06/30/2024
FAIRMONT TRINITY MISSION CELEBRATES 25TH SLAVA
This parish has had a long list of faithful believers serving as K*movi.
This is a great blessing to be added to the list. This Mission is very dear to my
heart. We have worked, struggled and prayed together to keep it continuing.
At times there were only a very few people attending the Divine Liturgy.
A few times young Crystal Griffin was the only person doing the responses.
We rarely had more than 15 people. The average was around 8-10 people.
Our Slava rarely exceeded 30 people and several of them came from St. George
Church. The Mission has benefitted from constant support from several
parishioners at St. George Church.
The need exists in this area for the Mission. The Mission has served to nurture
and feed the souls of all having attended here. The atmosphere has always been
friendly, caring and loving.
Classes held here are inspiring and challenging to the heart, mind and soul.
We all learned from the classes. Many meals were enjoyed following the Divine
Liturgy.
To serve as the K*m is a great honor. This parish is part of the history of the
Fairmont community. Some visitors have come from far away. Some parishioners
have moved a great distance and carried the memory of the Mission with them.
The parish website has touched lives beyond the borders of West Virginia.
Reports on the parish’s existence have been included in Diocesan Assembly
reports. Orthodox Christianity has a record in Fairmont, West Virginia.
God is ever-present in West Virgina. God is present at all places and at all times.
God has blessed this Mission through the years. God has blessed each person
coming to the Mission.
The Mission has touched lives well beyond the walls of the chapel. We have
been blessed by Wayne and Joyce Kirby making the space for the chapel available
for twenty-five years. Father Sasa continuing to serve the Mission is a blessing
Thank you for the honor of being the K*m. Thank you for keeping the Mission
alive. Thank you for the prayers, Divine services and classes being held and
continuing. Thank each of you for supporting the Mission in any way.
Father Rodney