In Service to the Holy Church

Abbot Theodore serving High Mass at St. Mark's for Annunciation, 2025

Effective September 1, 2025, His Grace Bishop John has appointed Abbot Theodore as the Locum tenens (Latin for "place holder") of St. Mark Orthodox Church in Denver Colorado. We wish well to the Very Rev. Archpriest John Connely upon his retirement from parish ministry. His vision and efforts are one of the chief reasons our monastery exists. AXIOS, Abouna John!

Father Abbot will be spending time both at Ladyminster and at St. Mark's, where we have Dom Emmanuel-Gerasim in full time residence. Father has been assisting there since December of 2024, when the whole brotherhood took up residence there for the winter, then on alternate Sundays through the spring and summer.