Sorrows in a Tough and Demanding Land
What is abundantly obvious is that life in Alaska in the early and mid-1800s was full of trials. Having only married his wife, Anna, in 1826, she fell grievously ill with cancer in 1835, and was sent far down the Alaskan coast to Sitka for medical treatment, before falling asleep in the Lord the next […]
Former Priests of Our Parish
The parish was recently given some old photos from the first few years of our parish, most of them before we were given St. Jacob of Alaska as our patron, and when it was simply called the Orthodox Mission of Bend Oregon. One of those sets of photos were from the funeral of one of […]
New Location
St. Jacob Now Meets at a New Location! We have moved into our new location. We now meet at the new Agia Sophia Coffeehouse and Bookstore. It is located at 155 NE Greenwood Avenue, Bend, OR 97701 UPDATE: Notice this post is from 2019. We have since moved into our own building at 62855 Powell […]
The Church Building and Worship
Normally an Orthodox Church is divided into three distinct parts: Narthex (entry way); Nave (main body); and Altar. The Narthex symbolizes the created world, made and blessed by God in the beginning as “very good,” but now fallen and alienated from the Source of Life. The Nave constitutes the Church Herself, the Mystical Body of […]