Orthodox Christianity embodies the rich spiritual treasures of simple faith founded on Jesus Christ and transmitted through his disciples. Our way of life and worship strives for the authentic, organic, unbroken, and unadulterated life and worship of that same Church, sustained by the Holy Spirit and lived out in every generation by the holy people of God.

 

​The same lands first evangelized by the Apostles are still home to their successors, many of whom are our current bishops and spiritual leaders. They are the places of martyrdom of those who struggled under persecution in the Church’s first centuries, and whose relics are now deposited in our altar tables. They were a refuge for the Desert Fathers and Mothers, who abandoned worldly ways, prayed without ceasing, and subdued passions. They are the pulpits of Luminaries and Teachers who refuted heresy and articulated the unalterable doctrines of the Church.

 

By God’s grace, we remain united to that same confession, communion, and tradition. Our beliefs are expressed concisely in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed (see below). This statement of faith remained free from later alterations allowed by the Roman church, to say nothing of having been firmly established for over a thousand years before the fragmentation initiated by the Protestant Reformation. It is our daily privilege to strive to be worthy of this heritage, answering to the high calling to love God and neighbor. We welcome any who wish to join us on the path of repentance, salvation, and eternal life.