Haiti: more than a year after the earthquake (slideshow)
- 04/10/11
Fr. Jean Chenier-Dumais prays at the St. Moses chapel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Choir sings vigil at St. Moses chapel April, 19 2011.
Fr. Jean boards one of the 2 trucks purchased for the mission with the assistance of FFA donors.
Sign on windshield says: "Russian Orthodox Church."
Port-au-Prince. Tent city, where a number of Orthodox parishioners are forced to live after their homes were destroyed in the 2010 earthquake.
A typical way to get around in Haiti.
A typical way to get around in Haiti.
Foyer d’Amour. A mentally-handicapped parishioner sketches an architectural design.
Deacon Demetrio Romeo holds Chrissi, 5 (Fr. Gregoire's daughter); Fr. Jean Chenier-Dumais, Fr. Gregoire Legoute and Anastasia Legoute, 10.
Fr. Gregoire Legoute
Chrissi Legoute poses for a photo during church.
Sign reads:" Foyer d'Amour (Home of Love) Center for Special Education. Russian Orthodox Church."
Choir practice at St. Moses chapel before Paskha.
Choir practice at St. Moses chapel before Paskha.
Choir practice at St. Moses chapel before Paskha.
Choir practice at St. Moses chapel before Paskha.
Children of Orthodox Haitians in church.
Icon of St. Moses at the St. Moses Chapel in Port-au-Prince.
Deacon Jules serves during vespers.
Parishioners of St. Moses.
Socializing after Liturgy at St. Moses.
Fr. Gregoire and an unknown parishioner.
A street-side cart. This is how a large number of Haitians strive to make a living.
Before the beginning of the service at Notre Dame des Petits church in Port-au-Prince.
A photo of all parishioners who were in church that day.
View from the top of the roof of Notre Dame des Petits.