Snow? What snow?

After Eric Ewanco and I arrived in DC for the March for Life, we, as experienced New Englanders, ignored the public officials’ warnings about the weather and headed into town anyway to visit the Holy Places. We started with the Basilica but, since Eric’s Ukrainian, we also made a pilgrimage to the Icon and Book Service on Quincy Street, a treasure trove of all things Orthodox and Eastern Catholic. We also took a tour of the Franciscan Holy Land shrine, dropped in late for Melkite vespers in McLean, and met some friends for burgers.
The next day we attended Divine Liturgy at my favorite church in the Washington area, the striking and rustic Ukrainian parish in Silver Spring. The sign out front reads “Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Particular Church“, so it’s known around town as “the Particular Church”. In spite of the quirky sign, it’s an impressive place built in the late ’90s in the style of Carpathia’s Hutzul mountains. Now this is a church!
I’ll check with Eric to find out when his pictures of the interior will be on-line.