St. Photios the Great Orthodox Church

Orthodox Christianity in Florence, Coolidge, Blackwater, Cactus Forest, Queen Creek, San Tan Valley, Arizona


Russian Orthodoxy in the Florence/Coolidge, AZ area

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Leadership

St. Photios the Great Orthodox Church

is a mission parish of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.

Fr. John A. Peck
Priest-in-charge

Fr. Vasiliy Shtelen
Visiting Priest 

Archbishop Kyrill
of San Francisco and the West

Metropolitan Nicholas
First Hierarch of ROCOR

Patriarch Kirill
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

St. Photios the Great
Orthodox Church

PO Box 131
Valley Farms, AZ 85191
(928) 910-2186

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