Eagle River, Alaska

Antiochian Archdiocese

Saint John Orthodox Cathedral

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Saint John's School

About Orthodoxy

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

  • Livestream St.John's Services

  • Advent Celebrations

    St. Nicholas the Wonderworker - December 6
    St. Herman of Alaska - December 13
    St. Ignatius of Antioch - December 20
    See the link below for more information on services times and events.
    Advent Service Times and Events

  • Coffee Hour Info and Schedule

    Coffee Hour after Sunday Liturgy is an important time of fellowship. Please check the schedule in the link below to see when your group is assigned to bring snacks and also when you are to host. Thank you!
    Coffe Hour Groups - Spring 2024Coffe Hour Host Schedule - Fall 2024

  • Opening the Door to Orthodox Christianity - Thursdays at the Saint James House from 7-8:30pm - beginning Nov. 7

    This will be a series of classes on the basics of Orthodox Christian beliefs and practices. These classes will be positive, not polemical; practical, not theoretical. Most of all they will aim to open the door to knowing the real God as He revealed through Jesus Christ and known in the scriptures and the Orthodox way. These classes are for inquirers and seekers, “nones” or Churchgoers, non-Orthodox or Orthodox who want to understand their faith better. Meeting with friends around a fireplace and talking about God is one of the best ways I can think of to spend a winter evening. So, I look forward to our time together. – Fr. Marc
    Documents FolderSchedule and Topics

  • Advent/Christmas Calendar

    CalendarAdvent Fasting

Community Highlight

Downtown Soup Kitchen
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Deborah Stallman and Brandon Weaver volunteered with other parishioners at the Downtown Soup Kitchen Hope Center making lunches for 300+ people in need of food. This effort from Saint John's is organized by the Sisters of Mary and Martha under the direction of Sydney Ihde. May God bless your good work as you help our Anchorage neighbors.

Sunday's Homily Excerpt -

In the Inquirer's Class last Thursday night we talked about salvation and Baptism and learned three things. On Pentecost long ago, 3000 people were baptized. If you thought this Sunday was a bit of a hub but seven baptisms, imagine that day long ago with 3000 baptisms. We also learned that salvation is not a one-time event like voting or flipping a switch. It is the beginning of a journey and a process. For this reason the Church has always baptized infants and children, so they can begin this journey at the beginning of their life, enveloped in the faith of the Church represented by their godparents. Third, we learned this journey is not made alone, but within the context of a community just as we are gathered here today celebrating this event.”- Fr. Marc Dunaway, November 24, 2024.-

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"One Accord"

Excerpts from Christian writers Past and Present

Orthodoxy is immensely compassionate, but it does not shrink from death as from an obscenity. Death itself is a gift from the Lord, and one that sheds its terrors to the mature Christian drawing near to the end of the road. Such a road, for the friend of the Lord, is not a bleakness of desertion and wilderness, but rather the gloom of a journey made that opens into the twinkling lights of a welcoming village ahead, the Emmaus of a new encounter.”. - Fr. John Anthony McGuckin, The Orthodox Church, pg. 307.

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