Updates
Mary Tindell’s Baptism
It was truly a blessed day. After a long distance catechumenate that lasted over a year and a half, Leah Tindell entered the holy Orthodox Church as Mary (Magdalene). In the kind of wonderful (apparent) coincidence that I’m finding comes with being Orthodox, the parish and people that really brought Mary to this point were…
Read MoreSt. Basil’s Calendar Added to Webpage
We’ve added our monthly calendar to the website (it’s one of the tabs on the top of the page)…This will allow you to track what we’re doing – both in terms of worship and as a community.
Read MoreFirst Divine Liturgy Served in Weatherford / Clinton Area
As wonderful as the daily Readers Matins and Vespers services have been, there’s nothing like serving with a priest – just as there’s no other service like the Divine Liturgy. The Tuesday evening Vespers service with Fr. Michael was very blessed but today’s Liturgy was even more so.The Liturgy is always grace-filled of course, but…
Read MoreHistoric First Divine Liturgy To Be Served at St. Basil’s Mission on July 13
Yesterday morning we received an encouraging email from Preist Michael Storozuk, rector of St. Paul the Apostle Orthodox Church in Denison, TX. He informed us that after hearing our story and seeing our website, he felt convicted to come and serve the Divine Liturgy here at St. Basil’s in Weatherford. We’re honored, blessed and very…
Read MoreMission Journal – Entry 2
Today after Matins we went to coffee at what is becoming our regular place. If you’ve ever been to a downtown Portland, OR or Soho coffee shop you’ll be able to visualize the place…I had seen the owner twice before when we were there but hadn’t introduced myself – preferring instead to wait until he’s…
Read MoreRead Our Interview on “Byzantine, Texas”
Intrigued by the unique efforts of Saint Basil the Great Orthodox Mission, Joseph, author of Orthodox Christian blog “Byzantine, Texas,” recently asked us several questions about this mission. He was kind enough to post the interview to his blog which you can read here. Here is one of the questions: What are the current and…
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