The Rocky Mountain deanery clergy and laity gathered for the annual “blessing of the Divide” atop Monarch Pass. 60 persons made the pilgrimage on a beautiful, sunny, “warm” (for 11,000ft.) Colorado day for the service of Blessing the Waters. Archpriest Joseph Hirsch spoke on the honor and responsibility to ever pray for our country as these waters melt to the east and west upon our lands.
The Great Blessing of Waters at the Pacific Ocean, St. Juvenaly Orthodox Mission, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
The Great Blessing of Waters at Lake Mead, Nevada on Theophany 2009
Converts to the Eastern Orthodox Church are drawn to the religion because when it comes to ritual, little has changed in a thousand years, says Father Christopher Swanson, who leads St. Elizabeth Orthodox Mission in Poulsbo.
For those of you who watched the Fox Network reality show Secret Millionaire on December 11, you got to see this year’s Diocesan designated charity in action.
Photos of His Beatitude Jonah visiting St. Nicholas parish in San Anselmo, CA on its Altar Feast, December 2008 are available here.
Pictures from the Episcopal celebration of St. Barbara’s Monastery Feast Day, December 4th, 2008
Pictures of Holy Week and Pascha at St. Christina’s Orthodox Mission in Fremont, CA
Transfiguration of Christ Cathedral, Denver Colorado, Pascha 2008
December 2007 – January 2008
