On May 7th 2015 at 9:00 am our property experienced its first significant improvement! – the burning of the old building by Fire District 5. The fire department graciously agreed to use it for their training needs. The final cleanup “to bare dirt” is scheduled to occur on May 13th. Subsequent to the cleanup we […]
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In the News
From the Ashland Daily Tidings today: ARCHANGEL GABRIEL ORTHODOX CHURCH Orthodox Church raising funds to build new home Congregation has outgrown Ashland facility, has approval for temple north of town By John Darling For the Tidings Posted May. 8, 2015 at 2:00 AM Supporters of the first-ever Orthodox Christian church in Southern Oregon Thursday burned […]
St. Alexis (Toth) – Defender of Orthodoxy in America
Commemorated May 7 Our holy Father Alexis, the defender of the Orthodox Faith and zealous worker in the Lord’s vineyard, was born in Austro-Hungary on March 18, 1854 into a poor Carpatho-Russian family. Like many others in the Austro-Hungarian empire, the Toths were Eastern Rite Catholics. Alexis’ father and brother were priests and […]
New Martyr Vasily Martysz
Commemorated May 4 The holy New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz was born on February 20, 1874 in Tertyn, in the Hrubieszow region of southeastern Poland. His father Alexander was a judge in Molczyce near Pinsk. After his retirement, he was ordained a priest and became rector of a local parish. EDUCATION In 1884, […]
Moving!
After two decades, Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church is moving from its current location at the Newman Center in Ashland, to a larger facility in Phoenix, OR! Our first Liturgy in the new space will be on Lazarus Saturday morning (April 4, 8.00 am). You can find directions to the new church location here. Hope to see you […]
The Laudation of the Holy Theotokos
“In Thee rejoices, o Thou Who art full of grace, all creation: the angelic assembly and the race of man.” With such words we glorify the Holy Theotokos at each Sunday service during the Great Lent. In truth, all creation rejoices in the Theotokos – both angels and men, for She is like a bridge […]
Building Committee discusses Design with Local Architects
This morning Fr. Andreas and Mat. Theodora, Seraphim and myself met with Ray Kistler, architect and Tom Lamore of his staff. The meeting was lengthy but very informative. We are about 1/3 the way through Schematic Design which will result in providing cost estimators the necessary details for their work. We have, however, been given […]
Building Committee Formed
By Tryphon McKeehan On March 5, 2015 we began the next phase of our Temple project with the first meeting of a new group of members, continuing the foundational work of the first Building Group. Three of the four members are new to the project so the emphasis of the meeting of course was acquainting everyone […]
Parish Council Meeting with Local Architect
On January 18th, 2015, the Parish Council met with Ray Kistler of Kistler Small and White, Architects. Mr. Kistler is the Ashland architect who assisted us in developing a site plan and in navigating the local Land Use Planning process. He helped us to secure Jackson County’s approval for our proposed Temple, a necessary step […]
Property purchased!
By the grace of God, Fr. Andreas signed the closing on the property at 11.00 this morning, and our parish is now the grateful owner of almost 7 acres at 647 S. Valley View Rd, Ashland, OR. Glory be to God for hearing our supplications – and thanks be to the holy Archangel Gabriel, St. […]