Cross Raised on Ashland Property

By the grace of God, on July 13, 2016, Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church in Ashland, OR held the official Service for the Planting the Life-giving Cross and the placing of the Cornerstone on their new church property. This was the official commencement of their planned building project of a new temple on South Valley View Road in Ashland, OR.

The service was presided over by His Eminence Archbishop BENJAMIN of San Francisco and the West, assisted by Priest Andreas Blom (Rector of Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church), Hieromonk Damascene (Abbot of St. Herman’s Monastery, Platina, CA), Archpriest Isaac Skidmore (Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church), Priest Daniel Mackay (Rector of St. John the Wonderworker Serbian Orthodox Church, Eugene, OR), Priest Ian Shipley (Rector of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Church, Chico, CA), Priest Theodor Svane (St. Seraphim Orthodox Church, Santa Rosa, CA) and Deacon David Greenfield (Ss. Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Church, Chico, CA), as well as many faithful from Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church and other visitors.

The parish was able to buy 7 acres of beautiful property right by I-5 in 2014, and paid it off in its entirety on the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt in 2016. Currently, the parish is in the process of raising $150,000 for the Design Development Phase of their building project, with the hope of breaking ground in the near future.”