The diakonia (work, ministry, mission) of the Parish will include proclaiming the Gospel in accordance with the Orthodox Faith, sanctifying the faithful through God’s grace in worship, the Divine Liturgy and other Sacraments and Devotional Services, enhancing their spiritual life, adding to their numbers by instructing others and receiving them into the Church through Baptism and/or Chrismation, catechizing them in the Orthodox Faith and in the ethos of the Church through the establishment of programs, schools and philanthropic activities, and implementing Christian ministries.