Home | St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church Saint John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church - 2418 W. Swann Avenue, Tampa, FL 33609 (813) 876-8830 Welcome to St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church! Welcome to Saint John the Baptist Orthodox Christian Church website. We are located 22 miles south of Pittsburgh less than one mile from exit 43 (Houston) on Interstate 79. The Orthodox Church remembers the Righteous Elizabeth, the mother of the holy Prophet St John the Baptist, on September 5.. Life of the saint. Our site features articles in Russian and English on the Holy Orthodox Faith along with audio and video presentations, chronicling the life of our parish - the only church community in the United States founded in 1949 by St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco. Matins, Hours and Liturgy. For only if we focus first on spiritual life, which includes prayer and the reception of the sacraments (the source of life), will anything that follows matter. We offer inquirers class, please contact fr.johnkotalik@gmail.comto schedule time to chat. The bookstore also carries Icons in many sizes of Christ, crosses, baptismal gifts, etc. In many hymns she is a sign of the Church as the beloved bride of God; her exaltation as more glorious than the Seraphim is a sign of the exaltation awaiting all who hear the Word of God and keep it as she did. We are sure youll find something that would inspire you to grow towards Christ! Worshipers are surrounded by icons (pictures of Christ and the saints), which remind us that we are participating while on earth in the worship of all the angels and saints in heaven. Services are in English and in Church Slavonic. You can also support us everytime you buy something on Amazon! Paraklesis to the wonder-working Icon of the Theotokos Pantanassa (Queen of All), Learning to die before we could learn how to live About Holy Communion in times of pandemic, The Restoration of Icons Sermon for the Sunday of Orthodoxy 2019, What is Man? St. John's was founded in 1935 to serve the spiritual needs of the many Ukrainian immigrants who had settled in Oshawa. . Our parish is part of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America under the Patriarchate of Antioch where St. Luke in the Book of Acts tells us the believers were first called Christians (Acts 11:26). The words are all from Scripture or ancient Christian texts no rhyming metrical hymns are used. Exile and the Pangs of Grief. We are a parish strongly committed to the belief that the Holy Orthodox Church is the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ and His Apostles. . I thought of being saved by asking Jesus into my heart as a [Read more], I grew up in a Protestant home, attending a variety of different denominations, but feeling most at home in the moderately charismatic Foursquare denomination.
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