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We are a Western Rite Orthodox church located in Silver Spring, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC. As a congregation of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese, we are part of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and all the East (“…the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch” Acts 11:26). While we share the faith of all Orthodox Christians around the world, as a Western Rite congregation we are blessed by our bishops to use the ancient forms of Western worship. Most of us are converts from many different backgrounds who have come to Orthodoxy in search of authentic Christianity and a place where we may grow in knowledge and love of God. In the Orthodox Church we have found the “pearl of great price” and we rejoice to share what we have discovered. We hope that you will explore our web site and join us in worship.
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Sermons by Fr. Nicholas
A Sermon for the 18th Sunday after Pentecost
Our Gospel reading today presents us with a story of friends of someone in need, coming to encounter the power and authority of God, lovingly manifested in forgiveness and healing. We are told that Our Lord Jesus Christ crossed over the Sea of Galilee in a boat and entered into his own city - meaning that he came into Capernaum, the base … More...
The Lives of the Saints
St. Willibrord of Utrecht, Bishop and Confessor
(Feast Day ~ November 7) The arduous life of a missionary involves experiences and events which have been common to all who would take on the challenge of bringing the Christian message to a pagan people. From the first missionary journeys of the Apostles, and particularly St. Paul, to the work of missionaries serving today in African nations … More...
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November Newsletter
We will celebrate the Feast of All Saints on Sunday, November 1. Even as we celebrate individual saints on their feast days throughout the year, this yearly observance is an opportunity to celebrate all the saints, known and unknown, whose lives and virtues we emulate and who intercede for us in heaven. At coffee hour … More...
The Good News of Orthodoxy
From a Homily by St. Bede the Venerable
Dearly beloved, today we keep holy-day, with one great cry of joy, in memory of all the Saints whose presence is a gladness to heaven; whose prayers are a blessing to earth; whose victories are the crown of holy Church; whose testimony is now to be honored in proportion to the glory imparted to it by the agony which was endured in the giving of it. … More...