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→The establishment of the Ss. Constantine and Helen parish in Galveston, Texas: http://orthodoxwiki.org/Style_Manual#Capitalization
The distances from Galveston to either San Francisco or New York are about 1600 miles. Although his rightful rank was high, which gave him the right to consecrate his own [[chapel]] including the right to wear a [[miter]] and carry a staff, he lived his life in Galveston as a meager monk, teacher, and pastoral priest. The Church congregation never paid Fr. Theoclitos, because he received his pay directly from the Tsar (1500 rubels a month and 500 rubels as expenses; about $120 total, at that time) until Fr. Theoclitos passed away in 1916, a year and a half before Tsar Nicholas II and his Family were murdered.
The Trustees of The Existing Congregation Board (Chris Vucovich, Chris Chuoke, Athurs Menutis and Mitchael Mihaloudski) formally received their State Corporation Papers on [[January 13]], 1895 and subsequently purchased a 43’ wide x 120’ deep property that is at 4107 Avenue L, Galveston, Texas on [[December 15]], 1895. They started to build a rectangular wood frame Orthodox styled church, and when Fr. Theoclitos arrived, in January of 1896, he directed the finishing of the Church. The congregation was astonished to be blessed with an Archimandrite archimandrite and a [[Deacondeacon]], not just a Priestpriest, and best of all he was a linguist.
In Galveston, all properties faced either Northwest or Southeast, so they had chosen property that left the Church unusually facing Southeast. And, although the Icon of Saint Nicholas was placed in the iconostasis to honor Tsar Nicholas II as the Patron of the Church; it was Fr. Theoclitos’ decision to use the name SS. [[Constantine the Great|Constantine]] and [[Helen]] Church, because the congregation that started on its own should be remembered. Bishop Nicholas was invited and he accepted; and the [[consecration of a church|consecration]] of our church occurred on [[June 3]], 1896, the [[feast day]] of S.S. Constantine and Helen. Fr. Theoclitos’ decision on the name of the Church, was not unusual with him. He was known to have [[baptism|baptized]] children with names other than their parents had asked for. But his guidance and decisions were always accepted by his congregation. He had services in the Slavonic, Greek, and Arabic languages.
