Welcome

Holy Dormition Orthodox Church is located at 1521 Rose Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95407. To find the church see our Directions page.

Daily Services

With all the activities going on at Holy Dormition Orthodox Church we strive to maintain our focus on the interior life of Orthodox Christianity, therefore we have daily services.

Daily Services
Weekday Services Weekend Services
Matins 6:30 a.m. Saturday:
(Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) Vigil 6:30 p.m.
Sixth Hour 12:00 p.m.
Compline 8:30 p.m. Sunday:
Proskomedia 9:00 a.m.
Liturgy 10:00 a.m.
Compline 8:30 p.m.

Holy Theotokos Young Women's Conference
June 23-29, 2009

Young Womens Conference group shot

Hosted by Holy Dormition Orthodox Church, Santa Rosa, CA

For information on this years conference and photos of last years click on the photo.

 

Announcements

Mercy Of Peace CD cover

MERCY OF PEACE
New CD by Living H2O

This album is a collection of some of our favorite liturgical selections from the Orthodox traditions of Bulgaria, Russia, Greece and Georgia.
It is our prayer that this music will bring peace to all those who hear it. Great music for Lent or anytime!

To hear selections from the CD and to purchase a copy click the CD photo and go to the Living H2O web site.

Recent Events

Athena performing Scottish sword dance

St. Michaels Celtic Festival

Saturday, May 23rd, noon - 8:30pm

Our third annual St. Michael's Celtic Festival was a great success! The festival was put on by our community with the parents and students of St. Michael's School as a fundraiser for the school and a celebration of our life together.

Neighbors friends and celtic music lovers enjoyed our festival that featured many fun activities: Scottish games, celtic music, Scottish dancing, great barbeque, an Irish pub, theater, crafts and more music.

See photos of the event here



Noelani with lit candel

Christ Is Risen

PASCHA 2009

Photos of Great Saturday and Pascha




Jacob Marley is back from the dead to warn us all!

Jacob Marley visits Scrooge

Don't Be A Scrooge, Come and See

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

Sunday, December 21st, 2008 7:00 pm

Presented by the St. Porphyrius Drama Society
Sts. Peter & Paul Orthodox Church


Our Annual Harvest Fair
Saturday October 4, Noon - 8:00 pm

Welcome to the Harvest Fair

Harvest Fair Poster

On Saturday October 4 from Noon - 8:00 pm we will celebrate our annual Harvest Fair to give thanks to the Lord for all we have been given in the past year out of the abundance of His grace. The festivities include: Good Food, Games, crafts, tea room, Apple Pie Contest, Drama and Music.
<– Click the poster to download a full sized pdf poster.

Harvest Fair Schedule and Photos of last year


Our patronal feast
The Dormition of the Theotokos

Metropolitan Joseph will be with us again this year as we celebrate Our patronal feast.

See Last years Visit and Celebrations


The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

A full Production Presented by St. Porphyrius Drama Society

A Pound of Flesh

"A Pound of Flesh"

Photos of a Previous Performance, the whole play.


33rd Diocesan Convention and
My Life In Christ Youth Conference

Diocesan Clergy at the convention

Hosted by Joy of All Who Sorrow Orthodox Church, Indianapolis, IN. There are three pages of text, and photos of the Youth Conference, Convention, Dinner Dance and Hierarchical Divine Liturgy.

 

2nd Annual St. Michaels Celtic Festival

Photos and Videos are on the Celtic Festival pages

Centipede

 

What's New?

Metropolitan Joseph on Spruce Island

Tenth Anniversary Celebration
of St. Innocent's Academy, Sept 2008

Metropolitan Joseph and Fr. Michael Oyer visited Kodiak, Spruce Island and St Nilus Island on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of St. Innocent's Academy. There are five pages of photos which include the evening of entertainment, the ordinations of Fr. Dcn. Anthony & Fr. Joshua and trips to the islands by air and sea. To see them click the photo

The Holy Dormition Choir

Holy Dormition Choir Performs at the
IOCC Annual Dinner November 2, 2008

The Holy Dormition Choir was invited to perform at the IOCC Annual Dinner on Sunday November 2, 2008. This year the dinner was held at the Nativity of Christ Greek Orthodox Church in Novato. You can listen to the performance on this page by clicking the photo

Diocessan Report

Parish Report to the 33rd Diocesan Convention

You can download a PDF of our last Parish Report to the Diocessan Convention by clicking on the photo. This report is a good overview of all we did last year including many photos.


The text of His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph's Address to the Holy Theotokos Young Women's Conference on June 24, 2007


 

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