Sts RNI previously owned 7 acres of wooded and partially cleared land in west central Forsyth County. We recently acquired an additional 8 adjacent acres (total 15), improving our ability to build a fully functional Orthodox Church and Hellenic Cultural Campus over the next 15 years.
OUR VISION
The goals of our project are driven by the magnificent potential for developing and expanding the 15 acre property that we own to meet a variety of community needs. Our overall project milestones are based on our established history of parish commitment and fiscal responsibility. We want to expand our land and building facilities aggressively to establish our presence in the 5th fastest growing county in the United States, while it is cost effective to do so, establish our spiritual and community home in our own church, and vigorously expand our parishioner community.
PROJECT HOPE’S IMPORTANCE
The parishioners and benefactors of Sts RNI began the Project Hope Capital Campaign in December 2004 for the immediate purpose of raising sufficient cash and credit capital to execute a purchase contract for the land adjoining the current church property before that land is lost to commercial or residential building. The onslaught of competing land acquisition has created an urgent need to secure this capital and close the purchase agreement by July 2005 to continue to develop our Greek Orthodox Church and Hellenic Cultural Campus. His Eminence, Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta, continues to endorse the acquisition of land and facilities for establishing an Orthodox Church and Hellenic Cultural Campus serving North Georgia as a critically important project.
ORTHODOXY IN NORTH GEORGIA
Sts RNI is geographically, demographically, and theologically, positioned to strategically expand Orthodox Christianity into one of the most rapidly growing population centers in the United States. Atlanta’s growth and congestion make it difficult for families moving to this area to participate in Orthodox community life at churches to our south. We are the Orthodox community that will serve North Georgia, currently an underserved area. With excellent accessibility and by avoiding metro-Atlanta’s rigorous traffic congestion, our campus will serve parishioners within an hour’s drive or 30 miles to our south and up to 60 miles in other directions.
