St. Tikhon Orthodox Christian Mission
19035 Plaza Drive, Parker Colorado 80134

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St. Tikhon Church is a diverse and multi-ethnic Orthodox Christian community serving Parker and the greater South Metro Denver area with liturgical fidelity. We strive, in humility, for excellence in ancient Christian worship, spiritual growth, religious education, and service to Christ’s needy as proclaimed in the Holy Gospel (Matthew 25:35-36), to the Glory of God.




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Our leased space in central Parker
Our leased space in central Parker
Our leased space in central Parker
Our Parish Story


St. Tikhon Mission began in the year 2012 in the town of Parker. A founding group of Orthodox Christians had gathered together for many months, praying and strategizing toward an ever greater witness of Christ and His Holy Church. We first met in the home of a Parker family that commuted nearly an hour to attend church in Colorado Springs. We discovered other families in the area commuting nearly as far and long to attend parishes in Denver. Together these families were enthusiastic and visionary toward the establishment of an Orthodox mission centered in the town of Parker. With support from clergy and parishioners from several Orthodox parishes of the Front Range, we had a mission "core" from which to grow. Our first liturgy was served in December 2012, and we began meeting once a month for Divine Liturgy. After a year, our parish was named for Saint Tikhon; we also began serving Divine Liturgy every week, although still in a temporary meeting space. In January 2016, we designed and moved to our current location within a business complex in central Parker, at 19035 Plaza Drive. Here we can offer a more robust service schedule and continue to grow.

We now provide regular weekly services and other services throughout the year as announced on the calendar, along with occasional educational classes and bible study groups.

Our community includes persons from traditionally Orthodox countries, but most of our adult faithful are converts from other Christian traditions. The Orthodox Church has become home to literally tens of thousands of Americans who have discovered the great richness and stability of Orthodox Christian worship, doctrine, spirituality, and life.

If you live in or are visiting Parker, south Denver, Castle Rock, or any of the surrounding towns of south Denver Metro, and have an interest in joining us, we welcome you.

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Our Priest and Servers

Fr. Alexander giving a children's sermon.
Fr. Alexander giving a children's sermon.
Fr. Alexander giving a children's sermon.

We are served by our rector, Fr. Alexander Vallens. A native of nearby Centennial, he lives in Broomfield with his family. Father has been commuting to Parker faithfully for years since the early beginnings of this mission in Parker, Colorado. Over these years, Father has led the mission spiritually and in many other areas of growth.

Fr. Alexander holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and completed a Master of Divinity in Theology from St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary in 2005. Prior to being appointed as rector for our mission in Parker, Fr. Alexander served at Holy Transfiguration of Christ Cathedral in Denver. While all services are primarily in English, Father also has a Latvian background.

Also serving with our parish are Protodeacon John Manutes, several altar servers, choir director Nina Sandbothe, and the members of our parish council. There are opportunities for all to participate in parish life and support the growth of this mission. Please speak with Fr. Alexander if you would like to learn more.

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Orthodox Church In America

St. Tikhon Orthodox Christian Mission is under the omophorion of His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin (Peterson), of San Francisco and the West. The parish is a part of the Missionary District of the Diocese of the West of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). The OCA, historically part of the Russian Orthodox Church’s mission to North America in the 18th-19th centuries via “Russian Alaska”, today is one of fifteen self-governing geographically local churches which together share the common faith, worship, history, and sacramental tradition known worldwide as the “Orthodox Church”.

Planting an Orthodox Christian mission in Parker is a fulfillment of our Lord’s Great Commission given to the Apostles, and through them to the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church (cf.: Matthew 28:19-20).