Eagle River, Alaska

Antiochian Archdiocese

Saint John Orthodox Cathedral

Our Parish

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Saint John's School

About Orthodoxy

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 TopicsSlides for "Heavenly Banquet" on Divine Liturgy

Community Highlight

Thank you to Lily and Crew
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The work of 'Un-decorating' the Cathedral from the holidays was completed in less than an hour on Monday night. Afterward, the crew enjoyed moose chili and other soups in the Cathedral basement. Thank you to all who helped and to Lily Cowan for overseeing the decorating this year.

Sunday's Homily Excerpt -

We are not just individual people of faith; we are a community of faithful. As such, we as a parish also bear a responsibility to use the gifts and blessings God has given us as a community for the good of all. When we come together, our individual strengths, talents, abilities, allow us to accomplish great things collectively. ”- Subdn. Tim Mellor, January 12, 2025.-

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"One Accord"

Excerpts from Christian writers Past and Present

As long as we want to deny that life is eternal, everything that belongs to life remains cloaked in tormenting riddles. Eternity remains the deepest longing of the human spirit. When we know that we are immortal beings, everything we experience is great and understandable; when we see ourselves as mortal, it all becomes dark and futile. If there is no other future and no other world (which is bound to be victorious because it is the better world), then the injustice that prevails makes nonsense of human existence by giving final victory to ‘the worst of all possible worlds.’” - Eberhard Arnold, German pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and co-founder of the Bruderhof, from the 'Inner Life.'

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