Saint Juvenaly & his Companion Orthodox Church

10/12/2026

Join us on November 8, 2026 to Celebrate Fr. Simeon

10/11/2026

10/09/2026

Father Michael Oleksa, Ph.D., came to Alaska in 1970. Over the next...

10/03/2026

Please be advised of our parish expectations regarding children at the Divine Liturgy:

If your kids are loud, please still come to Liturgy.
If you’re running late because getting everyone dressed and out the door was a battle, please still come to Liturgy.
If your toddler won’t sit still, please still come to Liturgy.
If your baby needs to eat, please still come to Liturgy.
If your child asks questions at the least convenient moment, please still come to Liturgy.
If someone cries, drops a toy, or has to make their third trip to the bathroom, please still come to Liturgy.
If your child doesn’t know all the prayers, responses, or exactly when to sit or stand, please still come to Liturgy.
If you feel like you spent the entire Liturgy managing your children and heard approximately 12% of the homily, please still come to Liturgy.
If Sunday morning feels messy instead of peaceful, please still come to Liturgy.
If you’re worried your children are distracting the people around you, please still come to Liturgy.
If your child has a disability or special needs, please still come to Liturgy.

Children do not learn how to be part of the Church by staying home until they can sit quietly. They learn by being here.

They learn the Sign of the Cross by watching us make it.
They learn the prayers by hearing us pray them.
They learn the Scriptures by hearing the Word of God proclaimed.
They learn reverence by watching us bow and make prostrations.
They learn that Christ is truly present in the Holy Eucharist by seeing the love and reverence with which we approach the Holy Chalice.
They learn that the Church is their home because we make room for them here.

The wiggles, whispers, crying babies, and little voices are not signs that children don’t belong at Liturgy. They are signs that the Church is alive.

So bring the babies. Bring the toddlers. Bring the big kids. Sit where the little ones can see. Step out when you need to, but always come back in.

At Baptism and Chrismation, these children became full members of the Body of Christ. They belong here. They need the grace of the Holy Mysteries, the example of their parents, and the love and patience of their parish family.

Children are not simply the future of the Orthodox Church. They are part of the Church right now!

09/14/2026

Truly an honor to meet with Bishop +JOHN of Caracas here at Eklutna!

09/11/2026

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08/28/2026

BLESSED FEAST OF THE DORMITION!

“Come, all you ends of the earth, let us praise the most holy translation of the Mother of God; for she has placed her spotless soul into the hands of her Son! Therefore the world, restored to life by her holy Dormition, in radiant joy celebrates this feast with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs together with the Angels and the Apostles.”

— Composition of Germanus, Tone III, All-Night Vigil for the Feast of the Dormition

08/24/2026

Parking lot clearance and leveling is ubderway!

08/24/2026

Reminder:
This morning, August 24, 2026 is a parish work day for parking lot expansion.