Baker Street in West Roxbury located just off the VFW Parkway (Rt 1) on the Newton line.

Please call 617-325-0186. We are available nights and weekends. You may also visit our website at thegardenscemetery.org and follow the links to the Orthodox Garden and Chapel.

Caring Forever,
Alan J. MacKinnon, CCE (Certified Cemetery Executive)
President
The Gardens at Gethsemane
670 Baker Street, Boston, MA 02132
(617) 325-0186
www.thegardenscemetery.org

Article from Pravoslavie.ru, in English:

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