Holy Virgin Protection skete (Buena Vista Township)

Holy Virgin Protection skete (Russian: Покровский скит) is a male skete under Eastern American and New York Diocese of Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia in Buena Vista Township, New Jersey.

Founded in 1953 as parish church of Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos in Russian Cossack settlement New Kuban.

The skete is home to a Russian Orthodox cemetery. The brethren care for the grounds and tombstones, and those who wish can purchase land for family burial.

In 1952 "Kuban Cossack Army Abroad" (Кубанское казачье войско за рубежом) created "free cossack stanitsa" New Kuban (Вольная общеказачья станица Новая Кубань). In 1953 parish of Holy Protection of the Mother of God was established, consisting primarily of Russian Cossacks who could not conceive of life and activities without their Orthodox traditions.

Construction of Holy Protection Church began in 1959 with the blessing and direct participation of Archbishop Nikon (Rklitsky) of Washington & Florida. Since November 1963 priest Nikolai Nekliudoff appointed rector of the Church. In early 1964, a parish school and library were organized at the church, and a Russian cemetery founded on the parish grounds. Thanks to efforts of fr Nikolai Nekliudoff, a stone church was built in the style of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville. Frescos for the church were completed by the renowned iconographer of the Russian Diaspora, Archimandrite Cyprian (Pyzhov) of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY, while the iconostasis was the work of layman Dmitry Alexandrow (later Bishop Daniel of Erie). A bell-tower with five bells acquired from Rhodesia (Africa) was built, where particularly melodious bells were made. The Cossack church became a place where hundreds of Cossack refugees would gather and work tirelessly to preserve their traditions and way of life.

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