During his pastoral visit on Saturday, June 6/19, Father Anastasios delivered a sermon on the topic of "Let the Dead Bury Their own Dead," which can be viewed below. Unfortunately, the lighting is a little dark, on account of the beautiful and absolutely sunny day that we were experiencing!
Once again, we welcomed Fr. Anastasios Hudson from Raleigh, North Carolina, to our mission for liturgy on Saturday, June 6/19! Fr. Anastasios was accompanied by his chanter John.
We are honored that our mission was profiled on the Metropolis website! Please have a look.
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On Saturday, February 7/20, Fr. Anastasios Hudson came to Charlottesville to serve liturgy for the First Saturday of Great Lent. He was accompanied by John, the chanter at St. Mark the Evangelist Orthodox Mission in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Fr. Anastasios and John arrived Friday evening after a three and a half hour car ride from Raleigh through the backroads of Virginia. Fr. Anastasios prefers to travel these routes versus the crowded highways both due to a love of the bucolic scenery and a desire to scope out future places in which to establish missions, God-willing, in small places that have never had an Orthodox presence previously.
After a Lenten dinner prepared by the Larimer family, Fr. Anastasios served Small Compline and heard the confessions of those faithful present. All retired for the evening, and in the morning Liturgy was celebrated in the chapel of Holy Mother of God Mission. Two new families were present, having learned about the presence of our mission recently. A delicious fasting meal was then served for lunch, and after several hours of spiritually edifying discussion, Fr. Anastasios and John returned to Raleigh in the evening of Saturday.
Reader's services will continue to be held weekly, and the next scheduled liturgy will occur in June, around the time of the Mission's Feastday (Panagia Axion Estin) which occurs on June 11/24. For more information about services, please contact Maria Larimer at the email or telephone number listed below.
Welcome to the new website of Holy Mother of God (Panagia Axion Estin) Orthodox Christian Mission Church serving the Charlottesville, Virginia area!
Holy Mother of God Orthodox Mission was formed in the spring of 2008 when a local family began to conduct research on the introduction of the New Calendar in 1924 and Orthodox participation in the Ecumenical Movement, and discovered that these were innovations of the Orthodox Faith. They contacted the Holy Metropolis of the Genuine Orthodox Church of America, also known as the Greek Old Calendar Church, and invited clergy to come for an informational meeting in May of that year. In July 2008, the first liturgy was held.
Reader's Services are held weekly, and priests of the Metropolis visit several times a year to provide pastoral care, as we move towards our goal of having a permanent priest to serve the mission here. If you are interested in joining us for prayer or need more information on the mission, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it If you would like more information on the Greek Old Calendar Church, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it our supervising priest.