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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.
Sermons by Fr. Nicholas Alford
For the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
If we ever find a friend or relative in trouble, we will probably be inclined to help, to do whatever we can. But what about finding a stranger in distress? While it may be relatively easy to care for friends and family in time of need, today the church gives us the parable of the Good Samaritan to remind us of the importance of caring … More...
The Lives of the Saints
St. Barnabas of Hvosno
(Feast Day ~ October 30) Our Lord has promised that the gates of Hell shall not prevail against His Church [Matt. 16:18]. For nearly two thousand years, we have witnessed the truth of this promise. In times of repression and persecution, the Church has survived through the constancy of Christian believers and especially its hierarchs, who are … 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...