Community invited to special church speaker

June 4, 2014

The community is invited to the Holy Myrrhbearers Orthodox Church this Saturday, June 7 for a special presentation about missionary activity throughout the world. Fr. Gregory Horton has announced that the church will host a guest speaker, Markella Balasis, from the Orthodox Christian Mission Center. Ms. Balasis is personally in charge of the Support a Mission Priest program at the Mission Center, and will be sharing her stories and experiences at the church that evening. The evening will begin at 5:00 p.m. with Great Vespers with Artoklassia for the Feast of Pentecost. At 6:00 p.m. there will be a light dinner and the presentation by Markella Balasis. The church will be gathering funds that evening (as well as the next day) in order to help support at least one missionary priest this coming year. Fr. Horton notes that he has personally met one missionary priest who was serving eight different churches somewhat distant from one another, using a bicycle for transportation, in Tanzania, east Africa. This evening event will be held at the Holy Myrrhbearers Orthodox Church, 1959 Pleasant Valley Loop, Bonners Ferry, Idaho (about three miles south of town). The public is welcome to attend.