“Through this acquisition, St. Calinic of Cernica Parish affirms its mission to preserve and transmit the Orthodox faith, providing the Romanians in Southampton with a place for prayer, fellowship, and spiritual continuity,” the Archdiocese writes.
The project aims to popularize significant churches and monasteries in the region.
Orthodox Christians have an opportunity to contribute to the construction of a new chapel in Missouri that is intended to eventually be used by a local mission parish and that will pay tribute to an 18-year-old Orthodox girl who has only a short time to live.
St. Anthony’s was founded in the summer of 1995 by Elder Ephraim, a spiritual child of St. Joseph the Hesychast and former abbot of the Athonite Philotheou Monastery.
St. Herman Theological Seminary in Kodiak, Alaska, was blessed with a spiritually uplifting week-long visit from His Grace Bishop Alexei of Sitka and All Alaska earlier this month.