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Saint John Antiochian Orthodox Church intends, by the grace and power of God, to:To give glory to God through His ancient yet ever-new Holy Orthodox Christian Church and to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the clarity and truth of authentic Christian love;To serve, promote and confirm the Holy Faith in the lives of families incorporated into this Household of God;To foster the unity of God’s Holy Orthodox Church by dwelling in harmony and peace with one another, by celebrating the Divine Services with devotion and by giving a dynamic pan-Orthodox witness;To receive those persons drawn by the Holy Spirit to the Orthodox Faith, in the solidarity of Christian love, by sharing authentic Christianity - free from empty spiritual fads;To give and promote an impeccable Christian moral witness to a world that has grown cold, miserable and suicidal;To promote Christian tithing, almsgiving and charity as a witness to genuine Orthodox devotion and piety;To venerate and reverence all that the Holy Spirit has accomplished in the Antiochian Orthodox Church and her creative and diverse Orthodox peoples.
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