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And the Filming of our Video - 10/17/20
A beautiful Fall day, perfect for the filming of our parish video, The Mountain of God in Beltsville, by Fr John Parsells of Orthodox Web Solutions and Orthodox360.
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Working together to further the Mission - 10/05/19
Beautiful Autumn weather greeted us for a blessed Saturday of fellowship and work to continue the renovation of our historic St Joseph Chapel, the future home of our parish!
Learn about our historic St Joseph Chapel and our Parish Hall Building Project here.
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"As many as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ! Alleluia!"
Welcome, Servant of God, John! God grant you Many Years!
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First Liturgy at the Chapel
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Recent Wedding, 'Rejoice, O Isaiah'
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2016 Visit of Metropolitan Hilarion and the Myrrh-Streaming Hawaiian Iveron Icon for the Parish's 15th Anniversary |
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2015 Parish Family Photo |
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.
