establishing the Church in our town
Fr. Joseph SharmanNovember 5, 2024, published in the November 9 Montrose Press As I compose this column, the American election is less than a week away. By the time this column is published, supporters of various candidates or causes will likely be either elated or crushed. The victors face the daunting task of keeping their […]
Blessed Holy Week! The Montrose Mission is joining St. Andrew’s in Delta (298 Bert St.) for all Holy Week services, leading up to the Feast of Feasts, PASCHA, this Saturday night and Sunday morning. Please contact us for a Holy Week schedule or any more information. The Montrose Mission will also celebrate Bright Week as […]
Dear Fellow Truth Seekers in Montrose, Regarding the article, “The Church in Montrose,” I’m only a servant, passing along an invitation to a feast, and I know you have many other things to do. But, if you will, I would love to talk you in person about this, either at a formal meeting or just […]
By Father Joseph Sharman, Orthodox Priest in Montrose “To all who are in Montrose, beloved of God, called to be saints, Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 1:7, modified). In the early Fourth Century, a teenage girl was brought before the Roman governor for the crime […]
Every November on Thanksgiving, we pray the Akathist of thanksgiving, “Glory to God for All Things,” a beautiful, short prayer service composed by a Russian priest shortly before his death in a Soviet prison camp in 1940. It is a song of praise amidst great suffering. For one translation of the Akathist, please click here. […]
When Saint Paul affirmed to the Church in Galatia that we have all “been called to liberty,” he also reminded them that, in our freedom, we “through love serve one another” (Galatians 5:13). It is our freedom that calls us to serve, following Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Creator of the universe, who became a […]
Every year, 50 days after the Easter celebration of Pascha, Our Lord Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead, we celebrate the birth of the Church, Pentecost. Ten days before — or 40 days after Pascha — the Church celebrated the Ascension, when Christ returned in glory to sit at the right hand of His Father. […]
On Sunday, February 26, the Church gathered for Vespers, as it has nightly in homes, catacombs, parishes, monasteries, and cathedrals around the world for the last 2,000 years. As we closed Vespers, “Glory to Thee, O Christ our God and our hope, glory to Thee,” we lined up to ask — and offer — forgiveness […]
On January 1, 2023, the Montrose Mission will begin meeting each Sunday at 9:30 AM (hours begin at 9:10 AM) for Divine Liturgy. We were offered a space at an affordable daily rate in downtown Montrose, at 207 E Main Street. Please join us! We will continue serving Great Vespers Saturday nights at 7:00 PM […]
Our Zoom webinar on Thursday, November 10, “The Orthodox Church in Kenya: Its History & Mission,” was a great blessing. We heard from Fr. Cosmas Njoroge, Professor of Theology at Kenya Methodist University, about the history and work of the Orthodox Church in Kenya, as well as Fr. Cosmas’s own mission parish, St. Anne’s in […]