Per month we hope so you can emphasize the fresh thoughts from an effective departed parishioner or pal off St. Nicholas Cathedral. Delight include the time and you can season off demise, while we will try in order to emphasize the newest departed to a wedding anniversary.
Olga Lyerly came to be towards December 24, 1925, the granddaughter out of Russian immigrants. She entered St. Nicholas throughout Lent within the 1980. Within theCathedral, she are well-recognized for her involvement on choir, their works selling utilized guides on bazaars with Anna Yaremko, and their unique « regarding scrape » borsch dish. Her son, John Christopher (Chris) Lyerly, coached Sunday-school from the St. Nicholas for many years nowadays attends St. Matthew Church during the Columbia Md. From inside the 1996, Olga sustained a mind aneurysm hence leftover their disabled to your 2nd 18 years, until her dying into the . Their funeral occured during the Cathedral, and you may the woman is interred from the St. Paul’s Stone Creek Cemetery, next to their particular mothers.
David Burwell (1947-2017) will be appreciated once the a beneficial visionary, a keen environmentalist, and you will an effective tireless advocate and you will strategist for transport and you can environment rules change, whoever mission were to improve business. After graduation from Dartmouth University the guy went to new University away from Virginia College or university out of Laws. In the 1986, David co-established Rail-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC), a nonprofit company you to definitely added all over the country work to transform empty railroad corridors for the social trails and you may areas. By this attention and you may adaptive functions, the guy discontinued a history out of twenty-two thousand miles away from railway-tracks benefiting thousands of communities throughout all of our nation and you will applied an effective first step toward support having changing greenways in other countries.
Fr
David is actually baptized Fas gelinleri toward Orthodox Faith shortly after his relationship so you can Irene Ovchinnikova Burwell. It actually was a deep relationship having Archbishop Anthony (Cheremisov) out-of Oryol which had a major affect their choice to help you become Orthodoxy. Dmitry Grigorieff, which turned into a good friend, celebrated David’s funeral. Valery Shemchuk did the new sacrament away from chrismation and you will turned David’s spiritual publication and confessor. David fell resting on Lord in the domestic to your , after good around three-12 months battle with intense myeloid leukemia. They are appreciated because of the their wife, child, a sister and you may an aunt, and about three granddaughters, as well as of several members of the family and you can associates just who the guy mentored to centered an excellent work in public places provider.
Dolores “Dee” Krisa (Nadezhda) was born age so you’re able to St. Nicholas immediately after graduating business college and you can signing up for the CIA from inside the 1949. At the time she involved the DC area, she resided into Danilucks (Helen and Serge off blessed thoughts). In 1952 she hitched Walter Krisa. Each of them went to St. Nicholas and when throughout the DC city. Both had been employed by the new CIA and supported of a lot overseas stations if you’re elevating about three children, Stephen, Keith and you may Claudia. Through to its advancing years on the CIA, Walt is actually awarded the Gold Medal to own Cleverness and you may Dee the new Tan. On Cathedral, these were known for its pierogie workshops, efforts to several bazaars and as members of brand new Dormition Guild. Dee are originally out-of Pennsylvania that is tucked during the St. Dee passed away . Can get their own memories feel eternal.
For those who have someone close otherwise pal that you’d desire to possess appeared, please publish a short biography and their contributions to our Cathedral lifestyle, regardless of what great otherwise brief -that have a digital photos if offered-to on terminology « Memory Eternal » in the subject line
Olga A beneficial. Mikhalevsky was born in August out of 1914, during the St. Petersburg, Russia and you will, following the Russian Revolution, emigrated together with her nearest and dearest to help you Lyons, France. The go out out of their particular delivery, like many out of their own generation, is actually contended and adjusted on difference in calendars. I celebrated towards August 11 of your own “new” diary. She hitched their spouse on Valentine’s day out-of 1934 and you will adopted your on the You shortly after that. They existed into the Staten Area for around ten years, relocating to the new Washington, DC area throughout the late 1940’s. Adopting the move to DC, she first started gonna features at the St. Nicholas. Olga offered as the Manager Assistant into the Librarian of Congress up to her later years into the 1965, where date she obtained a citation regarding the Congressional Number to have her known service towards Collection. Following the loss of their unique spouse into the 1982, Olga turned into a more effective person in the new Cathedral, handling Anne Kalish in the Baked Goods dining table on many Bazaars. Quite a few of you will consider their unique pineapple cheddar pies that have been usually sold-out in this several hours! She is actually a member of new Dormition Sisterhood (Guild), often giving go out cooking and you can preparing to the Guild’s many situations. Olga decrease asleep regarding Lord towards the which can be hidden from inside the Columbia Landscapes within the Arlington, Virginia. Get their particular memory feel endless. Movies regarding Olga’s story inside the Russian.