Parish Library

Our parish library has been completely reorganized, refurbished, restocked, and greatly expanded! Katherine Alderson, with Nick Maas and many others, have turned what once was a "library" mostly in name into a true library, with a large collection of books on Orthodox Christianity, the liturgy, prayer, iconography, classic literature, and many other topics. All books are are indexed according to standard Information Science protocol. There is a modern multimedia computer with Internet access. There are ongoing education exhibits. A great debt of gratitude is owed to all who contributed to this wonderful resource available to all! We have a few photographs, and the Library has plans for an independent web site with more photographs, information, and extensive resources for other parishes who may wish to establish their own libraries.

Parish Library News

Ye Saints of North America Exhibit

From our Parish Library:

To celebrate our parish feast day this year, we have constructed an exhibit chronicling the lives and achieve- ments of America's missionaries. The exhibit, covering the hallway walls upstairs in our parish hall, starts with the historical background of the situation in Russia in the late 1700s from whence the missionaries came, and in Alaska where they went. Lives of saints loasaph, Juvenal, Herman, Peter the Aleut, Innocent and Yakov follow. The exhibit continues with the lives of four missionaries who continued the work of their predecessors in Alaska. These missionaries worked with America's immigrants during the late 1800s throughout the 1900's converting and bringing back into the Orthodox Church many Serbians, Arab/ Syrians, and Carpatho-Russians and establishing hundreds of Orthodox parishes all over America. This is followed by a section on St. John Maximovitch, an example of a missionary and saint in our own time, whose life shows us how to be a missionary in today's world. The next section, "Fruits of Their Labor," shows the heritage we here at All Saints of North America Church have inherited from these saints, and gives pause to the thought that our church might not exist were it not for the labors of these missionaries in America. Finally, learning of the many holy places in America that attract pilgrims every year, we travel together to one of these sites in Alaska, St. Herman's home on Spruce Island, Alaska, where his presence is still felt by many who come to venerate him and to pray for his intercession. Please pick up a reading list at the end of the exhibit and continue to study the lives of our parish's patron saints. Almost all of the text, pictures, photos, and maps in the exhibit come from the resources in our parish library.

We have a few photos, but they do not begin to do this wonderful exhibit justice. Please come in and view it in person!