The Ordination of Joel Thomas to the Diaconate
On September 12/25, 2022, the servant of God Joel Thomas was ordained a deacon at the Monastery of Saint John Maximovitch in Cobleskill, NY. Father Deacon Joel was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 11, 1986. He was baptized at Saint John the Forerunner Orthodox Church in Illinois as a convert in 2016, and recently moved to Cobleskill with his wife and three boys.
May God bless Father Joel to minister in the Vineyard of Christ, for many years!
Galleries
- Feast of the Holy Great-Martyr Demetrius, 2023
- Feast of the Holy Great-Martyr Demetrius, 2023
- Feast of the Holy Great-Martyr Demetrius, 2023
- FEAST DAY OF OUR MONASTERY 2023
- Saint John of San Francisco Orthodox Monastery Feast Day 2023 Gallery
- The Feast of the Life-giving Spring, 2023 Gallery
- The Ordination of Joel Thomas to the Diaconate
- The Ordination of Vasilios to the Diaconate
- Saint John of San Francisco Orthodox Monastery Feast Day 2022
- The Ordination to the Priesthood of Father Methodius
- Saint John’s Monastery – Feast Day Gallery 2021
- Pascha Season 2021
- Holy Theophany 2021
- Feast of Saint Demetrius the Great-Martyr 2020
- Feast of Theophany 2020
- Saint John of San Francisco Monastery Feast Day 2019
- The Ordination of Deacon Jacob to the Priesthood
- Pascha Season 2019
- The Feast of Theophany 2019 Gallery
- The Ordination of Deacon Benedict to the Priesthood
- Fall 2018 Construction Projects at Saint Johns Monastery
- Saint John of San Francisco Feast Day 2018
- The Ordination of Deacon Joachim to the Priesthood
- The Ordination of Peter Gilstrap to the Diaconate
- Ordination of Monk Demetrius to the Diaconate
- From Private Home to Monastery
- From Padle Ball Court to Church
- From Swimming Pool to Kitchen and Trapeza
- Saint Demetrius Feast Day 2017
- Saint John of San Francisco Feast Day 2017
- First Feast Day of Saint John of San Francisco
- Ordination of Monk Joachim to the Diaconate
- Monastic Life
- Construction Work on Two New Chapels
- Myrrh Streaming Icon of Saint Nicholas
- A Look at Our New Location in Cobleskill
- Divine Services
- Saint Nicholas Vigil, 2015
- First Theophany at Saint John’s Monastery
- The Beauty of God’s Creation
- A Walk in the Woods
- Blessing of the Church Construction