Lucy Dove Baptised- On this the Sunday of the Last Judgment, February 19th,
Lucy was Baptized and Chrismated into the Orthodox Church. Godparents are Christopher Bulko and his daughter Rachael. In the final picture, parents
Patricia and Alistair Dove stand with Godparents after Lucy has just had her first communion.
Grandchild Named- On this Sunday of the Prodigal Son, February 12th, our pastors' own
grandchild, born 8 days ago, was brought before the Mother of God's icon to receive the name Solomon. He is then given to the Godmother, Roxie Lewis, to
return the child to his mother, Brigitta Myers.
Pastors Conference 2012 - Tuesday, February 7th, the clergy of the Diocese of the South met in Mt. Pleasant, South Caroline at the beautiful Orthodox Church whose pastor is Father John Parker. In the first picture he is standing with HG Bishop Nikon, our Locum Tenens Bishop, our chancellor, Fr. Marcus Burch, and Fr. Thomas Hopko, who gave the first talk on
The Role of Gender and Sexuality in the Christian life. Dr.
Albert Rossi gave the second talk on
Purity, Youth, Family and Sexuality. For the final talk of the first day, we met at the local Episcopal Church for
Fr. Thomas Hopko to speak on
The Power of Weakness: Reflections on Salvation, the Meaning of the Cross, and the Necessity of the Crucifixion. You can listen to the talks
here.
Prep School serves the Homeless - On this Monday, February 6th, St. John's Prep School from Collegeville, Minnesota, visiting Atlanta for an Intern week,
decided to come to Atlanta and do service work. They will be helping all week.
Our Pastor is a Grandfather - Solomon Grey-Morris Poker/Myers was born at 2:30AM the morning, Saturday, February 4th, weighing 8lbs 2oz and the whole family is healthy....Thanks be to God!
Child named after Saint John - Sunday, January 29th, on Zacchaeus Sunday, Mimi Godwin brought her young child to church to be named. The child is named for St. John Maximovitich: John Godwin. In the first picture, he is placed
before the Mother of God at his naming.
Betrothal- Chad McFarlin and Jess Ridings were Bethrothed on the Sunday of the
Prodigal Son. Chad is a longtime member and Jess is a catechumen. Seth and Stephanie Earl are the groomsman and bridesmaid. Seth holds the rings in the
second picture that they put on each others fingers during the service.
Pins given- On this Sunday of the Prodigal Son, February 12th, some of our altar
boys (all will eventually) received a pin that says that they are an altar attendant to be worn on their new acolyte robes.
Pastors Conferences 2012- Today, February 8th, after Divine Liturgy in Mt. Pleasant, SC everyone present posed for picture.
New Catechumens - Today, February 5th, the Sunday of the Pharisee and the Publican Keith and Megan Fishers became catechumens of the Orthodox Church.
Keith took for his saint Issac the Syrian and Megan took St. Sophia of Thrace. Mattie Windham stands with Melanie because they share the same Saint Sophia.
Pregnancy Announced - This Sunday, February 5th, Justin and Anna Winter announced to
our overjoyed congregation that they are expecting a third child.
Homemade soap - Shelly Agalakis made here second offering to the poor of Atlanta, homemade soap, which she passed out to the men and women who came today, Tuesday, January 31st. Below Rubin appears to be thrilled by Shelly's gift.
Lox and Bagels - At the house blessing today, January 21st, for Bob and Adele Pauley, our Gregory Varghese, just back from a visit to India, was introduced to an American Luxury of the highest quality, Lox and bagels. (we
know the Americans did not invent Lox or bagels).
