. . . 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 the family of Sister Deborah rejoice in her novitiate as it will enhance, not only her spiritual life, but the spiritual life of our parish community. Our beloved mentor, Archimandrite John Townsend, always a joy in his presence, has returned home.
Our Rector, Priest Christopher, has affirmed our presence among those priests and bishops who stood with our representatives before the capitol building, asserting the rights of our Orthodox brethren in the Ukraine to freedom from political oppression.
God's blessings do not stop, among which, we now enter into the joy of our Lord's Nativity.
With love in our Lord, I remain your servant,
Fr. George
Now and Upcoming Shortly
01/12 - Monday 7 PM Parish Council via Zoom
01/14 - 6:00 PM Annual Parish Carol Singing
01/15 - Thursday Choir Rehearsal Cancelled
01/17 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
01/18 – Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy – The 32nd Sunday after Pentecost - Fore-feast of Theophany
01/18 – Sunday 6:30 PM Evening Vigil
01/19 – Monday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy – the Theophany of our Lord and Savior - the Baptism of our Lord by St. John the Baptist
01/22 - Thursday 7:00 PM Choir Rehearsal
01/24 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
01/25 – Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy – the Sunday after Theophany - Zaccheus Sunday
01/29 - Thursday 7:00 PM Choir Rehearsal
01/31 - Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
02/01 - Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy - Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee
02/05 - Thursday 7:00 PM Choir Rehearsal
02/07 - Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
02/08 - Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy - Sunday of the Prodigal Son - the Holy New Martyrs & Confessors of Russia - the Annual Meeting of the Parish
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.
Build Holy Apostles!
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. Read our full Purpose and Vision Statement here, and join us as we Build Holy Apostles!
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."
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Met. Hilarion at our parish, 2016 |
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 recent 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.
