Dear friends, Ten men in total were ordained readers at the 2023 ROCOR-WR conference, which took place in a hotel conference room in Sarasota, Florida. See the featured photo above, which shows nine of them including myself, second from the right. The tenth is obscured by Fr. Mark’s hand. Bishop James of Sonora, second vicar …
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, friends, and all, Yesterday we were very blessed to have some guests for Palm Sunday. Our guests brought fern fronds to serve as palm branches. And my son picked fronds from the ravine behind our house. In Russia they wave willows; in Ireland, yew branches; and in coastal Oregon …
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Fr. Mark Rowe sent the following article to me, saying, “I found this to echo many of my own experiences.” I’ve underlined a few things that I believe are particularly pertinent, one of them being, “Map out…
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ of Brookings and Harbor Oregon, My family and I have been very blessed to pray and fellowship with many of you here in our beautiful seaside town, both at our house…
I’ve been combing the internet trying to find videos and other materials that explain what Western-Rite Orthodoxy is all about. The first place you’ll want to go is to the website (rocor-wr.com) of our group of over…