Welcome
Holy Dormition Orthodox Church is located at 1521 Rose Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95407. To find the church see our Directions page.
Our Patronal Feast
The Dormition of the Theotokos
Metropolitan Joseph will be with us again this year as we celebrate Our patronal feast.
Friday, August 27 at 6:30 pm Vigil for the feast
Saturday, August 28 at 9:30 am Hierarchal Divine Liturgy
Followed by a grand banquet under the redwood trees.
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 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. | ||
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Memory Eternal
The Very Rev Fr. Archpriest Blagoy Topuzliev, the Cathedral priest in NYC, gave his soul to the Lord on August 20, 2010. He was 64 years old.
An excellent priest, an erudite theologian, a caring pastor, preacher, and an inspired modest and approachable man, Father Blagoi Topuzliev will remain in the hearts and minds of all who are alive that were touched by his personality. God rest his soul!
His body was transfered to Bulgaria for the funeral. Please, pray for him as a newly departed Archpiest Blagoy and for the comfort and piece of his Popadia Elisaveta.
On Thursday, August 26, 2010, 10.00 AM, the newly departed Very Reverend Fr. Blagoy Topuzliev was buried in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The funeral/burial service was performed by his brother Metropolitan Dometian of Vidin together with Metropolitan Nikolay of Plovdiv in St. Nedelya Orthodox Church, where Fr. Blagoy was a parish priest for many years. Please, remember him in your prayers. Memory eternal. Vechnaia pamiat!
Announcements
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
35th Diocesan Convention and
My Life In Christ Youth Conference
Hosted by St. Sophia Bulgarian Orthodox Church in Des Plaines, Illinois. There are many photos of the Youth Conference, Convention, Dinner Dance and Hierarchical Divine Liturgy on the Diocesan website.
4th of July Parade
Sunday, July 4 at 1:00 pm
Flag Raising Ceremony
Singing Patriotic Songs
Photos of the parade are here
A slideshow of the play may be found on the Drama Page
Parish Report to the 35th 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.