Catechism Classes Ongoing

Orthodox Christian Catechism classes for 2023 are currently in session. We meet after Divine Liturgy and coffee hour (~11:45AM).

All are welcome!

Sessions will occur most Sundays and cover topics from Salvation and Holy Scripture to Liturgical Practices and Spiritual Disciplines.

To request more information and to be added to the distribution list please use our Contact page and select "Catechism Information" as the recipient.

 

Upcoming Classes:

Feb 12th - Christian Community

Feb 19th - Great and Holy Lent: A Crash Course

Feb 26th - NO CATECHISM (Forgiveness Sunday)



Welcome! We are glad you are here.

For roughly the first 1000 years, all of Christianity was the Orthodox Church established by Christ and handed down directly to His apostles. The current framework of Orthodox Christian worship and community that we practice here was established prior to Roman Catholicism. The unaltered original doctrine of Christian salvation, that Jesus Christ came into the world to redeem us, remains in the Orthodox Church and her sacraments. The original fourth century communion service, the Divine Liturgy, is still served in the Orthodox Church and received by the faithful every week. The ancient, unchanged, and timeless truth of the Orthodox Church is one of the reasons it is still growing as the modern world increasingly shuns spirituality.

The Orthodox Church is structured. It is mystical. It honors the saints who have gone before us and who have lived the faith and had a lasting positive impact. It is ancient, but addresses the same ancient human needs and conditions that still confront us every day, and it provides our salvation through Christ. Orthodox Christianity is the saving ark on the storm-tossed sea of this world with its non-stop crises.

As the pastor of the holy community of St. Innocent Orthodox Church parish, I invite you to experience the timeless wisdom, strength, spirituality, and holiness of the Orthodox Church for yourself. No matter who you are, the Orthodox Church has always been your Church. Come home!

With respect, and In Christ,
Father James Robinson

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    Mar

    Wednesday
    6:00 pm Presanctified Liturgy
    Fast
  • 30

    Mar

    Thursday
    6:30 pm Small Compline with Full Canon of St Andrew/St Mary of Egypt
    Fast
  • 31

    Mar

    Friday
    Repose of St Innocent of Alaska
    6:30 pm Full Akathist
    Fast
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    Apr

    Saturday
    6:30 Great Vespers
    Fast: wine & oil
  • 2

    Apr

    Sunday
    St Mary of Egypt
    5th Sunday
    9:00 Orthros
    10:00 Divine Liturgy
    Fast: wine & oil
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    Apr

    Monday
    6:30 pm Great Compline
    Fast
  • 5

    Apr

    Wednesday
    6:00 pm Presanctified Liturgy
    Fast
  • 8

    Apr

    Saturday
    Lazarus Saturday
    9:15 am Orthros
    10:00 am Divine Liturgy
    Followed by Lazarus Saturday Clean up
    6:30 Great Vespers
    Fast: wine & oil
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    Apr

    Sunday
    PALM SUNDAY
    9:00 Orthros
    10:00 Divine Liturgy
    6:30 pm Bridegroom Orthros
    Fast: fish, wine, & oil
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    Apr

    Monday
    Holy Monday
    9:00 am Presanctified Liturgy
    6:30 pm Bridegroom Orthros
    Fast
  • 11

    Apr

    Tuesday
    Holy Tuesday
    9:00 am Presanctified Liturgy
    6:30 pm Bridegroom Orthros
    Fast
  • 12

    Apr

    Wednesday
    Holy Wednesday
    6:30 pm Holy Unction
    Fast
  • 13

    Apr

    Thursday
    Holy Thursday
    9:15 am Vesperal Divine Liturgy
    6:30 pm Orthros/12 Gospels
    Christ Nailed to Cross
    Fast
  • 14

    Apr

    Friday
    Holy Friday
    9:00 am Royal Hours
    4:00 pm Great Vespers
    Christ taken down from the Cross
    Small break, then Lamentations Service
    Fast
  • 15

    Apr

    Saturday
    Holy Saturday
    9:10 am Vesperal Divine Liturgy
    Harrowing of Hades
    11:30 pm Paschal Services
    Christ is Risen!
    Fast: wine & oil
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    Apr

    Sunday
    PASCHA
    1:00 pm Agape Vespers and Paschal Feast!
    Fast free
  • 17

    Apr

    Monday
    Bright Monday
    Fast free
  • 18

    Apr

    Tuesday
    Bright Tuesday
    Fast free
  • 19

    Apr

    Wednesday
    Bright Wednesday
    6:30 pm Paschal Office
    Fast free
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    Apr

    Thursday
    Bright Thursday
    Fast free
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    Apr

    Friday
    Bright Friday
    Fast free
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    Apr

    Saturday
    Bright Saturday
    6:30 pm Great Vespers
    Fast free
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    Apr

    Sunday
    Thomas Sunday
    9:00 Orthros
    10:00 Divine Liturgy