So What Finally Happened to the dream of an Orthodox Parish in Parker, Colorado?

So, here's kind of a funny story, dear readers.

Unbeknownst to me, there was an effort a few years back to get an Orthodox Church planted in Parker.  That effort was a success.

The name of the mission is Saint Tikhon Orthodox Mission.

The mission was spearheaded by the Orthodox Church of America (OCA).

The priest is Father Valens.

The church that helped to plant this mission is Saint Hermon's Orthodox Church in Littleton, Colorado.

Here's the funny part.  The Patron Saint of the Western Rite liturgy drawn from the Anglican Books of Common Prayer is, drumroll please . . .

Saint Tikhon!

So I picture the Saint being somewhat of an Editor as I asked for his intercessions about getting the mission planted in Parker:

"My dear Jesus, please pay that young whippersnapper no heed.  Instead, I ask that you see a nice Russian Orthodox parish planted in Parker.  Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, of course!"

Boom! Prayers answered, but not remotely in the way I expected or preferred.

And, no.  I didn't leave Saint Mark's Antiochian Orthodox Church to join the mission. 

By the way, though, it now looks like the OCA has launched a Western Rite of it's own.  Starting with a mission in Canada, of all places.

So, it's all good.

Blessings in Christ the Absolute God,

Reader Columba Silouan