WISH LIST

 

Below is our church's "wish list", which includes items that we either need now, need to replace or will need in the future.  If you would like to contribute toward one or more of these items, please contact Fr James first at stjamesbeaufort@gmail.com.

Remember that our goal is to offer our BEST to God in all things: our lives, our prayers, our actions, our thoughts, our work and (in this case) those things that we desire to offer to the Church in addition to what we are already giving as a sacrificial offering of our time, talent and treasure. 

PLEASE BEAR IN MIND that giving towards these items is not a replacement for one's "tithe".  This is something that goes over and above what one is already giving to God toward the ongoing work of the Church .  If you have any questions or concerns about issues related toward "proportional giving" as a sacramental offering to God, please speak with Fr James.

 

LISTED IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER OF IMPORTANCE (Updated December 2021):

 

  • NEW CHURCH BUILDING and church hall $2-3 million

    • Having temporarily relocated to our new location off of Ribaut Road, we are actively in the process of raising money for our future church building

    • SEE THE GIVING PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO GIVE TOWARD THIS PROJECT

Proposed design, created by Andrew Gould

“GREAT FEASTS AND SAINTS” ICONOGRAPHY PROGRAM

As part of our future church building program, we are raising funds for the two “venerating icons” (Christ and the Theotokos), as well all of the Great Feast icons. We estimate that the final cost for each icon will be approximately $900. 

Below you can see a sample of our current iconographer’s excellent work (Ivan Rumiantsev), with an icon of one of the newest American saints to be canonized: St Sebastian of Jackson.

Consider sponsoring one of the Twelve Festal Icons that will be installed above the iconostasis. Each icon is expected to cost $900 and will be used for generations to come at St. James:

  1. Nativity of the Theotokos

  2. Elevation of the Cross

  3. Entrance of the Theotokos Into The Temple

  4. Nativity of Christ

  5. Theophany

  6. Meeting of the Lord in the Temple

  7. Annunciation

  8. Palm Sunday

  9. PASCHA

  10. Ascension

  11. Pentecost

  12. Transfiguration

  13. Dormition of the Theotokos

  14. CHRIST icon for veneration

  15. THEOTOKOS and CHRIST icon for veneration

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St Sebastian by Ivan Rumiantsev

St John of Damascus Orthodox Church in Tyler, Texas. The frescos and the icons on the Iconostasis were all created by the hand of Ivan Rumiantsev.

If you would like to participate, you can give as much as you like toward the cost of one or more icons, or simply give a lesser amount to be used along with others’ giving toward that icon (basically, you don’t need to pay for the whole icon if you would simply like to give a few dollars toward its creation). Email Fr James for more information.

ARCHITECTURAL ITEMS for the Future Church Building:

  • Choros and Chandeliers: The central Choros is a staggeringly beautiful circular structure, giving light to the center of the temple. The matching chandeliers add additional light to the transepts and the colonnades: This CHOROS (we will need only one, $15-20,000) and these CHANDELIERS (we will need four to six of them, $1000 each)

CURRENT NEEDED LITURGICAL ITEMS:

  • Memorial Service (Panikhida) Table: $800 (here)

  • As many of you have noticed, we need some new sand boxes for candles, as we have outgrown our current boxes.

  • PROCESSIONAL SET: See this page from New World Byzantine for all photos of these items

    • Two Ripidia, or "Liturgical Fans": $850 / pair UNPAINTED, plus additional cost for icons painted ( New World Byzantine $850 / pair UNPAINTED, plus additional cost for icons painted)

    • Processional Cross: $650 UNPAINTED, plus additional cost for icon painting

    • Processional set STAND for New World Byzantine items only (holds processional items in place): $1200

  • Three Icon Stands ("Analogion"): $1500-$3000 ea. estimated (custom made)

  • Seven Branch Candle Stand for the Holy Table $700 (this one from New World Byzantine)

VESTMENTS AND COVERS:

  • PRIEST VESTMENTS: To complete our set of liturgical colors, we need to add a set of BLACK vestments for Holy Week, among others. Each approximately $600-700.

  • ADDITIONAL servers vestments (8-10 robes in purple, black, green, white, and red): $1500 per set (eventually, we would like to have vestments for all of the liturgical seasons)

  • Proper Altar cover and icon stand cloths in the following colors (listed in order of NEED):

    • BLUE (Icon Stand Cloths Only, we have an Altar Cover in this color)

    • BURGUNDY/RED

    • GOLD

    • PURPLE /VIOLET.

  • While we currently have covers for our altar and our stands in some of these colors (some of which are just passable), we would like to improve upon the selection that we have and complete all of the liturgical colors. We would then pass on our current set of colors to a newer mission church in need.

    • An example of beautiful blue icon stand covers can be found here.

    • An example of an altar (or holy table) cover can be found here. We will only need the top covering and not the covering that wraps around the table sides.

LITURGICAL SUPPLIES

  • Incense: our favorite supplier is orthodoxincense.com

  • Olive oil (we're told that normal virgin olive oil burns cleaner than the extra-virgin type)