When his family did find out what he was doing, “The response of my brother and my family was that ‘We’re not surprised,'” Hovanec said. I didn’t want to get caught up in the excitement and lose the importance of it,” Hovanec said. “I didn’t want my family to get excited about it. “I did it (discernment) secretly,” Hovanec said, without telling his family. Before his priestly studies began, Hovanec said there is a period called “discernment” at the seminary, where he and others pray to see if their vocation to the priesthood is genuine. “When I entered the seminary, I saw that a lot of men were going through the same thing in their early 30s,” Hovanec said. “I was 30 or 31 at the time I entered the seminary,” Hovanec said. A Cleveland native, Hovanec said he lived on the “greater west side” in cities such as Brook Park and Strongsville. That seed stayed there until finally, after avoiding it, I figured I would explore it,” Hovanec said. Earlier in my life, I thought about being a priest. We were building the business, but I got to a point where something was missing in my life. “We made premium ice cream and sold it to restaurants and caterers. “My brother and I owned Country Parlour Ice Cream Company in North Royalton,” Hovanec said. Other than vital statistics about Hovanec, such as age and date of ordination and what church he currently serves, Wolnowski said the only thing he heard about Hovanec was that his peers call him “the ice cream priest.” Before he became a priest, Hovanec was a businessman. I will meet with him (today) as we discuss the transition,” Wolnowski said. “I spoke with him briefly over the phone and he sounds like a friendly person. “I’m excited about it, although it’s sad to leave friends I’ve made at other parishes,” Hovanec said about his appointment.
Kenneth Wolnowski as spiritual leader of the 2,300-family church. Craig Hovanec, 46, of Middleburg Heights, will succeed the Rev. Peter in Lorain has a new pastor, known in some circles as “the ice cream priest.” The Rev. We are always honored to have visitors join us for prayer and worship.LORAIN - The Church of St. Whether you are “on a journey” or just wanting to visit a local Orthodox parish you will be welcome here at Ss Peter & Paul. Many of our congregants journeyed to the Orthodox Church from other Christian faith traditions and denominations and some non-Christian religious and spiritual traditions. We are a vibrant faith community of people of all ages and backgrounds who are working out their faith together and raising their families in accordance with the commandments of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the sacred norms for spiritual life of the ancient Holy Eastern Orthodox Church. Our parish is more than just a place where people come to worship the living God (although it is first and foremost that!). There are over 250 million Eastern Orthodox Christians in the world today and over 1 million in the United States. The OROTHODOX FAITH is all the same, but the ethnic title either refers to wheich country it is in, or which imigrants brought it to America. We are part of the global Eastern Orthodox Church community which includes national churches in traditionally Orthodox countries like Russia, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Cyprus, and the Middle East, but also in Japan, China, India, the Philippines, throughout Europe including Germany, France, Poland, Finland, across the British Isles, throughout the African continent including Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, and across North, Central and South America.
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