A Hearty Farewell

Today at the end of Liturgy we said goodbye to two of the most faithful members of our church community: Berhane Eyeass and Leteslase Tesema. To many of us they were simply Baba and Mama. They came to our community from Eritrea and are now leaving Maine to live with their daughter in another part of the country. They blessed us over the years with their prayerful, deeply spiritual presence at Liturgy, and their radiant smiles and embraces. Father Constantine and Madeline presented them with an icon of Christ as a farewell gift. We ask that they will continue to pray for our community and for all of us who worship Christ at Liturgy. God bless them and guard them for many years.