An Easter message from our Bishop
So, listen on this Easter morning for Jesus’ summons to us: “Come out!” And then leave behind the darkness of our graves of refusals and self-deceptions, and welcome the light of God’s new day.
His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
The Convocation joins the wider Christian world in mourning the passing of His Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia. His long and faithful leadership of the Georgian Orthodox Church, his defense of the church during the years of Soviet domination and his determination to revive the church in a free Georgia, are an inspiration.
A Lenten message from our bishop: How to keep a Good Lent
Lent is upon us. Despite its reputation, it is our great season of opportunity—of spiritual opportunity. It is the one chance we get, barely ten percent of each year we are given in this life, to intentionally address the health of our relationship with God—and with God’s hope for how we will live the life that has been given to us.
A Pastoral Letter from Bishop Mark: The State of Gaza
From an emailed letter dated July 17th, 2025.
A Summer Note from Bishop Mark
I grew up in a place that gloried in four distinct seasons. Each was distinct and gave rise to a whole set of hopefully guarded expectations—the softness of spring, the verdant fields and occasional storms of summer, the crisp colors of fall, the snowbound hearths of...What are We Doing Here?
Text: 1 Kings 19:13b
“Then there came to him a voice that said, ‘What are you doing here, Elijah?’”