Sunday October 22 was a great day! Archbishop Benjamin joined us for our fifth anniversary as a parish. Here is the group photo: In this photo you can see Archbishop Benjamin receiving the traditional bread and salt (and the untraditional cheesecake!). Archbishop Benjamin gave us the cross that he is holding here: In this […]
Baptism of Baby Luka
The baptism of baby Luka took place on Sunday June 11, the commemoration of the saint he was named after, Saint Luke, Archbishop of Simferopol. Here the Godparents keep Luka calm during the exorcism prayers. Headed into the water to be united to the death and resurrection of Christ. Protodeacon Gregory is attentive. Luka had […]
Wall Street Journal Feature Orthodox Church
Eastern Orthodoxy Gains New Followers in America Ancient faith is drawing converts with no ties to its historic lands Congregants at Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene Greek Orthodox Church in Cumming, Ga., on Sunday. By Francis X. Rocca Follow | Photographs by Alyssa Pointer for The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2023 10:00 am ET Michelle […]
Archbishop Benjamin Visits St. Luke Orthodox Church
His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin, visited St. Luke Orthodox Church on Sunday, April 2, 2023. What a blessing it was for all of us to be with Archbishop Benjamin on Sunday. Here is the group photo. The maidens gave him flowers, bread and salt, and cheesecake (a St. Luke custom), upon his arrival. Many thanks […]
RUSSIAN PASTORS ON HOW TO PREPARE FOR LENT
All Orthodox Christians are now in a special expectation—Great Lent is coming. It will commence on February 27, and our preparation for it is no less important than the forty days of fasting themselves. We asked some priests to tell us how to prepare the body and the soul, what goals to set for Great Lent, what prayer […]
HOW THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND CAME TO AN ORTHODOX BAPTISM
Marilyn Swezey When I heard about the repose of Queen Elizabeth II, my intuition as a journalist prompted me to call Marilyn Swezey, who was a long-time assistant to Bishop Basil (Rodzianko). To be honest, I did not expect to hear that Vladyka, who had lived in the UK for many years, had ever met with […]
ON BAPTIZING INFANTS
Fr. Lawrence Farley The recent decision of Archbishop Elpidophoros to baptize the adopted child of an openly gay couple in Greece is only the latest addition to a series of actions which have raised Orthodox eyebrows, coming as it does hard on the heels of his decision to consecrate as bishop an archimandrite deposed by the Russian Orthodox Church […]
Statement on the overturning of Roe v. Wade
Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Monday, June 27, 2022 To the Hierarchs, Clergy, and Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America: Christ is in our midst! He is and ever shall be!On June 24, the American people received the news that the Supreme Court of the United States, in its opinion concerning the […]
Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon Pascha 2022
Protodeacon Gregory from Bozeman
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