

$5,000 GRANT HELPS STS. JOACHIM & ANNA CHURCH COMPLETE NEW TEMPLE - San Antonio, TX
Dear Members & Benefactors, Once again, your support has made the difference for a mission parish of the diocese! With construction nearly complete and cash costs rising (read more at the diocesan website), Fr. Christopher Allen of Sts. Joachim & Anna Orthodox Church in San Antonio, TX reached out to the St. John Kochurov Society to request assistance. The executive committee examined the request and, with the blessing of +Archbishop Peter, was pleased to extend a $5,000 gran


+ARCHBISHOP PETER APPEALS TO PAST AND FUTURE BENEFACTORS TO HELP DIOCESE MEET CHALLENGES OF 2021
November 20 / 7 (OS), 2020
The Holy 33 Martyrs of Melitene "Pray like a child, in simplicity of heart, concerning all your needs and sorrows, and entrust yourself to God's will, for the Lord arranges our salvation." +St. Nikon of Optina Dear Past and Future Benefactors of the St. John Kochurov Society, I warmly greet you with the recent feast of our heavenly patron St. John Kochurov, an apostle to America and first priest-martyr of the Bolshevik Revolution. St. John, dearly b


AWARD: ST. JOHN KOCHUROV SOCIETY MEDAL, 2ND CLASS
On November 28, 2020, at St. Jonah Orthodox Church in Spring, TX, Prince Piotr Galitzine was awarded the St. John Kochurov Society Medal, 2nd Class, for his exemplary and generous contribution to the Society in its formative days. Recognized with him was his wife Princess Maria Anna Galitzine. The award was presented on behalf of +Archbishop PETER by the Society's chairman Priest David Companik, due to the travel restrictions imposed by the present pandemic. To learn more abo


$2,500 GRANT ADVANCES REMODELING WORK AT HOLY TRANSFIGURATION ORTHODOX CHURCH - Peoria, IL
Dear Friends of St. John Kochurov Society, As we have been long absent from this news and events page, we wish to return by giving glory to God for the progress made by our dear friends and Society members Fr. Dn. Benjamin & Robin Bryant and the parish family of Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church in Peoria, IL in acquiring and remodeling a new building, just 2 miles from their present location! Thanks to the generosity of our members and benefactors, the Society was delight