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You can participate in this wonderful project right now by selecting a donation level below. All donators names will be added to the Monastery's commemoration list and will be read during the Monastery Services.
St. Xenia Cemetery at Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ Monastery is an important ministry of the monastic community. The first burial was of an unborn child in a special section lovingly cared for by the sisters. The first adult burial was of Schemanun Elizabeth, a member of the Nativity community, in 2013. Since those early days, many orthodox families sought plots at St. Xenia Cemetery for their loved ones and themselves.
Part of the mission of the monastery continues to be serving our greater Orthodox community by providing a more affordable option for internment. Over the years the monastic community has maintained and improved the cemetery grounds. A decade ago, the monastery also converted the existing pole on barn on the property to a beautiful venue for hospitality and the support of our grieving families. The generosity of the faithful was critical in accomplishing this.
The last year has seen significant changes to the terrain and infrastructure present at Holy Nativity Monastery. The drone pictures above show the massive undertaking required to install a new access road, as well as water drainage and retention pond to ready the ground to hold St. Elizabeth Chapel. Without these steps, the building project would be unable to move forward from the dream of design to reality.
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Presbytera Mirella Tudora of St. John the Baptist in Euless has designed a Byzantine style chapel to be situated in the center of the cemetery. The next step, is beginning construction of the St. Elizabeth Chapel itself. The chapel will accommodate about sixty mourners as well as a casket. Given the present and growing interest of the orthodox faithful in St. Xenia Cemetery as a final resting place, a memorial chapel is crucial.
The construction of the physical building itself is budgeted to cost $600,000. This investment now will allow all current and future faithful Orthodox of the greater Orthodox community of the south, to rest in eternal memory under the care of the sisters. The current generation of Orthodox in the south, have the opportunity to build something to care for our future Orthodox sisters, brothers, fathers and mothers.
May God bless your generosity.