News from St. Andrew's.
New Bishop of Miami and the Southeast – Bishop NICHOLAS
In light of the retirement of our beloved Bishop ANTOUN, His Eminence, Metropolitan JOSEPH has announced that the new bishop of the Diocese of Miami and the Southeast will be His Grace, Bishop NICHOLAS. Bishop NICHOLAS served as a priest in our Diocese from 2005-2011 before being consecrated to the episcopacy. He has been serving at the Archdiocese headquarters for the past seven years. He is also a fellow student with Fr. David in the Doctor of Ministry program. Below is a … [Read more...]
Parish Life Conference and Biennial Convention this summer
The Parish Life Conference for the Miami of Diocese and the Southeast will be an abbreviated version this year in Atlanta. Beginning on Thursday, June 15, 2017 and ending on Saturday, June 17, following the Divine Liturgy. Souvenir journal ads are due by May 1, 2017. Hotel registration is due by May 16, 2017. Additional information may be found at antiochianevenets.org. The 53rd Biennial Antiochian Archdiocese Convention will be in Miami beginning on Sunday, July 23, 2017 and ending on … [Read more...]
Antiochian Women retreat with Mother Nektaria
The Antiochian Women of Miami and the Southeast held a spiritual retreat on Saturday, January 21st. The topic was “Worry” and was led by Mother Nektaria from St. Paul’s Skete in Grand Junction, TN. Four of our local Sisters of St. Photini were able to attend. They enjoyed Mother Nekataria’s observations on how to lessen worry in our lives, a quiet reflection time, a shared meal and getting to know the other approximately 50 women from our diocese. It was an enriching experience. … [Read more...]
Theophany 2017
St. Andrew’s celebrates Theophany 2017. A gathering of approximately 50 parishioners braved the January 8th temperatures to witness the Blessing of the Waters and Cross Dive. There were two categories of divers with one group of older and previous cross receivers and a second group of younger divers. The blessings of the Cross were bestowed on Gabrille Bleam for the younger group and Marina Tampary for the older divers. Everyone feasted on great burgers, hotdogs and brats; as … [Read more...]
Be The Bee!
We have added a new exciting link to our web site! "Be the Bee" is a video series about Orthodox Christianity, produced by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, and posts the videos on Youtube. Our link is at the bottom of our "Home" page, and takes you directly to the Y2AM channel, where this video series is hosted. Want to see a video of what it's all about? Just click this video and see for yourself! https://youtu.be/KvHrnSKPOQo … [Read more...]
This week’s Sunday bulletin has schedule for 2016 Holy Week
Click on the link below to view. Apr 17 16 bulletin website … [Read more...]
Adult Study Group begins this week
The Adult Study Group meets in the Great Room on Wednesday evenings at 6:45 pm preceded by Vespers at 6:00 pm. The Adult Study Group will meet on Wednesdays beginning on November 4, 2015. All are welcome to attend any of the classes. Refreshments will be provided. We will be using the book Meditations for Advent: Preparing for Christ's Birth by the Archimandrite Vassilios Papavassiliou as a basis for a study of the hymnology, Feast Days, and Scriptural references during the period of the … [Read more...]
Memory Eternal +Fr. Gordon Walker
The Very Reverend Fr. Gordon Walker fell asleep in the Lord at 4:30 am on Thursday, July 23. He was the first pastor of St. Ignatius in Franklin, TN and a leader of the evangelical Orthodox. Fr. Gordon was instrumental in establishing our parish at St. Andrew's, having spent 5 weeks with us as we began our mission community. Please remember him in your prayers as well as his wife Mary Sue and his whole family. May His … [Read more...]
New Photo Gallery! PLC 2015 now online
To see some pictures from the Parish Life Conference held in Franklin, TN, click on this link: http://standrewpns.org/parish-life-conference-2015/ … [Read more...]