{"id":246110,"date":"2019-07-23T16:27:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T13:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=246110"},"modified":"2019-07-23T16:27:16","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T13:27:16","slug":"americas-first-monument-to-st-john-of-kronstadt-to-be-erected-at-d-c-parish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/americas-first-monument-to-st-john-of-kronstadt-to-be-erected-at-d-c-parish\/","title":{"rendered":"America\u2019s first monument to St. John of Kronstadt to be erected at D.C. parish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p2\" data-field=\" paragraph\"><strong>The Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Washington, D.C. is under the protection of two great saints named John, and now it will enjoy the protection of a third.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p3\" data-field=\" paragraph\">The church was founded by St. John the Wonderworker of San Francisco in 1949 and named in honor of the great prophet St. John the Baptist, and now a new monument to one of Russia\u2019s most beloved saints\u2014St. John of Kronstadt\u2014will be erected at the cathedral, Orthochristian reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p4\" data-field=\" paragraph\">\u201cMany Americans know St. John of Kronstadt because they have reading English translation of his most famous work &#8211; My Life in Christ, his diaries. He is known in the Orthodox community in the U.S.,\u201d Potapov said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p5\" data-field=\" paragraph\">The monument will be America\u2019s first to St. John of Kronstadt, cathedral dean Archpriest Victor Potapov explained. The statue, created by sculptor Dimitry Kukkolos, stands 9 feet tall and weighs more than 1,800 pounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p7\" data-field=\" paragraph\">The First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion will consecrate the monument on the parish\u2019s feast day, September 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p8\" data-field=\" paragraph\">The monument arrived to the church on July 15.<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of Orthochristian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Washington, D.C. is under the protection of two great saints named John, and now it will enjoy the protection of a third. 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