Clergy

Priest Anthony Ryder

Priest Anthony Ryder began his journey in Orthodoxy at St. Juliana of Lazarevo Russian Orthodox Church in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1994. He served as a Deacon at St. Juliana for eighteen years until his ordination to the priesthood on the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord, February 2/15, 2026.

Priest Anthony said of himself: “I was initially drawn to Orthodoxy because of its whole-life engagement. The delusion of this earthly existence is overwhelming, but the experience of Orthodoxy brings one to Reality in truth, which is the Lord Jesus Christ, Himself. As Christ said, ‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.’ This is so easy to forget. However, to stand before God’s Holy Altar is the authentic medicine and cure for the soul’s forgetfulness.”

Deacon Dmitry Gorelov

Deacon Dmitry Gorelov has been an Orthodox Christian from the cradle, as he said of himself, "I was baptized by my grandmother when I was a few months old in St. Archangel Michael Cathedral in Sochi City, Russia, and brought to Church and Holy Communion by my other grandma." Married in 1995 to Matushka Photinia, the couple resettled in Lansing Michigan where, by the grace of God, they started the St. Seraphim of Sarov Mission. Deacon Dmitry was tonsured a Reader in 2004, a Subdeacon in 2008 and a Deacon in 2020 at St. Juliana of Lazarevo Orthodox Church where he has been serving to the present time.