Diocese: Diocese of the West
Deanery: Missionary District
Address
1763 N Gilbert Rd
Mesa, AZ 85203-2802
USA
Email:
Website: stjohnaz.org
Office: 480-427-0630
Parish Contacts
Lay Leadership
Directions
From the East Valley:
Take US-60 West to Gilbert Rd exit
Turn right (north) onto Gilbert Rd
Continue north past Brown (but before McKellips Rd)
Turn right onto Jensen St to access the parking lot
From Florence:
Take Hunt Hwy/Florence-Mesa Hwy north
Continue as it becomes Higley Rd
Turn left onto US-60 West
Exit at Gilbert Rd and turn right (north)
Continue north past Brown (but before McKellips Rd)
Turn right onto Jensen St to access the parking lot
From Central Phoenix or West Valley:
Take Loop 202 East (Red Mountain Freeway)
Exit onto Gilbert Rd heading south
Continue south past McKellips Rd
Turn left onto Jensen St to access the parking lot
From Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport:
Exit airport heading east on E Sky Harbor Blvd
Take AZ-202 Loop E (Red Mountain Freeway)
Exit onto Gilbert Rd heading south
Continue south past Adobe St
Turn left onto Jensen St for parking
Note: The building is located on the east side of Gilbert Road, just south of McKellips Road. The parking lot entrance is off Jensen Street.
Schedule of Services
Sundays
9:00 AM Hours
9:30 AM Divine Liturgy, followed by fellowship meal
Wednesdays
6:00 PM Daily Vespers & Jesus Prayer
6:45 PM Catechumen & Inquirer Class
This class is held most Wednesdays. Please check the online calendar for specific dates.
Saturdays
5:00 PM Great Vespers
Vigils
Offered the evening before Great Feasts
5:00 PM if on Saturday or Sunday evening
6:00 PM if on a weekday evening
Great Feasts
9:30 AM on the day of the Feast
Select Weekday Divine Liturgies
9:30 AM
Please check the online calendar for specific dates.
Panikhida (Memorial Service)
Upon request, Paikhida services are offered the 3rd Saturday of each month at 4:45 PM
Please always verify the above general schedule with the definitive calendar on the Calendar page on the parish website.
Parish Background
St. John the Evangelist Orthodox Church was established in February 2005, and services are conducted in English. Our common musical tradition is rooted in Russia; however, we also sing hymns in the Byzantine style. We are blessed to have a number of talented singers whose goal it is to make our services beautiful, and we hope that our visitors will find worship inspirational.
The members of St. John come from a wide variety of religious and ethnic backgrounds – more than half of us are relatively new to Orthodoxy. Some of us are “cradle Orthodox,” but most of us have come from traditions like Evangelical Protestant, Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Baptist, non-denominational, Presbyterian, Disciples of Christ, LDS, etc. St. John is a multi-generational, “kid-friendly,” and welcoming place to explore the Orthodox Faith, and to make a parish home with a fellowship of friends who are each striving to follow Christ.
As a local parish, we are devoted to the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayer. We encourage the ministry of the laity through the recognition and use of spiritual gifts, an understanding of the priesthood of all believers, and an emphasis on spiritual disciplines given by the church, including fasting, almsgiving, and prayer. We retain the traditional understanding of the church as a spiritual hospital where we can receive divine help in the struggle to purify our hearts and to be healed in soul and body.
