As we are approaching Great Lent, His Eminence Archbishop Benjamin has communicated the relaxation of some of the restrictions we have observed over the last several months. 1) “Icons may be venerated in the customary manner; the people should be advised to be attentive to their own health when doing so, e.g. people with coughs or colds should […]
Category: Parish News
Almeda Fire Relief – Update
It has been over five months since the devastating Almeda Fire, which destroyed significant parts of Talent and Phoenix, OR. Thousands of people were affected, many left homeless. We received generous donations from across the country (even some international gifts!), and we wanted to give an update on our continued relief work. Beside helping our […]
Many Years, Matushka Theodora!
Today we pray that God would grant many grace-filled years to Matushka Theodora, who is celebrating her 50th birthday! Thank you Matushka for all that you do!
Meet the Everetts
As childhood friends we became high school sweethearts, got married early after high school and began our lives together in downtown Portland. We took turns completing college as we grew our family with four children: James, Mary (Haydee), Maximus (Ron), and Isaiah. After several years growing tired of the rain in northern Oregon, we pursued […]
From “Planning” to “Building”!
From “Approval Finalized” Building Project Update, November 19, 2014 – “On March 26, 2014, Fr. Andreas and our building group met with the real estate agent to look at the property at 647 Valley View Road, Ashland. We examined the dwelling and the property for our potential use. During the month of April, we investigated […]
Exciting news!
Dear faithful, With His Eminence Archbishop Benjamin’s blessing, we are excited to announce a $75,000 matching grant for our church building project at Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church in Ashland, OR! From now until Pascha, every donation is met, dollar-for-dollar, up to $75K, and all of this money will go toward the site work on our […]
Building Project Update – May 2019
Christ is risen! It is time to give a brief update on where we are at with our current building project. We are grateful and excited that we are moving forward little by little, and when we look back we are surprised with how far we have gotten. A few highlights: We have our (almost) […]
Design Development Completed!
“Let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them.” Exodus 25:8 It is with great joy that we can announce that our Design Development phase of the building project has been completed, and with the diligent work of architects and engineers we not have a complete, site-specific plan and design for […]
Matching Grant Announced!
A very generous benefactor has offered to match any gifts toward our building fund, up to $11,600! This will bring us to our targeted goal of $150,000 toward the completion of the Design Development Phase of our building project! If you have been thinking about donating toward the new church building, now is a good […]
Temple Design Completed!
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! […]