Eagle River, Alaska

Antiochian Archdiocese

Saint John Orthodox Cathedral

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Eagle River Institute

St James House

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd

Saint John’s community sits at the base of the Chugach mountains in Eagle River, Alaska. It is a parish in the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
We invite you to join us in our journey to know God and to serve our neighbors within the tradition of Orthodox Christianity.
Sunday Divine Liturgy - 10:00am
Saturday Vespers - 7:15pm

Parish Happenings

Community Highlight

Saint John's Parish Council
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This picture was taken at the Parish Council meeting on May 19, 2026. Back row: Derick Hanna, Tim Mellor, John Marc Dunaway, Marshall Alexander (treasurer), Sydney Ihde (Secretary); front row: David Lindblom, Laurie Snider, Fr. Marc (pastor), Jennifer Gillquist, Martha Fisher and Ann Patras (co-chairs0. This Parish Council participated in a 'Parish Council Boot Camp' with Fr. Roman Pac-Urar in 2024 and has since done important work to clarify our Cathedral governance, communication, and financial oversight. Bruce Johnson was also a co-chair of this Parish Council and helped direct its work until he passed away unexpectedly on August 15, 2025. We can all be grateful for their hard work and dedication to this critical task.

Sunday's Homily Excerpt -

As we look into the tomb of Jesus with Mary Magdelene and the other women, we hear the angel say, 'You seek Jesus of Nazareth who was crucified. He is risen. He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.' We see from the empty tomb of Jesus that God did not create death. We see that we were created to live. Jesus comes to restore us and to raise us to life. Christ is risen!.” - Dn. Joseph Ray, April 26, 2026-

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"One Accord"

Excerpts from Christian writers Past and Present

“What else does this craving, and this helplessness, proclaim but that there was once in man a true happiness, of which all that now remains is the empty print and trace? This he tries in vain to fill with everything around him, seeking in things that are not there the help he cannot find in those that are, though none can help, since this infinite abyss can be filled only with an infinite and immutable object; in other words by God himself.”. - Blaise Pascal from Pensees.

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