About Us

We are located at 810 Austin Av, Albion MI 49224.

Our parish is part of the Orthodox Church of America (OCA), in the Diocese of the Midwest.  Our clergy contact information can be found on the CONTACT page.  You can learn more about Orthodox Christianity here.

Services:

We would love for you to join us at any of our services. We have a full liturgical schedule which you can always see on our schedule of services.   Everyone is welcome to attend.  You can see our Visitor’s page for everything you might want to know about attending.  If you’d like to setup a visit for a class or group, please contact Fr Joshua.  We’d be glad to host a Q&A afterward.

 

 

Ministries:

  • We have Adult Education classes, catechism classes, and Sunday school for our children.
  • Our parish also sponsors a home building trip to Mexico each year.
  • We are active in college ministries (OCF)
  • We have lunch after Liturgy together every Sunday, with families rotating for cooking.
  • We do “family camp” together every summer at a nearby camp.
  • We have a weekly toddler play group.
  • Our parish also has a lively fellowship with various gatherings during the week, including a men’s group and a lady’s group.

You can read more about these on the parish activities page.

 

Clergy:

We currently have four clergy assigned to our parish.  See the Contact page for getting in touch with any of them.

Fr Joshua Frigerio is our rector.  He and his family have been serving Holy Ascension in this capacity since 2002. Fr Deacon John Wesner is a veteran and retired cereal maker and has been a member since 1994.
Fr Deacon Justin Jackson is an English Professor at Hillsdale college. Fr Angelo Pepps often assists at Holy Ascension, but he also has duties in other parishes.

Parish History

Laying of the cornerstone in 1916

From its 1916 start as a Russian immigrant parish, drawn from the many families who came to work in Albion’s foundries, Holy Ascension has ebbed and flowed over the past century, growing today to a vibrant community with about 150 worshippers each Sunday.  (more historical pictures of our parish).   Having outgrown our current building and its various issues, we are working hard on building a new temple.