St. Elias Eastern Orthodox Church

03/21/2026

Great Vespers this evening at 6:00pm

03/14/2026

View June "Todoroff" Slavoff's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

03/11/2026

Join Us for the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts 🕯️

Come gather with our community this evening for a beautiful, prayerful service. It’s a wonderful way to find a moment of peace and reflection mid-week.

📅 Tonight, Wednesday, March 11

🕕 6:00 PM – Liturgy

🥗 Lenten Potluck to follow in the Parish Hall

Whether you’re a regular or haven't joined us in a while, everyone is welcome! Please bring a Lenten-friendly dish to share as we enjoy fellowship together after the service.

We look forward to seeing you there!

03/11/2026

02/28/2026

View Risto "Chris" Yosif Popovich's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

12/06/2024

08/17/2024

View Bethel Jane Adamov's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

08/14/2023

Metropolitan Benjamin’s restraint and remarkable patience continued throughout the judicial proceedings, to the very last minute, when in a short speech he expressed his attitude towards what had transpired, in and of themselves rebutted all of the slander. “...I do not know what you will announce in your verdict, whether life or death, but whatever you say, I will lift my gaze with the same reverence to the Heavens, will sign myself with the sign of the Cross, and will state, “Glory to Thee, O Lord God, for all things...” Those were the few words that Metropolitan Benjamin spoke in the courtroom

Thus, it was not the activities of the Church but the bishop himself that presented a threat to the Soviet powers, for his personal qualities did not fit the image of the “class enemy.”

06/20/2023

https://youtu.be/m4J0Wap-e9E

For an excellent, in-depth review of this film, with a lot of background about the director and the history of the monastery, see here: https://movingtorussi...