On Bright Thursday, April 20, Rector of St. George Church, Archpriest Igor Tarasov performed Burial service for the newly-departed Raisa Stanislavskaya. It was held in our parish temple. Due to the time of the Bright Week the funeral office was celebrated in a special Paschal manner with the singing of the hymns of the Resurrection, instead of usual burial hymns and prayers.

Before the farewell rite Fr. Igor preached a sermon in Russian. He pointed out that this funeral is held during the Bright Week of Pascha and that makes us think a lot about our own resurrection in the future. Further the Rector discussed the theme of the final resurrection and our future destiny in the eternal life.

After the Burial service our Rector and cantor went to the Holy Trinity Cemetery in Hewlett, NY where they finished the burial of the newly-departed by serving a Litia and sealing the grave.