Here is the temple that St. Maximus Orthodox Church desires to build with God's help, a temple traditionally designed to serve as a house of prayer, a place set apart for the worship of the living God. To our knowledge, this will be the first temple built in honor of St. Maximus anywhere in the Americas.

O Lord Jesus Christ our God, Cornerstone of Thy holy Church, Giver of every good gift, the One who first loved us, look down upon us Thy people who desire to build a temple unto Thy glory in memory of Thy saint Maximus and grant us the wisdom, strength, and resources to accomplish this task in accordance with Thy will. Remember the friends and benefactors of this parish who support the construction of this holy temple and bless them with Thy good things. And as Thou didst proclaim that even if Thy disciples were silent, the very stones would cry out, so also grant that this holy temple may proclaim Thee and draw all who dwell in this city and county to worship Thee in spirit and in truth. Inflame our hearts with love for Thee that we may offer to Thee ourselves and all Thou hast given us to the glory of Thy holy Name. For Thou art the true Philanthropist—the Lover of Mankind—and to Thee we send up glory, together with Thine eternal Father, and Thy most holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

8 April 2008 Apostles of the 70 Herodion, Agabus, Asyncritus, Plegon, and Hermes
First stage plans and watercolors completed.

25 November 2007 St. Clement of Rome
New drawings received from Andrew Gould.

3 October 2007 St. Dionysius the Areopagite
New drawings received from Andrew detail the interior.

20 August 2007 Prophet Samuel
After a phone conference with the architect, we decided to keep developing the preliminary concept with a few modifications.

6 August 2007 Holy Transfiguration
Preliminary drawings of the proposed church arrive and are available for viewing and comment.

5 July 2007
We hired Orthodox architect Andrew Gould to design a
traditional church building for us to be built in traditional fashion
of solid masonry with real plaster. See his website:
andrewgoulddesign.com

January 2007
We formed a design committee, began drawing concepts, and had a couple profession people do a few drawings for us.

November 2006
After his pastoral visit, His Eminence Archbishop Dmitri wrote us a letter urging us to begin working seriously towards construction of a proper church.