Our Faith

The Orthodox Church is the original Christian Church — the same Church founded by the Lord Jesus Christ and the Apostles, preserved unchanged in faith and worship for two thousand years. Orthodox Christians believe what Christians believed in the first centuries, before the divisions that fractured Christendom: that there is one God in three Persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — that the Son of God became man for our salvation, and that He rose from the dead, opening the way of life to all who follow Him.

What We Believe

Our faith is summarized in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, formulated by the Holy Fathers at the first two Ecumenical Councils in the fourth century. We confess one God in three Persons—the Holy Trinity—and one Lord Jesus Christ, true God and true man.

We hold that salvation is not a single, isolated moment, but a lifelong journey of transformation. Through God's grace, we are called to become like Him—a process the Holy Fathers called theosis.

This lifelong transformation is worked in us by the Holy Spirit. We participate in this grace through prayer, fasting, the sacraments, and a life filled with repentance, joy, and the love of our Lord.

How We Worship

Orthodox worship is a living tradition that reaches back to the early Church, offering a multi-sensory experience of liturgical unity. Most Sundays, we sing the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom—the very same Liturgy prayed in fourth-century Constantinople. This ancient service continues to uplift the faithful with hymns of praise and profound theological depth.

We venerate holy icons as windows into heaven. This sacred practice is distinct from the worship of graven images, a misconception refuted by the Seventh Ecumenical Council (Second Council of Nicaea) in 787 AD.

Faithfully observing the timeless cycle of fasts and feasts, we prepare for the Holy Eucharist through confession, prayer, and fasting. In both compunction and celebration, we are joined together as the one, undivided Body of Christ.

“Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.” — 1 Corinthians 12:27

The Saints

The Cloud of Witnesses

The Church is the communion of saints—a living family of both the departed and those on earth, united as one in Christ. Just as we ask our earthly friends to pray for us, we ask the saints in heaven for their intercession.

Since apostolic times and the era of Christian martyrdom, the faithful have venerated the saints as witnesses who received incorruptible crowns from Christ for their total sacrifice. As a heavenly family of illuminated souls who pledged divine allegiance to God, they serve as a spiritual treasure and a source of help on our path to salvation. We especially honor the Theotokos (the Mother of God) alongside the great saints of every age.

Our Patron: St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

Our parish is blessed to have St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra (4th century), as our heavenly patron. Beloved across the Orthodox world, St. Nicholas is revered for his swift help, his bold defense of the faith, and his quiet generosity.