St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, Tampa FL

Beautiful Church- wonderful priests, friendly congregation, beautiful message of the Gospel!

The most amazing loving community.so happy my daughter and her family have found this Orthodox Church while living here.

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Hello!
My family is from Ukraine!
We are looking for a sponsor to America, I will be very grateful for your help!
My name is Anya, I am 38 years old, worked in a bank in Ukraine as a Leading Loan Officer, went on maternity leave. My husband is 49 years old, his name is Sergey, he works as a plumber with ship experience of 23 years, he worked as a plumber. My husband and I have been married for 20 years and have 2 wonderful children. Maxim is 15 years old, a student, he is fond of programming, he studies well at school, but unfortunately online. Maksim is a very caring child. Maxim really wanted a brother, and God gave us a baby in 2020, we were very happy that God gave us the opportunity to become parents of another baby. Glebchik is a very active boy, he is 2 years old and six months old.

When the war began, the baby was 1 year and 2 months old, we had a shock, because we did not believe until the last that in the 21st century in the civilized world, there could be such a hell. We did not have time to recover from covid, when a terrible war came to every house in Ukraine. I came to the store for diapers and milk for the baby, and the shelves were empty, I sobbed in the store and did not understand how to feed the children. And we decided to go to Romania. There are very good people in Romania, they gave us a roof over our heads.

We thought the war would end soon and we would return home, but unfortunately the war will last for the second year, and the children need to be integrated into society, Maxim the eldest son knows English, he wants to study full-time, the youngest son loves children, he needs a kindergarten, but in Romania they cannot give us a place in kindergarten and school, because Romanians have their own children, and Romanian children are a priority.
I beg you to help us!
If you need more information about us, I will be happy to answer your questions.

St John is a congregation of people who are down to earth and Father Stavros gives sermons that teach the Word in ways that one can implement into their daily life