My thanks to my dearest Nicky, who took the photos. I cannot tell you all the ways I love my “bear”.
St Nicholas Cathedral (MP), 15 East 97th Street, between Fifth and Mad (accessible by the M1, M2, M3, M4 buses (uptown on Mad, downtown on Fifth, or, take the Lex Ave local subway (6 train) to the 96th Street stop, and then walk one block uptown and two blocks left (you cross Park and Mad), the church is on your right in the middle of the block.
Commemorative plaque outside the Cathedal
the beginning of the liturgy, the clergy gathered around the hierarchs
Procession 5












