St. Jonah Festal Celebration & Choral Performance, Tuesday, October 20th at 7:00 pm

Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 will mark the 90th anniversary of the repose of our parish's patron saint, St. Jonah of Manchuria. On the eve, Monday, October 19th, at 6:30 p.m., we will have a Hierarchical Vigil, with Bishop Peter presiding. On Tuesday morning, at 9:00 a.m., we will have the Hierarchical Liturgy, followed by a festal meal. At 7:00 p.m, we will have a choral performance at the Centrum. The choir will consist of members of the choirs of St. Jonah, St. Anthony, St. Sava, and St. Joseph, directed by Demtra Durham.
The Houston Balalaika Society Orchestra will be performing during the reception that will follow.
To hear a sample from a previous choral performance, click here. The recording device was not really up to the job, and does not do the original sound complete justice, but it does give you some idea of the beauty you can expect at this performance.
For directions to St. Jonah, click here.
For directions to the Centrum, click here.
For updates on the performance, go to the Facebook Events page by clicking here. Also, on Sunday, October 25th, after the Sunday Liturgy, we will have our annual parish picnic.

Pictures from our Patronal Feast Day

Our patronal feast is on October 20th, and this also was our 15th anniversary as a parish. We usually have Bishop Peter come at least once a year, but this is the first time he was able to be with us on the actual day of our patronal feast.

The greeting of the Bishop

The vesting of the Bishop

The trio singing "Eis polla eti despota!"

The Icon of St. Jonah

Fr. David Companik

Bishop Peter, giving his homily, which you can listen to on Ancient Faith Radio

The Great Entrance

 

The Ordination of Fr. Beningo Pardo

Axios!

The Cross Procession

Our 2009 Icon Exhibit

You can listen to the talk given by Fr. James Early about his conversion to Orthodoxy, by clicking here. He has just published the book he mentions in his talk From Baptist to Byzantium.

You can listen to John Lickwars Lecture on Icons, and see the Slide show, by clicking here.

You can listen to the musical presentation made by our choir, by clicking here.

And you can listen to my lecture on why we venerate the saints by clicking here.

Pictures of our Parish move and First Liturgy

Click here for a slide show of our parish move and first liturgy at our new location.

Baptism

On this page you can see photo's of the baptism of the Bryant family, which took place this past weekend.

New Parish Photos Posted

Pascha at St. Jonah's 2006

Bishop Peter's Visit, October 29th, 2006

Icon Exhibit 2007

Pascha at St. Jonah's 2007