St. Peter the Aleut Parish is served by the Reverend Father Mark Templet. Fr. Mark was ordained a priest in the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church in 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 of Archbishop Andrei (Rymarenko) of Rockland, the cell-attendant of St. Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky).
Fr. Mark is active in prison ministry and is an accomplished church vestment maker. He also plays a vital role in maintaining the ROAC American diocese website. He is married to Matushka Patricia (Sophia) Templet and the two have a young daughter, Hannah Templet. TELEPHONE NUMBER:
Phone: (985)373-5257


EMAIL:

PriestMark@ROACusa.org

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