Children At St Nicholas
  

Andrey Knyazev, Vilena Klimenko and Anna Balan are drawing and listening to the teacher Irina Kuzina during the Sunday school class held in the library room of the Church house.
Andrey Knyazev is watching as his mother prepares the dough for the Russian dumplings (pelemeni). Dumplings will be sold at a charity lunch the next day.
Andrey Knyazev is preparing his first Russian pelemeni (dumplings). He is learning the signature “Tatar twist” from the master.   With this twist the pelemeni never fall apart at boiling.
Lisa Mytareva is looking thoughtfully through the window of the Church house after the lesson at the Sunday school.
Children enjoy a round dance during the Nativity party at the Traneznaya (the dining hall) of St Nicholas.

A photo essay about children at St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral in Washington, DC. For the washingtonpost.com

 


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