Holy Apostles Orthodox Church is a parish of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR), Eastern American Diocese, founded with the purpose of bringing the Gospel and Divine Services of the Russian Orthodox Church to the people of America in the English language. We invite you to come to any of the Divine Services or events at our mission church. In 2009 we were gifted a beautiful, historic chapel and two-acre campus by the Christian Brothers. Our vision is to establish the parish in its new home, from where the parish can continue to thrive and grow as a living icon of Orthodox missions in America.
(10/14/24) On the Feast of the Protection of the Theotokos in 2024, Holy Apostles’ parish launched our Phase 1 (of 3 phases) fundraising drive, to build our parish hall designed by Andrew Gould. Once this modest and beautiful parish hall is built, our parish can move out of the office park where we have been worshipping since 2002. We will continue our worship life in the new parish hall, while we also continue the work on our historic chapel: restoration, renovation, and beautification. Our goal is to meet the Phase 1 target of $500,000 by Pascha of 2025, and break ground immediately thereafter.
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UPDATED FOR 2024! In 2009 our parish was gifted an historic chapel surrounded by two acres of beautiful land. Since then we have been restoring the chapel, and planning the construction of the new parish hall, which will enable us to move from our current location at Twin Chimneys Office Park.
We are approaching the groundbreaking for construction of the new Parish Hall. The visual history below tells our story.
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Dear Family of Holy Apostles Orthodox Church and Friends,
We enter our new year with hope and belief in God's sustaining power to move us toward our goal of establishment on our God-given property. Our prayers toward this end must never cease, just as our prayers for each other should be continuous. We have been greatly graced with the happenings of the miraculous icons and our wonderful Hierarchical vist from Metropolitan Jonah. As time passes we feel our life in God, "Pressed down. shaken together and running over" as we are promised in Holy Scripture.
With love in our Lord and His most pure Mother, I remain your servant,
Fr. George
Now and Upcoming Shortly:
01/18 – Saturday 8:40 AM - Hours & Divine Liturgy, Vespers & Great Blessing of the Water – Eve of the Theophany of our Lord
01/18 – Saturday 5:00 PM - Compline and Matins
01/19 – Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy - The Theophany of our Lord - His Baptism by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan - One of the 12 great feasts of the Church
01/23 - Thursday 7-9 PM Choir Rehearsal
01/25 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
01/26 – Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy - the 31st Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday after Theophany - Martyrs Hermylus & Stratonicus
NEW! Added September 6, 2024 — This booklet is a record of the experience of a priest’s wife during the Pentecost Kneeling Vespers served in Holy Apostles Orthodox Church in Beltsville, Maryland, on June 23, 2024. ($5 in our Lulu Store)
“Through the eyes of my heart, I saw a stream of the departed, people whom I knew throughout my life. I saw so many, many people. The Lord brought them close to my heart, as close as He is. The stream became a river. From my lost babies, to my grandfather who committed suicide, to an untold number of departed relatives, brothers and sisters in Christ, I saw a great crowd. The border between Heaven and earth dissolved as the Lord brought me to this place.”
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From 'St John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Zealous Builder of Churches'
Everywhere he went he either oversaw the building of churches or supported the same with his attention and prayers... He wrote about the godly work of building churches:
"In building churches here on earth, we create for ourselves eternal habitations in heaven."
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Since 2009 we have been restoring our beautiful chapel, gifted to our parish that year by the Christian Brothers.
To date, we have received and administered grants of approximately $400,000 so far, and continue to apply for the grants as they become available.
