Thomas, Van, Innocent, Matthew, Raphaela and Tryphon enjoyed a productive day on our property on Saturday, May 28. Thomas rented a tractor with cutting apparatus and we all pitched in with good effort to make the parish’s property cleaner. We can see an end in sight for cleaning up the hidden rock piles, holes, fencing […]
Category: Announcements
Land Given to the Parish!
Back in December of 2014 we were able to purchase almost 7 acres of land right by I-5 outside of Ashland, OR. An anonymous Trust gave us an interest free loan of $250,000 for us to be able to do this. On the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt, this debt was completely and fully […]
Model of Future Temple
With the help of the schematic design, blueprints of other churches and conversations with our architect we are getting close to settling on a design for our future church temple. Parishioner and Senior Warden Tryphon McKeehan has meticulously assembled a to-scale wood model of the temple. Although not everything is completely settled, it was created […]
Design and Develop a Temple
The building project of our new temple has entered a new phase. Having completed the initial Schematic Design Phase in April 2015, we are now moving on to the second Phase, which is Design Development. This second phase will take much more coordination and resources than did the initial phase. The former Building Group did […]
Church Property Work-day
On Saturday November 14th, 11:00am we will commence a work day on our church property (647 S. Valley View Rd., Ashland, OR). The plan for this day will be to gather 5-10 willing participants in order to: Pick up sticks, branches, treed stumps, etc. for the burn pile(s). Cut down small trees near valley view […]
Fall Retreat: “Prayer and The Inner Man” with Archimandrite Sergius
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The Apostles’ Fast
“The Apostles almost always fasted.” – Saint John Chrysostom (Sermon 57 on the Gospel of Matthew) The Apostles’ Fast begins tomorrow (the second Monday after Pentecost) and lasts until the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul (June 29). It varies in length from year to year. If the feast of Pascha occurs sooner, then the Apostle’s Fast […]
St. Sebastian (Dabovich) of Jackson
Saint Sebastian was just glorified by the Holy Assembly of Hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church during its regular session on May 29th, 2015 – alongside with Bishop Mardarije (Uskokovic). Glory be to God in His saints! Born to Serbian immigrants in San Francisco in 1863, Archimandrite Sebastian Dabovich has the distinction of being the first […]
“Burn to Learn”
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 […]
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 […]