On Sunday, October 26, 2003 in brief prayer service and the selection of a child by lot from the young people of the parish, 4 year old William Hazivasilis, reached into a bowl with folded sheets of paper bearing the names of three potential names for the church: St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and Christ the Savior. The Lord led William to select "Christ the Savior." The congregation greeted the selection with enthusiastic response. The Doxology was sung, and the congregation sang the Dismissal Hymn of the Presentation of Christ at the Temple.

Presenting a child to God forty days after its birth originated in the Jewish faith and continues in Orthodoxy. Symeon was directed by the Holy Spirit to receive Jesus in the Temple on the day Mary and Joseph brought Him to the Temple. The Holy Spirit told him, “that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.” And Symeon said, “Lord, now let Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word for my eyes have seen Your salvation.” Then Anna, who was a prophetess and a widow of about 84 years of age, saw Jesus, “and spoke of Him to all those who looked for redemption in Jerusalem.” In this way the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ, was proclaimed as the fulfillment of all the prophesies regarding the Messiah. This feast is a joyous affirmation of the love of God for all humanity. We are reminded of it whenever a child is “churched.” The Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple is celebrated on February 2 each year.