Our ROCOR Parish in Peoria
Welcome to Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church in Peoria! We are a local ROCOR parish in Peoria, still growing as a mission, with services mostly in English and Church Slavonic. Everyone is invited to stay for fellowship after Divine Liturgy.
Our ROCOR Parish History in Peoria
Holy Transfiguration is one of the youngest Orthodox parishes in Central Illinois, inviting visitors to help shape its next chapter.
2012
A small group of Baptist converts to the Russian Orthodox Church founded the mission, sharing worship space with an Anglican parish and receiving pastoral care from Fr. Thomas Janikowski and other visiting clergy.
Later
The mission moved to a small storefront on Sheridan Road, hosted the wonderworking Kursk Root Icon several times, and was served by Fr. Gabriel Monforte, Fr. Andrei Papkov, Fr. Innokenty Reichert, Fr. Raphael Tadros and other visiting priests.
2021
The community bought the former Church of Christ Science Reading Room in Peoria and remodeled it as its parish home.
October 2024
Services were briefly paused.
January 2025
The parish reopened and has since focused on fellowship events, parish workdays, shared meals and visits to other Orthodox communities in Illinois.
