. . . to receive updates on parish news, our parish hall building project, and our move to our historic chapel campus.
Dear Family of Holy Apostles Orthodox Church and Friends,
We are come to participate inthe descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and the Sundays immediately following wherein the fruits of the Spirit are revealed in the choirs of saints. Let us continue to rejoice in the Lord.
With love in our Lord, I remain your servant,
Fr. George
Now and Upcoming Shortly:
The Apostles Fast begins Monday, 6/16 and continues until our parish feast, 7/11-7/12
07/10 - Thursday 7-9 PM Choir Rehearsal
07/12 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
07/13 – Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy – the Synaxis of the Holy Apostles - Our Parish Feast
07/14 - Monday 7:00 PM Parish Council Meeting via Zoom
The Mountain of God in Beltsville, Maryland
Watch the video, then visit our 'Build Holy Apostles' page to learn more, and to see how you can help our vision be fulfilled.
Thank you for your prayers and support!
This video represents the hopes and prayers of the people of Holy Apostles, to establish our parish in its new home in Beltsville, Maryland, from which the parish can continue to thrive and grow, in its soul-saving mission. Learn about our historic chapel and new parish hall here...
Get Door-to-Door Directions and directions from major routes here...
The St. Romanos the Melodist Society produces and publishes English language music of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The St. Romanos website is the online extension of A Church Singer's Companion, a project envisioned to contain the music necessary for every service a parish choir might need to sing, while staying simple enough so that any parish choir can sing it.
The St. Romanos Society produces music in both printed and recorded formats, and conducts seminars and workshops on the proper performance of that music. Music downloads are in PDF format, "pay as you can." Your support helps our music ministry continue and expand its offerings. Shop the many titles in our bookstore.
The St. Romanos Society is a sodality of Holy Apostles Orthodox Church, Beltsville, Maryland.
Detailed Reviews and Endorsements by clergy and choral professionals are provided for your consideration.
Read the classic message: 'St John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Zealous Builder of Churches'
"In building churches here on earth, we create for ourselves eternal habitations in heaven."
The blessing for the foundation of Holy Apostles Orthodox Church was given by Bishop Gabriel of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, on April 28th, 2001, on the eve of the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women, [but there was an earlier blessing from Bishop Hilarion] in the spring of 1995, for us to openly pray for and work towards the eventual establishment of the new mission parish... Read the rich and edifying early history here...
Our first house church, followed by our move to Twin Chimneys Office Park, leading up to the gift of the Historic Chapel. Learn more here...
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. Learn more here...
In October 2017, after spending two days with us and our beautiful chapel campus, noted Orthodox architectural designer Andrew Gould shared with us his vision for an attractive parish hall echoing the "Queen Anne" style of our historic chapel.
For the launch of our Capital Building Fund in mid-2018 Andrew provided us with a lovely watercolor of his design, and since that time we have been fundraising and moving towards building the parish hall, raising and administering approximately $300,000 in pre-construction costs. Once we complete the parish hall, we can begin holding the divine services in it, while we continue to work on the restoration and beautification of the chapel. Learn more here...
Our Dual-Timeline Display shows the progress of BOTH the Restoration & Renovation of our Historic Chapel, AND the Building Project for our New Parish Hall, projecting each out to completion.
Get up to speed quickly with this helpful overview, and see more detailed updates here...
Renowned Orthodox architectural designer Andrew Gould designed our parish hall and will also be involved with the design of the interior of our historic chapel.
Check out this special feature page with videos and more about the architect and our future parish home.
Holy Apostles Orthodox Church, in Beltsville, Maryland, 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.
