About St. Raphael of Brooklyn Mission
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Founded on January 1, 2004, we are a mission parish of the Diocese of Chicago and the Midwest of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), under the omophor of His Grace, Bishop Alexander, locum tenens. We have been in our current storefront location at 611 Hampshire Street since October 2005. We plan to build or purchase a proper temple in Quincy in the future.
If you have never been to an Orthodox service and know little or nothing about the Eastern Orthodox Church, do pay us a visit and get some first-hand knowledge for yourself. If you are an Orthodox Christian living in the Tri-State area and do not regularly attend services elsewhere, we hope you will pay us a visit soon, as we are your local parish and have been planted here to serve you.
"The Orthodox Church is evangelical, but not Protestant. It is orthodox, but not Jewish. It is catholic, but not Roman. It isn't non-denominational; it is pre-denominational. It has believed, taught, preserved, defended and died for the Faith of the Apostles since the Day of Pentecost 2000 years ago."
