About Holy Dormition Orthodox Church
Holy Dormition Orthodox Church is located in the midst of the Roseland area of Santa Rosa, California. We maintain a life a prayer, holding daily services at noon (Sixth Hour) and 8:30pm (Compline). Every Saturday night and on feast days, we have a Vigil service and Divine Liturgy. Through our prayers and our struggle to keep our faith active, we hope to provide an environment where God’s Presence may be felt by souls afflicted by the secular culture of our times. Our many outreach activities are meant to bring the Light of God to others and to attract and engage them in the richness of God’s Presence, to provide them with hospitality as Abraham provided the three angels under the Oak of Mamre.
Dormition refers to the Feast day of the repose of the Mother of God, to which our church is dedicated. Our Church is under His Holiness Patriarch Maxim of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and His Very Most Reverend Metropolitan Joseph of the Bulgarian Diocese of U.S.A., Canada And Australia. We are a traditional Eastern Orthodox church following the Julian calendar and the Slav Typicon in our liturgical practice and piety. We have an active church life of prayer as well as ministries and missions which have been developed over many years. Most of us are American converts to the Orthodox faith, coming from varied Christian backgrounds, and our services are read in English
The Orthodox Church is the oldest Church in Christendom and her history can be traced in unbroken continuity back to Christ and His Apostles. Today there are 225 million Orthodox Christians worldwide and some six million in America. Her liturgical services date from the times of the early Church and are marked by colorful vestments and icons, the fragrance of incense, and deeply moving music and prayer. In Church you will see the movement of the faithful lighting candles, kissing icons, making the sign of the cross, and bowing or standing in prayer. The Orthodox Church, aware that man is a union of body and soul, uses all the beauty of creation to move the faithful to prayer and worship.