Chapel of Saint Maria of Paris
The Chapel of St. Maria of Paris inside Reconciliation Services in Kansas City, MO, was established by Archpastoral Decree on February 24th, 2023, by His Eminence, The Most Reverend DANIEL, Archbishop of Chicago, and the Diocese of the Midwest. The Chapel is within the Kansas City Deanery of the Diocese of the Midwest in the Orthodox Church in America and was blessed as a spiritual refuge and house of prayer for those who work, pray, and find spiritual, emotional, and physical support through the work of Reconciliation Services.
SERVICES
Divine Liturgy: Wednesdays from 9 - 11 a.m.
Chapel of St. Maria of Paris
Kansas City, Missouri
Founded 2023
Diocese: Diocese of the Midwest
Deanery: Kansas City Deanery
Address
3101 Troost Ave
Kansas City, Missouri 64109-1845
Chapel Contact
Priest-in-Charge
Phone: 816-716-8919
See the beautiful iconography in progress. Iconographer: Seraphim O’Keefe
What does it mean to be a “Saint of the Open Door?” For Mother Maria of Paris, an Orthodox Christian nun who cared for the poor and was martyred in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945, it meant living the radical and revolutionary calling to LOVE one another and to be a mother of all.
She wrote, “No amount of thought will ever result in any greater formulation than the three words, ‘Love one another,’ so long as it is love to the end and without exceptions.”
Mother Maria has long been an inspiration for our work at Reconciliation Services, as she knew that the call to love one another must go beyond bold words. She gave herself over to a life of love, devoting herself to God and to caring for others. Her House of Hospitality in Paris was a place of healing, nourishment, and dignity for those who were struggling, cast aside, and overlooked. For her, community was about the gritty, unfiltered closeness to one another; it necessitated an “open door.”
The Chapel of St. Maria of Paris is for the comfort and uplifting of all who visit, work, are served, and those who are seeking refuge and healing on Troost and throughout our City.