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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Community Highlight

Youth Group
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John Marc Dunaway and Chris Kies lead a discussion at the Tuesday Night Youth Group. The evening begins with dinner, followed by a fun activity. It ends with a discussion of topics chosen by the teens.

Sunday's Homily Excerpt -

The Rich Man and the Beggar Lazarus - This past couple of weeks we heard about the Alaskans from along the West coast who have lost their homes due to the typhoon that destroyed their villages. I was encouraged that people in our Church had the opportunity to help them, people who really are near us. Some contributed and delivered food. Others have volunteered to prepare meals. One of our catechumens was part to the National Guard that went out and began to clear debris and repair the boardwalks. Another member of our parish has been involved in counseling and schooling for those displaced. And another of our medical workers offered the guest apartments we have here at our Cathedral, guest apartments your offerings help maintain, to a restoration team coming to Alaska to assess the damage and organize repairs. And I am encouraged that our city and our state are standing up to help and offer places to live. This instinct is good and it is what the Gospel today calls us to. ” Fr. Marc Dunaway, November 2, 2025-

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"One Accord"

Excerpts from Christian writers Past and Present

The ultimate destiny to which we are summoned, is nothing less than our theosis: our deification and transformation by the Holy Spirit into members of the body of Christ, joined in the Son to the Father, whereby we become true partakers of the divine nature. In the words of St. Athanasius: 'The Son of God became human so that we might become divine.' But, then, this must be a corporate destiny, as it is only through our participation in the community of Christ's body that any of us, as a unique object of divine love, can enter into full union with God. Our spiritual lives, therefore, cannot fail also to be social lives. - For the Life of the World - Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church, Introduction, paragraph 3

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