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 […]
Category: Announcements
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. […]
Approval Finalized!
It is with tremendous gratefulness that we can announce that Jackson County is currently finalizing its approval of our intended building project for the property on 647 S. Valley View Road! Neighbors had until November 4th to object to the County regarding any of our proposed plans, and as nothing had been filed by the end […]
Amazon Smile
In addition to our cooperation with Fred Meyer, our parish has now signed up to be part of “Amazon Smile.” Amazon Smile is a service of the online store Amazon.com, through which Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchase to our parish! All you need to do is to link your Amazon account to […]
Fundraiser: Litya Tray
We are currently raising funds to purchase a new Litya tray. Litya is the part of a Vigil where hymns are sung, prayers are said and the priest blesses bread, wheat wine and oil. The total for the tray is $1,023. It is a beautiful gold-plated Russian Litya tray with a three-branched candle holder, an […]
Clean Week Schedule
Nativity and Theophany Services
The Service Schedule for Nativity (Christmas) this year will be as follows: Tuesday, December 24 8.00 am – Royal Hours, Typika ca. 9.00 am – Vespers and Liturgy of St. Basil 2.00 pm – Holy Baptism 4.00 pm – Holy Supper (our last “Lenten potluck”) 6.00 pm – Nativity Vigil (Compline and Matins) Wednesday, December […]