This Church I will dearly miss.
My first experience in a Russian Church was in Thailand--St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Bangkok (and also St. Vladimir Russian Orthodox Church in Chiang Mai, but I only visited there).
Upon visiting this Church, I was only used to the...
Read MoreThis Church I will dearly miss.
My first experience in a Russian Church was in Thailand--St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Bangkok (and also St. Vladimir Russian Orthodox Church in Chiang Mai, but I only visited there).
Upon visiting this Church, I was only used to the Antiochian traditions. Nevertheless, this Church has taught me a life of true and practicing faith. I frequented the moleben/compline+akathist services for my internship course at Kuyper College, but did not expect how much this Church would contribute to my spiritual life. Not only do they have this, but several other services such as the typical Divine Liturgy on Sunday. This Church is extremely active, and while its parish is very small, is very lively. When I walk into this Church, I look at the small icon of St. Gabriel of Georgia, and I can feel love pouring out from this Church.
Fr. James is extremely welcoming, along with the other clergy. Fr. James is also intentional and passionate and takes his duty seriously. He is called by God to love God and his neighbor. His homilies and reflections are impactful, and his actions are reverent. I will miss attending their akathist services, which end with being anointed by some holy oil. I can tell Fr. James has poured out into the people here, showing them the richness of Christ from a deep spiritual life.
I have developed a very deep spiritual life ever since I started going to Orthodox Churches, even entering into the Catechumenate of St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, but St. John Chrysostom Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also taught me even more. Again, I never expected how much influence this Church will have over me, and I will deeply miss this Church along with the others I frequented.
The Church building itself is very small and tight. If you were to pass by not looking at the roof, and not giving a careful look, you may think it is just another house, and in a way it is--the house of God. Walking in most Orthodox Church, you normally will smell the incense--here, with how small the Church is, it is even more concentrated, and the incense is also literally in your face.
Come to this Church ready to be challenged and ready for a deep spiritual life.
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