After over a year and a half of countless hours of discussion, conversations with our fantastic architects (Tom Lamore and Ray Kistler), input from half a dozen priests and expertise advice from Orthodox church designers (among them Andrew Gould) – we have finally arrived at a design of our future temple that everyone is pleased with! […]
Category: Announcements
$100K Raised for Next Phase!
We are grateful to God for the generosity of so many people, who have made it possible for us to raise $100,000 of the $150,000 we need for the next phase of our building project (the “Design/Development Phase”)! Two-thirds there! Let us all continue to pray, participate and rejoice, as the Lord Himself is building […]
Matching Grant Met!
We are extremely pleased and grateful to announce that the Matching Grant of $30,000 has been met by your generous contributions! We now have a remaining $55,000 to raise for the completion of the Design/Development phase of our building project. We are two-thirds there! Glory be to God!
UPDATE: Matching Grant
VERY GOOD NEWS: The matching grant between now and Pascha (for our Building Fund) has increased by $10,000, bringing it to a total of $30,000! As of right now we have received $13,858 of that. Thank you for all your generous donations. May God bless you!
MATCHING GRANT ANNOUNCED!
Thanks to the generosity of kind benefactors, we are pleased to announce a dollar-for-dollar matching grant, up to $20,000. From now until Pascha, every donation to the building fund of Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church will be matched! Don’t miss this opportunity. Your $50 donation becomes a $100 donation. Your $500 donation becomes a $1,000 donation! […]
Successful Rummage Sale
The Church held our 2nd Annual Parish Rummage Sale. The over-flowing abundance of goods that were donated could have easily filled two trapeza halls. By God’s grace we were able to have a financially successful sale with all the money going toward the Building Fund for the new Temple. The unity of purpose, the oneness of mind and […]
Fall Classes – Orthodoxy 101
Classes will usually take place immediately following Wednesday Vespers (with a couple of exceptions – see online calendar), and will last for approximately one hour. The topics are subject to change. Wednesday, September 7, 2016 – The True God (Dogma, Faith and Orthodoxy) Wednesday, September 14, 2016 – Orthodoxy Q&A Wednesday, September 21, 2016 – […]
Planting of the Precious and Life-giving Cross (July 13, 2016)
Cross Planted on Church Property!
By the grace of God, on July 13, 2016, our parish held the official Service for the Planting the Life-giving Cross and the placing of the Cornerstone on our property. In the eyes of the Church, this was the official commencement of our planned building project of our new temple on South Valley View Road […]
OCA Guidelines for Confession and Reception
The following Guidelines for Clergy (Orthodox Church in America, 1998), approved by the Holy Synod, address various issues surrounding Confession (the Mystery of Penance) and are considered normative in the Church today. Confession, the mystery of reconciliation with the Church, must be regular and frequent. It must be an abiding element in the lives of […]