With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Peter we have recently built a memorial to soldiers and sailors who died in battle in the area directly across from our bell tower. The feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, commemorated each year on September 11 (yes – the same day as the terrorist attack on the United States), is the day that the Orthodox Church commemorates fallen soldiers and sailors. On this day (Friday of this week) we held Liturgy and immediately afterwards blessed the memorial. Please stop by soon and have a look – and say a prayer for the departed. There are very few of us who do not have someone in our family who died in battle, and this memorial is for them. We thought it appropriate to execute this project this year on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Thank you to all who made this beautiful memorial possible!