St John the Evangelist Orthodox Church

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St John the Evangelist Orthodox Church St. Experience the beauty of ancient Christian worship & spiritual transformation.

John the Evangelist Orthodox Church is a vibrant, family-friendly parish of the Orthodox Church in America (Diocese of the West), serving Mesa and the Phoenix East Valley.

๐Ÿ“ฟ Beloved Marketplace Feature: Bethlehem Olive Wood Prayer RopeA beautiful reminder to pause, pray, and keep Christ at t...
10/14/2026

๐Ÿ“ฟ Beloved Marketplace Feature: Bethlehem Olive Wood Prayer Rope

A beautiful reminder to pause, pray, and keep Christ at the center of our daily lives. โ˜ฆ๏ธ

Handcrafted from Bethlehem olive wood, this 100-bead prayer rope features natural wooden beads strung on bonded beading tw**e and finished with an olive wood cross.

โœจ Product Details:
100 handmade Bethlehem olive wood beads
Approximately 17.5 inches long
Finished with an olive wood cross
From St. Paisius Monastery in Safford, Arizona

Whether for your personal prayer corner or as a thoughtful gift for a loved one, this prayer rope is a meaningful companion in cultivating a life of prayer.

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Available at the Beloved Marketplace at St. John!
https://go.stjohnaz.org/OliveWoodPrayerRope

May this simple prayer rope encourage us to turn our hearts to Christ throughout the day.

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. โ˜ฆ๏ธ

10/13/2026

WIN HALF THE POT! St. John Mega 50/50 Cash Raffle is LIVE!

Current numbers (as of today at 12:27 PM):
Total Pot: $1,560
Current Prize: $780 - and growing!
Goal: $100,000

The winner gets 50% of eligible ticket sales, St. John keeps 50% to support our parish. Online only, Arizona residents 18+.

Drawing is Oct 24 at 9:00 PM - sales close at 8:55 PM. You do not need to be present to win!

Get your tickets now: https://stjohnaz.org/fallfest-fundraiser
Festival info & RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/977783817951818/

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Only 11 days away! Join us for the St. John Fall Festival & 50/50 Raffle on Saturday, October 24th from 10 AM to 9 PM!Fo...
10/13/2026

Only 11 days away! Join us for the St. John Fall Festival & 50/50 Raffle on Saturday, October 24th from 10 AM to 9 PM!

Food, music, and family fun for everyone at St. John the Evangelist Orthodox Church, 1763 N Gilbert Rd, Mesa, AZ.

Get tickets & enter the raffle: https://stjohnaz.org/fallfest-fundraiser
Event details & RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/977783817951818/

Bring the whole family - we cannot wait to see you!

Less than 2 Weeks away! Join our St. John Fall Festival October 24th!
10/11/2026

Less than 2 Weeks away! Join our St. John Fall Festival October 24th!

A most blessed visit from His Grace Bishop Vasily on our patronal feast day. May St. John intercede for us all!
09/26/2026

A most blessed visit from His Grace Bishop Vasily on our patronal feast day. May St. John intercede for us all!

Our Fall Festival lineup, coming up October 24th!
09/25/2026

Our Fall Festival lineup, coming up October 24th!

A tremendous blessing to venerate this beautiful mosaic of St. Olga of Alaska by Micah Andrews! Byzantine Mosaic Art
09/10/2026

A tremendous blessing to venerate this beautiful mosaic of St. Olga of Alaska by Micah Andrews! Byzantine Mosaic Art

๐—•๐—œ๐—š ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช๐—ฆ: ๐—ฆ๐—ง. ๐—๐—ข๐—›๐—ก ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—›!๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€!With great joy and gratitude, we are pleased to announce ...
09/03/2026

๐—•๐—œ๐—š ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช๐—ฆ: ๐—ฆ๐—ง. ๐—๐—ข๐—›๐—ก ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—›!

๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€!

With great joy and gratitude, we are pleased to announce that, by the blessing of ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐˜†, ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ฆ๐˜. ๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜… ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ.

Effective ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ โ€” ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ โ€” ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฆ๐˜. ๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜… ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต.

In his official decree, His Grace recognized the โ€œs๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ.โ€

This milestone belongs to our entire St. John familyโ€”to everyone who has prayed, worshipped, served, sacrificed, given, taught, cooked, cleaned, built, sung, welcomed newcomers, raised children in the Faith, and faithfully helped build this community.

We are deeply grateful for all that God has done. Yet becoming a parish is not the end of our mission. It is a new beginning.

May St. John continue to be a place where people encounter Jesus Christ, experience the ancient Orthodox Christian Faith, grow together as a spiritual family, and carry the Gospel into our community.

You could spend Saturday doing the same thing you do every weekend.Or you could grab the family, meet some friends, get ...
09/01/2026

You could spend Saturday doing the same thing you do every weekend.

Or you could grab the family, meet some friends, get something great to eat, order a cold drink and spend the day listening to live music under the Arizona sky.

That's what we're building at the St. John Fall Festival.

Live bands throughout the day.

DJ and dancing into the evening.

Great food.

B**r and w**e garden for adults 21+.

And an entire festival happening around you.

The kids can play. The adults can relax. Friends can meet up. And nobody has to rush home after an hour.

Best of all?

Adult admission is only $5, and kids 12 and under enter FREE.

Saturday, October 24, 2026
10 AMโ€“9 PM

St. John the Evangelist Orthodox Church
1763 N. Gilbert Rd.
Mesa, AZ 85203

Don't just come for the music.

Come for the day.

Bring the people you'd like sitting next to you when the band starts playing.

stjohnaz.org/fallfest

Taking the whole family out shouldn't cost $100 before you've even eaten.So we're doing things differently.At the St. Jo...
08/28/2026

Taking the whole family out shouldn't cost $100 before you've even eaten.

So we're doing things differently.

At the St. John Fall Festival:

Adult admission: $5

Kids 12 & under: FREE admission

Kids Fun Zone wristband: $10 per child

And for families, we've created what we think is the best deal of the day:

THE $30 FAMILY FUN PASS

You get admission for 2 adults PLUS Fun Zone wristbands for all the kids in your family.

That's it.

No complicated ticket packages.

No expensive admission just to get through the door.

Just an affordable day where your family can eat, play, explore and make some great memories together.

Saturday, October 24, 2026
10 AMโ€“9 PM

St. John the Evangelist Orthodox Church
1763 N. Gilbert Rd.
Mesa, AZ 85203

If you've been looking for an affordable family day this fall, save October 24.

Details and updates:

stjohnaz.org/fallfest

Address

1763 N. Gilbert Road
Tempe, AZ
85203

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
6pm - 8pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 5pm - 7pm
Sunday 9am - 2pm

Telephone

+14804270630

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