Theophany 2023
Blessing of the Rio Grande on
January 8, 2023
Christ is Baptized! In the Jordan!
It was a joy to have the Albuquerque Journal cover our 2023 service of Blessing the Rio Grande again this year with a full page spread in the Sunday, January 15, 2023 newspaper and photos on their website:
"The annual Blessing of the Rio Grande was held Jan. 8, 2023 on the banks of the Rio Grande. The Rev. Nikolay Miletkov of All Saints of North America Orthodox Church was joined by dozens of parishioners in the ceremony near the Alameda Open Space. The priest blessed the Rio Grande by throwing a large cross into its waters. The ceremony, which included a procession to the river, marks the Sunday of Theophany and commemorates the baptism of Christ in the Jordan River." - ABQ Journal
ADOLPHE PIERRE-LOUIS/JOURNAL
It was a joy to have the Albuquerque Journal cover our 2017 service of Blessing the Rio Grande with a photo in the newspaper and a video on their website:
"The Rev. Nikolay Miletkov of All Saints of North America Orthodox Church, right, blesses the Rio Grande by throwing a large cross into its waters as parishioner Vladimir Krcal prepares to retrieve it. The ceremony, which includes a procession to the river, marks the Sunday of Theophany and commemorates the baptism of Christ in the Jordan River." http://www.pressreader.com/
