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From June 10 through June 21, 2017, our professors Drs. David and Mary Ford toured the Pacific Northwest, speaking in six parishes, in each of which the priest is a St. Tikhon’s Seminary graduate.  Altogether, the six parishes are in four jurisdictions.

In Bozeman, Montana, where Fr. David Morrison (IMG 4535) is the priest of the St. Anthony the Great OCA parish, Dr. David spoke on Saturday, June 10, on “Insights into Marriage from the Saints through the Centuries”; and Dr. Mary spoke on “Dealing with Logismoi in Marriage and Other Relationships.”

On the evening of the next day, June 11, at the St. Herman of Alaska Serbian Orthodox Church in Kallispell, Montana, where Fr. Daniel Kirk is the pastor, they both spoke on “When the Foundations Are Shaken: Guidance from the Book of Revelation and the Letters of St. John Chrysostom to the Deaconess St. Olympia.” 

On Tuesday evening, June 13, at the Holy Myrrh-Bearers Antiochian Orthodox Church in Bonner’s Ferry, Idaho, where Fr. Gregory Horton is the pastor, Dr. David spoke on “Insights into Marriage from the Saints through the Centuries.”  Then the next day Dr. Mary spoke on the theme of “When the Foundations Are Shaken: Guidance from the Book of Revelation,” followed by Dr. David speaking on “When the Foundations Are Shaken: Guidance from the Letters of St. John Chrysostom to the Deaconess St. Olympia.” 

On Friday evening, June 16, at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Tacoma, Washington, where Fr. Seraphim Majmudar is the priest, Dr. David spoke on “Dealing with Despondency: Wisdom from the Letters of St. John Chrysostom to the Deaconess St. Olympia.”

On Saturday, June 17, at the Annunciation OCA parish in Milwaukie, Oregon (a suburb of Portland), where Fr. Athanasius Shaw is one of the assistant priests, Dr. David spoke on the topic “Insights into Marriage from the Saints through the Centuries.”

On Tuesday evening, June 20, at the Archangel Gabriel OCA parish in Ashland, Oregon, where Fr. Andreas Blom is the pastor, Dr. David again spoke on “Insights into Marriage from the Saints through the Centuries.”

Along the way, the Fords visited five of our great National Parks – Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, Glacier, Olympic, and Crater Lake.

“It was an amazing and glorious trip, filled with wonderful Christian fellowship and spectacular natural beauty,” the Fords said.  “The whole trip was a great blessing in many ways!”