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Welcome to Holy Wisdom Orthodox Church!
We
are always blessed to have visitors, and we are truly glad to welcome
you to our Church.
Getting to the Church
Our
Directions will help you find us. We are located in Grand Junction,
Colorado on the corner of of North 4th Street & Kennedy Street, just two
blocks east of Sherwood Park and two blocks west of Grand Junction High
School.
Our Service Schedule
See
our
Calendar for the schedule of service times and events. Our typical
weekly schedule includes services on Wednesday and Saturday evenings, as
well as on Sunday mornings.
What You’ll Find
We
are a mission parish. Our church building is very humble, but filled with
peace and love. The beauty of Orthodox worship must be experienced to be
understood. The Divine Liturgy expresses the entire Christian faith in a
continuous song of praise and prayer addressed to God. It is focused on
God, not on us.
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Orthodox
worship is traditional and liturgical. The structure of our worship
services has remained unchanged over the centuries. You will find that
worshippers participate personally, either by singing along or in
prayerful attention. Worshippers are surrounded by icons (pictures of
Christ and of His saints), which remind us that we are participating
with the “great cloud of witnesses”
(cf. Hebrews 12:1),
the saints in heaven, as they and we worship God.
Following
ancient tradition, our worship services are sung or chanted in
English, to ancient Byzantine and Slavic melodies. No organ or other
instruments are used. The words are all from the Holy Scriptures (the
Bible).
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What to Expect
Orthodox
Christianity is unfamiliar to many people on the Western Slope of
Colorado: it was new to many of us as well!
We
therefore invite you to view the following pages to help know what to
expect.
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