Rev. Dn. Andrew Bardwell

Physical Location
40788 America Rd.
Homer, AK 99603

Weekly Service Schedule
Thursday Akathist to Theotokos Nurturer of Children: 11:00 AM
Friday Night Paraklesis: 5:00 PM
Saturday Night Ninth Hour and Great Vespers: 4:50 PM
Sunday Morning Orthros and Liturgy (when a priest is present): 9:00 AM
Sunday Morning Orthros and Typika (when no priest is present): 10:00 AM

Parish History
The Mission was founded during the summer of 1996 with the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP, when it became extremely clear, through various 'signs and wonders', that the Lord was desiring an Orthodox presence to be established in Homer, Alaska. Fr. Paul Moses Jaroslaw and his family, along with Subdeacon Thomas Reese and his family (formerly from St. John's Cathedral in Eagle River) purchased a large house on a scenic bluff over-looking the city of Homer (called the 'Holy Cross House') and began both a ministry for college kids, as well as the development of the Orthodox Mission. For the first four years, 80 college age young people came to Homer from all over the country and lived with the Jaroslaw and Reese families. This became the foundation for the Mission. In the nine years since their arrival, and with the labors and love of many, a beautiful church has been built to the glory of God, and Orthodoxy has taken root in one of the few Alaskan cities where there was no former Russian Orthodox influence.