Come join us Saturday September 21st, 2019 and hear featured speaker and Author, Joy Corey. Published author of two books, The Tools of Spiritual Warfare and The Divine Eros, Joy is a graduate of St. Stephens Course of Orthodox Theological Studies. She is a frequent conference and retreat speaker all over the U.S and Canada. Serving […]
Christian Orthodox icon said to miraculously produce myrrh makes first trip to Inland Northwest
UPDATED: Sun., Sept. 1, 2019, 10:25 p.m. By Jared Brown jaredb@spokesman.com(509) 459-5135 Thousands of dollars worth of religious artwork, called icons, line the walls of St. John the Baptist Antiochian Orthodox Church in Post Falls. But it was a $20 mass-produced picture of the Virgin Mary said to have been found in a bargain bin […]
New Eastern Orthodox Christian Church will celebrate First Pascha (Easter) at midnight Saturday
From staff reports St. Luke Orthodox Christian Church in north Spokane will celebrate its first Pascha, or Easter, service at midnight Saturday, one week after the Western Christian Easter. The church was formed in the summer 2018 and meets at Valley Prairie Hall, 8216 E. Big Meadows Road, in Chattaroy. The goal of the Church […]
Remembering Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko
SYOSSET, NY [OCA] Today—March 18, 2019—marks the fourth anniversary of the repose of Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko, Dean Emeritus of Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Yonkers, NY, and noted Orthodox Christian priest, theologian, preacher, and speaker. Father Thomas was the beloved husband of Matushka Anne [Schmemann] Hopko, whom he married on June 9, 1963. They are the […]
Archbishop Benjamin Visits Soon!
The Most Reverend Benjamin Archbishop of San Francisco and the West Archbishop Benjamin was born in 1954 and was baptized and chrismated at Holy Virgin Mary Cathedral, Los Angeles, CA on April 27, 1972. In 1982, he was awarded a Master of Divinity degree and Certificate in Liturgical Music from Saint Vladimir Seminary. A prolific […]
SKETE PLANNED NEAR RATHDRUM, IDAHO
For years, Elene Schumacher has wanted to donate land for a quiet place of worship for the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Rathdrum-area property owner believes the right scenario has surfaced to make that happen. Schumacher is seeking a conditional-use permit from Kootenai County for a skete and a private cemetery for Russian Orthodox monks on […]
Sad News
November 29, 2018 Priest Athanasius Shaw, Priest Athanasius Shaw, who was attached to the Church of the Annunciation, Milwaukie, OR, peacefully fell asleep in the Lord during the night of November 28/29, 2018. Father Athanasius is survived by his wife, Matushka Molly, and two daughters, Hannah and Nina. The Funeral for a Priest will be celebrated […]
Thank You, O Lord!
Final words Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann, the late Dean of Saint Vladimir’s Seminary, celebrated the Divine Liturgy for the last time on Thanksgiving Day 1983. Two weeks later, on December 13, he fell asleep in the Lord. As is well known, Father Alexander had devoted his entire life to teaching, writing and preaching about the Eucharist—the Greek […]
Archbishop Benjamin requests prayers for fire, shooting victims
SAN FRANCISCO, CA [OCA] In a statement dated November 9, 2018, His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin of San Francisco and the West appealed for prayers in the wake of the fire currently threatening California’s Butte County and the tragic shooting in Thousand Oaks, CA two days earlier. “It seems like it was only yesterday that fire […]
Orthodox Church plants seeds in Moses Lake
Charles H. Featherstone/Columbia Basin Herald Former Washington State legislator Bill Hinkle – Deacon Vasily Hinkle – helps organize and oversee the Antiochian Orthodox Church’s mission in Moses Lake. MOSES LAKE — These days, he’s called Deacon Vasily. But for the ten years he served in the Washington State legislature representing the 13th district, and before […]
