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Holy Prophet Elijah Mission
Durango
CO
81301
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Who we are
For several years Orthodox Christians of the Four Corners region have gathered once a month for worship and participation in the Church’s sacramental life. Initially we gathered in Farmington, NM and were sacrificially serviced by priests from Albuquerque and Sante Fe. As more and more persons from Colorado showed interest, we deemed it more effective to re-focus our efforts and ground our Orthodox Christian mission to the region in Durango. We are persons from Greek, Russian, Syrian and other traditionally Orthodox countries. We are “convert” as well, as the Orthodox Church has become “home” to literally tens of thousands of Americans who have discovered the great richness and stability of Orthodox Christian worship, doctrine, spirituality, and life.
We are under the guidance and supervision of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), Diocese of the West, headed by Archbp. Benjamin of San Francisco. The OCA, historically part of the Russian Orthodox Church’s mission to N. America in the 18th-19th centuries via “Russian Alaska”, is today one of fifteen self-governing bodies which together share the common faith, worship, history, and sacramental tradition known worldwide as the “Orthodox Church”. Planting an Orthodox Christian mission in Durango is a long overdue fulfillment of our Lord’s Great Commission given to the Apostles, and through them to the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church (c.f.: Matthew 28:19-20).
Holy Prophet Elijah Mission Durango is closed
Mission Closed, effective January 1, 2018
Holy Prophet Elijah Mission, Durango, CO, is closed
Source: https://oca.org/PDF/NEWS/2018/2018-0327-STAT606-jan2018.pdf
We are under the guidance and supervision of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), Diocese of the West, headed by Archbp. Benjamin of San Francisco. The OCA, historically part of the Russian Orthodox Church’s mission to N. America in the 18th-19th centuries via “Russian Alaska”, is today one of fifteen self-governing bodies which together share the common faith, worship, history, and sacramental tradition known worldwide as the “Orthodox Church”. Planting an Orthodox Christian mission in Durango is a long overdue fulfillment of our Lord’s Great Commission given to the Apostles, and through them to the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church (c.f.: Matthew 28:19-20).
Holy Prophet Elijah Mission Durango is closed
Mission Closed, effective January 1, 2018
Holy Prophet Elijah Mission, Durango, CO, is closed
Source: https://oca.org/PDF/NEWS/2018/2018-0327-STAT606-jan2018.pdf
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Rev. Benjamin Huggins
Priest
Durango,
CO
81301
United States
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Quote of the Day
Psalms 27:11
Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
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Fr. Benjamin Huggins was assigned to the Orthodox Mission of Durango in July of 2013.
He was raised in the Protestant tradition. He studied at a Protestant liberal arts college and earned a bachelor’s in Christian Ministry Leadership. He then went back to school at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and earned a Masters in Special Education. He taught in Colorado Springs for six years before he and his family moved to Pennsylvania where he attended St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Seminary.
His conversion to the Orthodox Church was a journey that began in high school. He began to question his faith and the differences that existed within his own tradition. When he attended college he studied Church history and began to be drawn back to a more historical and liturgical form of worship. He was introduced to the Orthodox Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado and he and his wife simply began to attend and participate in the life of that community.
He found the Orthodox Church to be a safe place in which he could enter into the stream of Holy Tradition and work out his salvation. A Tradition that has existed for thousands of years and produced many saints. He and his wife, Matushka Lauren, were received into the Orthodox Church at Holy Theophany in Colorado Springs in 2004.
He was raised in the Protestant tradition. He studied at a Protestant liberal arts college and earned a bachelor’s in Christian Ministry Leadership. He then went back to school at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and earned a Masters in Special Education. He taught in Colorado Springs for six years before he and his family moved to Pennsylvania where he attended St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Seminary.
His conversion to the Orthodox Church was a journey that began in high school. He began to question his faith and the differences that existed within his own tradition. When he attended college he studied Church history and began to be drawn back to a more historical and liturgical form of worship. He was introduced to the Orthodox Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado and he and his wife simply began to attend and participate in the life of that community.
He found the Orthodox Church to be a safe place in which he could enter into the stream of Holy Tradition and work out his salvation. A Tradition that has existed for thousands of years and produced many saints. He and his wife, Matushka Lauren, were received into the Orthodox Church at Holy Theophany in Colorado Springs in 2004.
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Holy Prophet Elijah Mission Durango Service Times
Wednesday: Vespers - 5:30pm
Saturday: Great Vespers - 5:30pm
(confession available following Vespers or by appointment)
Sunday: Divine Liturgy - 9:30am
(followed by a meal and book group together. We are currently reading "Mountain of Silence"
Holy Prophet Elijah Mission Durango is closed
Mission Closed, effective January 1, 2018
Holy Prophet Elijah Mission, Durango, CO, is closed
Source: https://oca.org/PDF/NEWS/2018/2018-0327-STAT606-jan2018.pdf
Service Times last updated on the 13th of October, 2018
Saturday: Great Vespers - 5:30pm
(confession available following Vespers or by appointment)
Sunday: Divine Liturgy - 9:30am
(followed by a meal and book group together. We are currently reading "Mountain of Silence"
Holy Prophet Elijah Mission Durango is closed
Mission Closed, effective January 1, 2018
Holy Prophet Elijah Mission, Durango, CO, is closed
Source: https://oca.org/PDF/NEWS/2018/2018-0327-STAT606-jan2018.pdf
Service Times last updated on the 13th of October, 2018
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Holy Prophet Elijah Mission — Durango
For several years Orthodox Christians of the Four Corners region gathered once a month for worship and participation in the Church’s sacramental life. Initially established in Farmington, NM and serviced by priests from Albuquerque and Santa Fe, it was soon evident that most persons involved were from the Colorado side of the border. Efforts were accordingly re-focused to establish the mission in Durango, CO, upon which the mission came under the omophorion of Archbishop Benjamin. Fr. Benjamin Huggins and his family arrived in Durango in July of 2013. For the first time in the rich indigenous cultural history of the “Four Corners”region, a small Orthodox community participates in a consistent cycle of services including all Feast Days, Vespers on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and Sunday Divine Liturgy.
From: https://dowoca.org/news_140308_1.html
For several years Orthodox Christians of the Four Corners region gathered once a month for worship and participation in the Church’s sacramental life. Initially established in Farmington, NM and serviced by priests from Albuquerque and Santa Fe, it was soon evident that most persons involved were from the Colorado side of the border. Efforts were accordingly re-focused to establish the mission in Durango, CO, upon which the mission came under the omophorion of Archbishop Benjamin. Fr. Benjamin Huggins and his family arrived in Durango in July of 2013. For the first time in the rich indigenous cultural history of the “Four Corners”region, a small Orthodox community participates in a consistent cycle of services including all Feast Days, Vespers on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and Sunday Divine Liturgy.
From: https://dowoca.org/news_140308_1.html