Diocese of Eagle River and the Northwest

Welcome to the Diocese of Los Angeles and the West, part of the Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese in America. The Dicoese of Eagle River is administered by the His Grace Bishop JOSEPH as locum tenens, and includes more than 20 parishes and missions in Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, Saskatchewan, and Washington.

Click here for a directory of all the parishes in the Diocese of Eagle River.

For information pertaining to Bishop JOSEPH and administration of the Diocese, please visit the Diocese of Los Angeles web page.

Seventh Annual Orthodox Men's Retreat, April 9-11, 2010 + Caroline, AB

Seventh Annual Orthodox Men's Retreat of St. John the Baptist

"The Forgotten Path of Christian Spirituality"
Guest Speaker: Kyriacos C. Markides, Ph.D.

April 9-11, 2010
Sanctum Retreat Center
Caroline, Alberta

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With the Blessings and support of our Bishops, and the support of our parishes and parish clergy, Very Reverend Father Taras Krochak, and Reverend Father Timothy Charpko – St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox Congregation, Reverend Father Ibrahim Chahoud - Antiochian Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, Reverend Father Obrad Filipovic – Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Simeon, Reverend Father Demetrios Rougas – St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Congregation, Very Reverend Father Larry Reinheimer – St. Peter the Aleut OCA Congregation, and Very Reverend Father Michael Lupu - St. Mary’s Romanian Orthodox Congregation, the Orthodox retreat committee invites you to the seventh annual Orthodox Men’s Retreat of St. John the Baptist – 2010.

We invite all men of good faith to the fifth annual Orthodox Men’s Retreat of St. John the Baptist, which will be held from April 9-11, 2010 at the Sanctum Retreat Centre, Caroline, Alberta. The fee for this years retreat is $200.00 to $300.00 per individual, depending on the room.

Memory Eternal! + Fr. Jack Sparks

Fr. Jack Norman Sparks--Author, Project Director for the Orthodox Study Bible, mentor to many, Founder and Dean of St. Athanasius Academy of Orthodox Theology, father, grandfather and great grandfather--fell asleep in the Lord in Eagle River, Alaska, on February 8, at 7:30 a.m. Fr. Jack reposed on the twenty third anniversary of his ordination to the diaconate.

Fr. Marc Dunaway, Pastor of St. John Cathedral in Eagle River, Alaska, writes:

"It is with sadness and prayers for his family that I relay to you the news that the servant of God, the Archpriest Jack Sparks, fell asleep in the Lord early this morning. He was 81 years old. Fr. Jack did much research in the 1970's and 80's that helped the journey of the Evangelical Orthodox into the Antiochian Archdiocese. After this he was the principle overseer for the Orthodox Study Bible, which was just recently published with the Old Testament. Fr. Jack has lived in Alaska for the last five years and has several of his children here. Fr. John Downing, Kh. Betsy and I joined Kh. Esther Sparks and her family and prayed the Trisagion Prayers of Mercy for the Departed around him. We have truly lost a good soldier in the Church today." 

In an Ancient Faith Radio reflection, Fr. Peter Gillquist remembers Fr. Jack as one who lived a full, rich life of service to the Church and to his family.

Memory Eternal! Fr. Thomas Moffat

The servant of God, Fr. Thomas Moffatt, fell asleep in the Lord at his home in Anchorage, Alaska, early Tuesday morning on September 2nd.  He was buried at the Cemetery of St. John Orthodox Cathedral in Eagle River, Alaska, on Saturday, September 13. Please remember Fr. Thomas in your prayers.   Condolences may be sent to Lynn Moffatt & Family, 7151 Beaumont Cir., Anchorage, AK 99502.

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