It is the custom in our parish to organize “subbotniks” (Saturday communal workdays) several times a year in preparation for a great feast. On Lazarus Saturday we clean our church in preparation for the Feast of Feasts, the PASCHA OF CHRIST. Parishioners of all ages and from nearly all the republics of the former Soviet Union take part in these subbotniks. Our sisterhood invites all the volunteers to a Lenten meal. Today we observed an old tradition by serving red (salmon) caviar to everyone in honor of the raising of the Righteous Lazarus.