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Meet our Clergy |
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Our Rector is the Reverend Father Mark Templet. Fr. Mark was ordained a priest in the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church on December 2(ns), 2007. Fr. Mark was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He attended Belaire High School and joined the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve after high School. In 1995 He began attending Southeastern Louisiana University. He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Kinesiology and Health Studies in 2000. He then enrolled in Graduate School at Southeastern Louisiana University and earned a Master's Degree in Exercise Science in 2001. Fr. Mark studied for the priesthood under the tutelage of the Right Reverend Bishop Andrei of Pavlovskoye who was the spiritual son and cell attendant of Archbishop Andrei (Rymarenko) of Rockland, the Father Confessor of St. Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky). Fr. Mark has been active in prison ministry and is an accomplished church vestment maker. He also plays a vital role in maintaining the ROAC American diocese website and is the diocesan Archivist. He is married to Matuska Sophia and they have two children. |
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Also a member of our parish is the Reverend Father Vasilli, our second priest. He is married to Matushka Elizabeth and the two have two children together.
Subdeacon Epherm Cummings , his wife Elizabeth, and daughter Naomi are all faithful members of our parish. |
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Father Vasilli
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Our parish is under the spiritual guidance and direction of His Eminence, Archbishop Theodore of Suzdal and Vladimir (Russia). Our diocese in the United States is under the administration of His Grace, Bishop Andrei of Pavlovskoye who resides in New Jersey. |
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His Eminence Theodore, Archbishop of Suzdal and Vladimir
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His Grace Andrew, Bishop of Pavlovskoye Administrator of the Eastern American Diocese
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Subdeacon Ephrem Cummings |
