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The previous road to new building site
Clearing Trees
Transporting timber
Laying the footings for the new bridge.
Finished bridge footings
Pushing the bridge onto the footings.
The finished bridge
2. The bridge from the cleaned creek bed below.
Clearing the road that will lead to the future parking area
The new road that leads to the future parking area.
The sisters are gathering firewood for the monastery
The sisters are cutting firewood and preparing the burn piles for the leftover brush
Sisters work to bring fallen timber to the burn piles.
Clearing the ground on the new site
Burning timber to prepare the ground
Leveling the ground on the building site from the north.
The future building site from the west.
Overhead plan of the future building layout
Preliminary drawing of the new church
Side view of the new church
Preliminary plans of the sisters cells
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Excavating for the foundation of the new dormitory
Excavating the foundation
Excavation of the foundation for the dormitory looking to the east
Finished excavation of the foundation for the dormitory
Walking to the new site to bless the ground for the foundation with holy water.
Holy Water Service to bless the ground for the foundation of the dormitory
Breaking ground
His Grace Bishop Anthimos blessing the ground for the new foundation with holy water
Blessed ground for the new foundation
Footing molds for the foundation
Footings for the dormitory foundation
Pouring concrete in foundation footings
Smoothing out concrete footings for dormitory foundation
Pouring concrete in the foundation footings
Smoothing the concrete footings for the foundation
Completed foundation footings
Cement blocks for the exterior walls
Unloading cement blocks weighing over 2,500 lbs per flat
The PUD is bringing electricity to the new site which took both underground excavation and insertion of new poles.
The Well Drillers
Pouring cement foundation for the dormitory.
Completed concrete foundation.
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Starting of framing in the basement.
Beam for the first floor.
Floor joists
First floor
Back fill of the basement.
Framing of the first floor.
First Floor
Front entrance
View from the back
This was taken Aug. 24th, just about ready for the roof.
North East View of the Dormitory.
East View of the Dormitory.
The roof tiles were laid, except for the center elevation, the week of October 8th. The center elevation will be completed God-willing by the beginning of November.
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The Monastery of St. John the Forerunner was blessed to have His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos perform the ceremony of the Church Founding on June 24, 2009.
His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos performing the ceremony of the founding of the New Church on June 24,2009.
Church Founding ceremony.
His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos places the plaque for the foundation of the new Church.
Closeup of the plaque for the founding of the new church.
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Monastery at the North End
Monastery East View
Monastery Back View
Monastery Bells
Monastery Flowers
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Icon of the Resurrection decorated for Pascha
Icon of the Nativity of St. John the Forerunner decorated for the Monastery Feast Day
Epitaphio decorated for Pascha
Pascha
