The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

JoeZollars,

The properties in Owasso are higher than average for the area, but just outside Owasso there are many communities with inexpensive land. The land generally is fertile and good for vegetable gardening. If you check on realtor.com you can find land prices in Owasso and the surrounding ...

She agrees it is a good idea. She's wants to raise our children with Orthodox Christian values and thinks a community sharing those values would be great. She would, however, have a more difficult time leaving the family we currently live near, but has agreed to do so for the greater good of our ...

The ROCOR mission in OK is in Owasso, which is a suburb of Tulsa, the second largest city in the state. If we wanted to be at least semi-reclusive it would probably be better to be at least 1/2 - 1 hour from any major metro area like Tulsa. There are many very small communities around northeast OK ...

Nicholas,

There is land around the church for building homes, as I remember. The current OCA priest has a home a very short distance from the temple and there is a separate building used as a church hall.

About two weeks ago I was fired from a bank job, due to not meeting the increasingly high productivity standards after being employed there for 3 years. I've never been fired from a job so this is difficult for me, especially because I am the sole support for my young family of 4.

The job market ...

I have seen many plots of land for sale on realtor.com of around 5-10 acres with a single home on them. This could be used, if some of the families could afford to have small homes built on the property to get started. Otherwise, a small community of a dozen homes could be moved into to for less ...

I lean toward option two, but three would be ok. My goal for myself and my family is theosis; which, I believe, is most possible in an ascetic setting in which the life of the Orthodox faith is the standard in the community as well as in each home. A community where many of the modern distractions ...