Eagle River, Alaska

Antiochian Archdiocese

Saint John Orthodox Cathedral

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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

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More Baptisms and Chrismations
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The Durand family were brought into the Orthodox Church at the Vesperal Liturgy for Ascension, May 20. Cole (George) and Marie were chrismated and their children, Charlotte (2yrs) and Juliet (1yr), were baptized. They are pictured here with their sponsors, Samy Lowry (Cole), Sydney Ihde (Marie), Christine and David Lindblom, godparents of the daughters. May God grant them many years!

Sunday's Homily Excerpt -

Pentecost Sunday: The leading and prompting of the Holy Spirit can be heard in our heart, if we will pay attention and listen. If we do not listen for His voice we will not hear it. If we fill our hearts up with all kinds of desires and schemes and expectations and pleasures, fill them up to the very brim, we will not be able to hear anything. We will not be able to hear what God said to the prophet Elijah was a “small, still voice.” This does not mean He stops speaking. It means our inner noise is to loud for Him to be heard. “Be still,” God says through the psalmist, “and know that I am God.” We may be busy with our work as we should, whatever that may be, but still we can create a space to listen, and for a moment quieten our own bombarding thoughts. We can wait expectantly and to say to God, “I am listening. What do you want me to do?”.” - Fr. Marc Dunaway, May 31, 2026-

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"One Accord"

Excerpts from Christian writers Past and Present

“And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, and Giver of life, Who proceeds from the Father, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spoke by the prophets.”. - Text added to the Creed of Nicaea by the Ecumenical Council of Constantinople in 381. .

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