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St. Michael’s Orthodox Church: Time to Build Campaign Update
On behalf of St. Michael’s Church, we want to thank everyone who has made financial contributions toward the new building. Since our last update, we have some joyful news to report: in January 2026, St. Michael’s obtained a construction loan and signed a construction contract. The heavy equipment was moved onto the church property in early February and workers have been completing the necessary sitework (grading, finishing the stormwater system, paving, etc.) We expect the cement slab for the building foundation to be poured in mid-April. The new multi-purpose building is expected to take approximately one year to complete and we’ll keep you updated as things progress.
Another piece of good news is that we were finally able to work things out with the appraisal and the bank in such a way that St. Michael’s now owns the one-acre piece of land in the northeast corner of our property for a future cemetery. We still have some legal work to do in order to have the deed to that property as well as an access easement.
While everyone is excited to see the work progressing on the new property, we’re not quite at the finish line yet. We had to defer some $200,000 in construction costs in order to bring this project within our budget. The primary areas were the sitework needed for the cemetery ($70,000), the stonework around the sides of the new building ($100,000) and the finished flooring for the interior of the building ($30,000).
Please consider making a gift to help St. Michael’s reach the goal of finishing the building and the cemetery. Our website has an online giving link where a contribution can be made.
May God’s blessings be with you!
In Christ,
Fr. Gregory and the Board of St. Michael’s Church
St Michael’s 12th Annual Retreat
Downloadable Flyer: https://stmichaelshsv.org/files/2026-Retreat/12th-Annual.pdf
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St Michael's Orthodox Church 11th Annual Church Retreat LecturesArchpriest John Whiteford is a priest in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR) and head priest at St. Jonah Orthodox Church in Spring, Texas. He is Dean of the Texas and Louisiana Deanery of the Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America. He’s a former Nazarene Associate Pastor who in November 1990 converted to the Orthodox Faith soon after completing his B.A. in Theology at Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma. Father John is the author of “Sola Scriptura: An Orthodox Analysis of the Cornerstone of Reformation Theology” and the general editor of the “St. Innocent Liturgical Calendar.”
Popadija Xenia Franck lives in Chisholm, MN where her husband, Fr. Constantine, serves the Serbian Orthodox parish of St. Basil of Ostrog. She entered the Orthodox Church in 2009, lived around a variety of monasteries, and received her Masters of Divinity from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in 2019. She has led retreats and given talks and presentations in many Orthodox parishes across the country. Pda. Xenia is an iconographer, studying under Dr. George Kordis and Abbess Katherine (Weston). She teaches adult Orthodox education classes, chants in the church services, has a YouTube channel, bakes prosphora, sews, and likes to garden and ferment.
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Orthros: 8:45 am
Divine Liturgy: 10 am
Moleben & Akathist: 6 pm
Regular Church Office HoursPastoral needs take priority, so please call first if you need to see Fr. Gregory during these times.
Tuesdays 10 am – 4 pm
Wednesdays 12 pm – 6 pm
Thursdays 10 am – 4 pm