Welcome to St. Raphael of Brooklyn Orthodox Church
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New Icon of Saint Raphael of Brooklyn |
1277 N. Paul Drive
Inverness, FL 34464
Welcome to St. Raphael of Brooklyn Orthodox Church. We are an American Orthodox Church, part of the Orthodox Church in America, which is an autocephalous (self-governing) church headquartered in Syosset, New York. Our services are all in English. Our roots are Russian, so our style and traditions may be considered Russian.
St. Raphael's was established in 2000, the year that St. Raphael of Brooklyn was canonized as a saint. He was the first Orthodox bishop ordained in the United States and promoted the diverse ethnic Orthodox groups to come together. We are a parish of approximately 50% Orthodox converts and 50% "cradle" Orthodox. We come from various Orthodox jurisdictions including Russian, Carpatho-Russian, Serbian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Greek and Albanian.
Father Serigous Gerken is our priest and a monastic, a monk priest. He joined us in July 2014 after having served in California, Alaska, and New Hampshire. He also lived as a monk on Mount Athos in Greece.
We extend a blessed welcome and invite you to pray with us during this service. A number of us are from different Orthodox jurisdictions and we all may do things a little differently. So just do what you are used to doing - there is no right or wrong here.
St. Raphael of Brooklyn Orthodox Church
(Orthodox Church in America - Diocese of the South)
1277 N. Paul Drive
Inverness, FL 34453
Clergy: Fr. Sergious Gerken
Icons
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Holy Myrrhbearers |
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St. Herman of Alaska |
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St. Raphael of Brooklyn |
The two new icons of St Herman of Alaska and the Holy Myrrhbearers have been completed by Alla and Alexis Gormately and affixed on the iconastisis. Also the icon of St. Rapheal of Brooklyn.
