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 […]
Property Mowing and Clean-up
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 […]
Why Do We Celebrate Pascha in the Middle of the Night?
The Simple Answer The simple answer is that the Resurrection occurred in the middle of the night. Of course, no one knew it had happened until Mary Magdalene and the other women disciples arrived at the tomb that Sunday morning and discovered that it was empty. But we know it happened! So why should we […]
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 […]
“The Grammar of Faith” by Fr. Stephen Freeman
On February 10, 2016 we had a wonderful evening with Archpriest Stephen and Mat. Elizabeth Freeman from St. Anne’s Orthodox Church in Oak Ridge, TN. Fr. Stephen spoke on the important of understanding the “grammar” (the underlying ethos and tradition) of the Orthodox Christian faith. The entire talk is available below, alongside the Q&A […]
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 […]