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Mission Statement

To glorify God, by offering a wide variety of Liturgical services, teaching/learning opportunities, such as Bible study, Orthodoxy 101, the 50 hours of prayer and relevant seminars. To provide families and individuals with a safe environment to grow in the faith of orthodoxy, and by developing an Orthodox community, providing for the needs of everyone, as expressed through the love of our Lord and God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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Friday April 26, 2024 2:28 pm

What's Upcoming?

Pascha Picnic 2024
Event:
Pascha Picnic 2024

Please come and join us for the Pascha Picnic to celebrate a wonderful Pascha. 

Please sign up so that we have a headcount of who is coming to the Picnic and what dish everyone can bring. Even if you don't sign up please join us for the special event.

3100 N Anthem Way, Florence AZ 85132
This event will start on Sunday May 5, 2024. It will start at 2:00 pm and it will end at 5:30 pm.

Sunday April 21, 2024 - Saturday April 27, 2024

Weekly Information

Just so you know

Great Saints of the Orthodox Church - St Nektarios the Wonderworker, Metropolitan of Pentapolis
Great Saints of the Orthodox Church - St Nektarios the Wonderworker, Metropolitan of Pentapolis

St. Nektarios the Wonderworker, Metropolitan of Pentapolis was born in 1846, in Selyvria  of Thrace. When he was 29 years old, he became a monk on the Island of Chios. Because of his virtue, h ...

Location of Services for the month of April
Location of Services for the month of April

All weekday services will be held at the home church located at 10010 E Harvest Rd, Florence. AZ 85132.

Services on April 28, will be held at the Green Tree Hotel located at 240  W Hig ...

Recipe for Lenten Pancakes
Recipe for Lenten Pancakes

This is a recipe we have used in the past and it makes very tasty pancakes. To view the entire recipe, click on the view more tab.

Thoughts to ponder...
Thoughts to ponder...

"The Sacrament of Reconciliation, or Confession, tears up the promissory notes. It destroys the record of our sins. The Communion of the true Body and Blood of Christ gives us the power to be born ...

Day by Day this Week

 
Service:
Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
Started at: 8:00 am

Special Notes

 
Parish Fast:
Strict Fast
 
Monastary Fast:
Strict Fast