While Priest James Bozeman nurtures the fledgling Saint James Mission in Beaufort, SC—see related story— his brother, Priest David Bozeman, ministers at another OCA Planting Grant Mission, dedicated to Saint Nektarios, in Waxahachie, TX, a quiet town south of Dallas on Interstate 35. “In 2009, His Eminence, Archbishop Dmitri gave his blessing for a handful […]
Medical Clinic and Worship in Russia’s Choo Choo Church
An Orthodox priest rings a set of bells after baptizing a baby on board a train carriage that operates as a mobile church, bringing a medical clinic and Orthodox chapel to remote parts of Russia. The Doctor Voino-Yasenetsky Saint Luka train travels annually to distant settlements in the Krasnoyarsk and Khakassia regions of Siberia. Alongside the […]
Open Arms: Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand Seen as Welcoming, Inclusive
The St. Nicolas Parish of the Russian Orthodox Church was established in Bangkok in 1999, with Oleg Cherepanin, a priest from Yaroslavl Diocese of Moscow Patriarchate, being appointed its rector. The church holds services in Old Slavic, Russian, English and Thai, and has an interesting mix of parishioners, belonging to various nationalities. Michel de Valliere […]
New Orthodox church in Halifax opens doors at former Anglican Church
by Stephanie Taylor Fifteen years ago, Affaf El-Jakl remembers there was talk of building a new church to accommodate the growing congregation of Saint Antonios Orthodox Church. And on Sunday, that hope finally became reality. “We’re in awe,” El-Jakl, president of the parish council said Sunday morning, as hundreds of parishioners filed into the sanctuary, […]
Growing the Lancaster Orthodox Mission
by Diane M. Bitting When Kim Krawizcki joined Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church four years ago, the first question people asked her was, “Why are you joining the Greek church?” Krawizcki, whose ethnic background is Ukrainian, was raised Roman Catholic and later tried different denominations. Then, being “unhappy spiritually,” she looked deeper into Orthodoxy and was […]
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