We will hold pirozhki workshop on Saturday of February 4, starting at 12 noon at Parish Hall and will continue until Vigil time. Experienced or inexperienced are welcome! Please come and learn how to make pirozhki or share your favorite pirozhki recipes with us. Since we no longer have Sunday pirozhki provider we will begin to make our own. If you would like to make a donation of ingredients for pirozhki, please contact Irina Panyutin at irinavp@comcast.net.

The annual Maslenitsa will be held at the Embassy of the Russian Federation on Friday, February 17, 2012.
Invitations will be sent out in late January. During this benefit, there will be a "silent auction" which greatly helps in raising money at the event. 
The benefit is being organized as a joint effort by the parishes of St. Nicholas Cathedral and the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. All of the net proceeds will go toward helping the needy. We wish to offer our thanks to everyone who responds to this appeal. For more information please email: embassymaslenitsa@gmail.com

St. Nicholas Cathedral is grateful for every donation received throughout the year.  Your support enables the Cathedral to provide spiritual nourishment to our community family in an environment of beauty and warm fellowship.  Your pledge of support is a sign of your heartfelt participation in the life of our parish family and plays a vital role in enabling us to plan the annual budget.  In addition, it brings the right to vote at Parish meetings. More pledges were made in 2011 than the year before and we hope that in 2012 we will come even closer to meeting 100% of the parish pledging.

If you don’t have a pledge form, you can get one either at the candle counter or by calling the office at 202-333-5060 and one will be mailed to you immediately.  Please take a few minutes to fill out a pledge form and submit it to either the candle counter or the office.  

Thank you for your support and keeping St. Nicholas strong and a place we can be proud of.

In addition to your regular support of the Cathedral, please consider a special contribution to the St. Nicholas Cathedral Discretionary Fund.  This is a special fund to provide help and support to those who are experiencing financial difficulties.  There are a number of people who come to St. Nicholas with a request for help.  You can reach out to help them by making a donation to St. Nicholas Cathedral, noting “Discretionary Fund” on the check memo.  Thank you, and thanks to all who have already helped those in need through the Discretionary Fund. 

Starting in January, Colette Kalvesmaki will be teaching painting/drawing classes for children 3-7 and 7-12.  Elena Miller will be teaching Russian language and culture through traditional rhymes, stories, and songs.  All classes will be held at Falls Church Preschool.  8 weeks of classes are $165, and 10% of the fee from St Nicholas parishioners will be donated to St Nicholas Cathedral.  Classes are available weekday evenings and Saturdays.  For more information, please contact Elena Miller at (703) 608-4438 or Elena@FallsChurchPreschool.com.