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Come and See! - Parish Life at Holy Apostles
Welcome to Holy Apostles Orthodox Church
Holy Apostles Orthodox Church is a parish of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR), 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. Architect's Watercolor
Architect Andrew Gould delivered a beautiful watercolor of his concept for our New Parish Hall, just in time for us to display at our Capital Fundraising Launch Event June 10. See more of Andrew's architectural drawings for the new parish hall, and watch our two-part video of his talk with the parish in October 2017, where he discusses his vision for our new campus, through designs integrated with the style of our historic Chapel. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!
Visit and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, with dozens of inspiring and educational videos of the life of our parish, including in-depth updates on our Parish Hall Building Project and the Historic Chapel Restoration. Sunday School Curriculum
New on our website is a four part video-series on our Sunday School curriculum for our children — This presentation by Matushka Jo Anna Mary Capp provides a hands-on introduction to the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, implemented in an Orthodox setting. Watch the videos and learn more here... Parish Life via Facebook
Keep up with all our parish happenings also via Facebook!
Most photos and events in the life of the parish are shared on our Facebook page, with highlights featured in our Photo & Video Gallery.
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$5000 Matching Grant Fundraiser surpasses goal early!
Announcement: We reached the match goal, with $61 to spare. We have raised $10,061! Glory to God! We are on the road to the $500,000 needed to begin building our parish hall. Thank you to all who have so generously contributed towards the match.
Thank God for His mercy towards us.
We invite you to join our Capital Campaign, which runs through Summer 2022. Full information and Capital Campaign Pledge Form are available here.
To help get the word out to a wider audience, we are hiring the services of Fr. John Parsells to produce a video for our parish, as part of the kickoff for this next phase. Visit Orthodox360 to see examples of the superb videos his company produces.
You can contribute at any time using the PayPal buttons on our website, or you can mail a check to Holy Apostles at PO Box 594, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Learn more about our historic St Joseph's Chapel and our Parish Hall Building Project here.
God bless us, every one.
Love in Christ,
Father George
This Week's Message
Dear Parishioners and Friends, Thanks be to God for his mercy and grace in enabling us to fulfill our matching grant and gain $10,000 toward our parish hall building capital campaign. Let us be inspired to increase both our giving and our prayer to bring closer the day when our worship is altogether on our God-given property.
We worship again in tomorrow's crisp autumn morning out of doors! It is likely to be brisk at the start, so layer up accordingly.
We welcome our brother, Father John Parcells, and his family visiting with us this weekend. Father is the pastor of Christ the Savior Orthodox Church (OCA) in Berlin, MD, near Ocean City. Besides being a parish priest, Father is the originator of "Orthodox Web Solutions" and is our parish web site manager, and so for a good number of parishes and dioceses. His yet fuller activity is as a videographer within his company "Orthodox 360." In this capacity, he is here to create a video to help us promote our life and capital campaign desire to a larger world to enhance our ability to make our building program a reality. His daughter Ella and he will be hovering about our services recording a great deal. All this will be winnowed down into a short movie of about 10 minutes. Greet him and his with a warm welcome.
Sunday is Theodosius Santalov's last day with us for a while. In his training time at nearby Fort Meade he has been able to join and worship with us on a biweekly basis, and, in true missionary spirit, he has witnessed to other young soldiers to "come and see." He will now be posted to Germany where there are numerous Russian churches where we pray he finds a parish home in his time there. God keep you and remain with you, and us in spirit, dear Theodosius.
Upcoming Dates
God-willing, we will continue to live-stream the Divine Services from our parish Facebook page: 10/17 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil 10/22 - Thursday 7-9 PM Choir Rehearsal 10/24 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil 10/29 - Thursday 7-9 PM Choir Rehearsal 10/31 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil 11/5 - Thursday 7-9 PM Choir Rehearsal 11/6 – Friday 6:30 PM Matins and 1st Hour for the Departed 11/7 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil Parish Hall Fundraising - At a Glance
Parish Calendar with Smartphone Sync
Sync your smartphone, tablet and PC to our parish calendar with one click. Supports Apple iCal (Mac or iOS) and Google Calendar. Or, view, print, copy and save our Service and Event Schedule in List View. EPISTLE BOOK, published by Holy Apostles Orthodox Church
NEW for 2020! The only Orthodox Epistle Book using the KJV text. Includes the Acts and the Epistles, arranged for liturgical use according to Russian Orthodox practice. An appendix features all relevant prokeimena and readings for the whole year. Rubrics, introductory notes and monthly calendar for the Church Year are also included. Hardbound with full color dust cover, 632 pages. Published by Holy Apostles Orthodox Church and St Polycarp Press. Full info and links to order on this special page. Weekly Parish Announcements
Posted at the start of each week, our Announcements enable you to keep up with current Holy Apostles parish news in real time. Includes each Sunday's announcements, plus important news on parsh life, our building fund progress, and service opportunities. Proceed to our Announcements page... Photo and Video Gallery
Get a feel for life in our growing parish through our Photo & Video Gallery, with archives stretching back to 2001! And come and see us in person! We'd love to meet you... |
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Hawaiian Iveron Icon of the Theotokos |
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The Holy Icon, streaming fragrant myrrh |
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Visitation to Holy Apostles |
We continue to be inspired by the visitation of the Holy Hawaiian Myrrh-Streaming Icon of the Mother of God on Saturday, 9/9. Please keep the Icon's devoted steward, Subdeacon Nectary, always in your prayers for his continued strength.
Read about the miraculous healing of Subdeacon Nectarios...
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Our 15th anniversary parish feast |
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Orthodox Christianity: Founded 33 AD
Two thousand years ago, after receiving the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the apostles of Christ went out from their native Israel to bring the Christian Faith to all the far reaches of the world. The ancient Christian Faith, founded so long ago, remains unchanged today and is found in the Orthodox Church.
Holy Apostles Orthodox Church was 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.
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