Eagle River, Alaska

Antiochian Archdiocese

Saint John Orthodox Cathedral

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Eagle River Institute

St James House

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

Parish Happenings

  • Livestream St.John's Services

  • Coffee Hour Info and Schedule

    Coffee Hour after Sunday Liturgy is an important time of fellowship. Please check the schedule in the link below to see when your group is assigned to bring snacks and also when you are to host. Thank you!
    Coffe Hour Groups - Spring 2024Coffe Hour Host Schedule - Fall 2024
  • Opening the Door to Orthodox Christianity - Thursdays at the Saint James House from 7-8:30pm - resumes Jan 9, 2025

    This will be a series of classes on the basics of Orthodox Christian beliefs and practices. These classes will be positive, not polemical; practical, not theoretical. Most of all they will aim to open the door to knowing the real God as He revealed through Jesus Christ and known in the scriptures and the Orthodox way. These classes are for inquirers and seekers, “nones” or Churchgoers, non-Orthodox or Orthodox who want to understand their faith better. Meeting with friends around a fireplace and talking about God is one of the best ways I can think of to spend a winter evening. So, I look forward to our time together. – Fr. Marc
    Documents FolderSchedule and TopicsDocuments on Prayer for Class 9Quotes on Spiritual Maturity for Class 9

Community Highlight

Women's Retreat Attendees
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The Sisters of Mary and Martha hosted their annual women’s retreat at the Annex in Palmer. The topic this year was on mental and spiritual health. Joshua Arvidson (Licensed Clinical Social Worker among many other titles) presented on mental health care, and Elizabeth Klatt and Jane Lamb shared their mental and spiritual health testimonies.

Sunday's Homily Excerpt -

Great Lent summons us to an effort, an effort that because of our busyness and habits and indolence can be difficult at first. But ultimately Great Lent asks us come to ourselves. To hear the voice of God within us, summoning us. Come to Great Lent with simplicity, with the desire to be free, to draw closer to God. Let us look forward to it, think about it, and prepare.”- Fr. Marc Dunaway, February 16, 2025.-

"One Accord"

Excerpts from Christian writers Past and Present

According to St Gregory of Nyssa, prayer is a heart-to-heart talk, forever active on God's part, forever slow on ours. In fact, both parties call, and both respond. However, the initiative is always God's: 'I spread out my hands all day long' (Is 65:2). The temporal purpose for this divine-human dialogue is to ensure man's safe existence under God's providence during his life on earth and to guarantee his growth. The eternal purpose, however, is man's re-acceptance of the communion of God's love, once and forever. God thus appears as a benefactor every time we pray, for it is he, as Creator and as Father, who calls us to pray. Therefore we should always begin our prayer with overflowing thanks. O, the humility of God, who seeks to talk with us in spite of our sins!’” - Matthew the Poor, from Orthodox Prayer Life, pg 22,23.'