A live service game that’s forgotten it’s a live service game No part of this website or its content may be reproduced without the copyright owner's permission Rock Paper Shotgun is a registered trademark of Gamer Network Limited Congregants kneel and pray during the consecration at St Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America Martin Orthodox Church for the consecration Three artists have worked on the paintings that surround the interior of the building which underwent its consecration ceremony on Saturday Artist Alexander Kousenko puts final touches on the paintings inside St and Alexander Kousenko have worked on the paintings that surround the interior of St Martin Russian Orthodox Church which underwent its consecration ceremony on Saturday Bishop Theodosy of Seattle blesses the walls with holy water during the consecration at St Washington greets a congregant prior to the consecration Archdeacon Peter of San Francisco sings a psalm as incense smoke fills the air during the consecration For a video and photo gallery, see the online version of this story at www.democratherald.com For a video and photo gallery, see the online version of this story at www.gazettetimes.com puts final touches on the paintings inside St Even before the archbishop arrived to start the great consecration ceremony at St And their worship would continue for hours two bishops and nine other priests worked to consecrate the church and construct and sanctify its altar makes the space where the altar was built holy ground which should never have anything else built on it again “To receive a great consecration is very much a reception of God’s grace,” said Father James Baglien The ceremony is only done once in the life of a church and is so rare that people came from Greece just to see it “Our building had to be complete and we had to achieve suitable stability and longevity for this to be done,” he said which sits just off Highland Avenue in Corvallis Baglien said the church’s origins are in a group that started meeting informally in the early 1990s with families who were tired of commuting to Portland to worship The families were given the church’s property on a parcel overlooking Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center and then began constructing their timber-framed church in 1996 a Mediterranean style basilica with north Russian style cupolas on its roof was completed in 2001 and was initially a private oratory before opening to the public in 2002 with Baglien as its rector But Baglien said even then the church was not finished: it’s taken another 15 years of work by three artists to complete the church’s elaborate frescoes which Baglien said are some of the most extensive in the Pacific Northwest Baglien said the initial and largest frescoes were painted on canvas starting in 1999 and glued into place by a Russian-Canadian nun named Mother Anastasia who at the time was living in a convent in New York she was unable to complete the work and stopped Baglien said then an American artist named Mark Hrebinka took over the project from 2004 to 2006 but he eventually had to give up the project because he lost the studio space where he was painting his own icons before installing them After a long interval Ukrainian-Canadian artist Alexander Koutsenko took over the project and finished it in June saints and other holy figures in the church are not painted in a realistic style they are supposed to represent the grace of Christ in all of the figures “It’s the underlying spiritual reality we are trying to express here,” he said The church also completed a parish hall for social events next to the church in 2015 we try to have a beautiful space to worship we often say we want to create a piece of heaven on earth," Baglien said will be giving a lecture titled “Does God Cause Earthquakes?” at 7:30 p.m Visit www.stmartinorthodoxchurch.org for more information about the church Anthony Rimel covers education and can be reached at anthony.rimel@lee.net Email notifications are only sent once a day Martin Orthodox Church in Corvallis on Saturday Members of the community congregated with song and prayer for the great consecration ceremony at St For a video and photo gallery, see the online version of this story at www.gazettetimes.com. Alexander Kousenko, artist, puts final touches on the paintings inside St. Martin Russian Orthodox Church on Friday, October 20, 2017. Artists Mother Anastasia, Mark Hrebinka, and Alexander Kousenko have worked on the paintings that surround the interior of St. Martin Russian Orthodox Church which underwent its consecration ceremony on Saturday. Artists Mother Anastasia, Mark Hrebinka, and Alexander Kousenko have worked on the paintings that surround the interior of St. Martin Russian Orthodox Church which underwent its consecration ceremony on Saturday. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Your account has been registered, and you are now logged in. Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password. 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