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Blessing of the statue of Saint Barbara
After the Divine Liturgy celebrated on Sunday, November 14, 2021 (in memory of the Saints Anargyroi Cosmas and Damian), Bishop of Vevey Vladyka Alexandre blessed the statuette of Saint Barbara placed in the "grotto" of the old fountain in the church garden. The clergy...
The iconostasis, the centrepiece of the sanctuary, is undergoing restoration
After 170 years of service, a major restoration was needed to preserve theiconostasis of the Saint Barbara church and bring it back to its former glory. The specialists have worked for eleven months to reinforce the wooden structure, fill missing pieces in the...
Our fundraising campaign highlighted on cath.ch
The Swiss catholic information website cath.ch published a nice article dedicated to the creation of the Foundation for the restoration of the Saint Barbara Orthodox Church in Vevey and the launch of our fundraising campaign. Protodeacon Michel Vernaz, who is also...
Special website dedicated to fundraising
We urgently need to restore the church of St. Barbara in Vevey! This is the appeal sent by this website devoted to the fundraising campaign for the preservation of this heritage. According to the estimates made in the 2019-2020 feasibility studies, the project amounts...
Focus on the restoration of the iconostasis
It became possible to start the restoration of the iconostasis of Saint Barbara church in Vevey thanks to the generous contribution of a private donor. This extremely precious and rare object separates the sanctuary, which only members of the clergy may enter, from...