Saint Dimitri of Rostov Orthodox Chruch

Our Priest

Father John Hennies was ordained to the priesthood of the Orthodox Church in America by his Eminence Archbishop DMITRI of Dallas and the Dicosese of the South. The ordination took place during the Divine Liturgy at Saint Seraphim Cathedral in Dallas, Texas on Sunday Nov. 19, 2006.
Fr. John was assigned as Priest-in-charge to Saint Dimitri Orthodox Mission where he and his wife Ana has made their home for the past two years. He comes to Orthodoxy after forty-seven years of pastoral minstry as an Episcopal priest. He is a graduate of Black Hills University in South Dakota where he earned a B.S. in Education degree. He was graduated from the Episcopal Theological School and Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, MA with a Master of Divinity degree. Fr. John received a Doctor of Ministry degree from the Graduate Theological Foundation at Notre Dame in Indiana.
His academic credentials include twenty-one hours of additional graduate hours in psychology and communication, study at Ann Arbor, MI in gerontology, and extended pastoral education with Lutheran Social Services. He enrolled in the Saint Stephen's course for two years in an Orthodox Studies program at Antiochian Village in Pennsylvania.
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Bright Saturday Pan-Orthodox Celebration
Bright Saturday Pan-Orthodox Celebration

Bright Saturday 2009

On Bright Saturday, the last day of the week following Pascha (Easter), Orthodox clergy and faithful of New Mexico gathered to celebrate the Divine Liturgy of Bright Saturday. Orthodox clergy con-celebrating at Saint Juliana Russian Orthodox Church Church in Santa Fe, NM were: (front row) Fr. George Sondergaard, All Saints of North America, Albuquerque, (OCA - Orthodox Church in America), Father Luke Huggins, Saint Juliana (ROCOR - Russian Church Church outside of Russia), Father Demetrios Demopolus, Saint Elias Greek Orthodox Church, Santa Fe (GOA - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese); Father John Bethancourt, Holy Triinity Orthodox Church, Santa Fe (Antiochian Diocese of North America), (back row) Father Paul Patisas, Saint George Greek Orthodox Church, Albuquerque, (GOA), Father John Hennies, Saint Dimitri Orthodox Church, Los Alamos (OCA), and Hiermonk John (Anderson), Saint Michael's Skete (monastery), Canones, (OCA).

Hieromonk John

Celebrants Fr. Demetrios, Hieromonk John, Fr. John Bethancourt, Fr. John Hennies

Clergy and faithful gather for meal in church hall

Brught Saturday 2007

On Bright Saturday 2007, Divine Liturgy for Bright Saturday con-celebrated by Orthodox Clergy from Orthodox communities in New Mexico at Saint Dimitri Orthodox Church in Los Alamos. Clergy and faithful gathered for celebration of the last day of Bright Week, a joyous celebration becoming a tradition for New Mexico clergy and faithful.

Nativity Eve 2006
Nativity Eve 2006

Nativity Eve

Theophany 2007
Theophany 2007

Theophany

2007

Ascenion 2007

Ascension

The great Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord was concelebrated May 17 at St Juliana Russian Orthodox Church. This day was special as local Orthodox clergy and faithful joined the community of St. Juliana Russian Orthodox Church in celebration of the reconcilation between the Moscow Partiarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR).
Father John Hennies of Saint Dimitri Orthodox Church is shown with con-celebrants (l. to r.) Fr. Philip Vreeland, Holy Trinity Antiochean Orthodox Church, Santa Fe, Dcn. Anthony Ryder, St. Juliania Russian Orthodox Church (ROCOR). Hieromonk Fr. John (Anderson), St. Michael Skete (Orthodox Church in America - OCA), Canones. Fr. Luke Huggins, St Juliana Russian Orthodox Cburch (ROCOR) , and Fr. John Filipovich, St. Michael the Archangel (OCA), Houston, Texas, Fr. John, Saint Dimitri Orthodox Church (OCA), Los Alamos..

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