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Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

You have reached the web site of St. Stephen Orthodox Cathedral.  St. Stephen's is a Diocesan Cathedral of the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania (Orthodox Church in America) under the omophorion of His Grace Bishop Tikhon.  Our parish is located in Northeast Philadelphia next to the beautiful Pennypack Park.  St. Stephen's was founded in 1971 and since then became a vibrant Orthodox Christian community with many parishioners coming from the City of Philadelphia as well as from neighboring counties in PA and NJ.


We hope that this website will provide you with information about the life of our parish community here at St. Stephen's as well as the Orthodox events in the greater Philadelphia area. 


Parish News and Upcoming Events

Graduate Recognition Sunday: Please mark Sunday, June 9, as our Graduate Recognition Sunday. On this day we will recognize parishioners graduating from High School and other educational institutions. If you know of anyone who will be completing their education (High School, College or University), please give the names and institution information to Fr. Victor.

 

Parish Picnic: is scheduled to take place on Sunday, July 14.  Please mark your calendars and hope to see you and your family at this annual event.

 

VacationChurchSchool: Currently we are making preparations for our annual VacationChurchSchool which will take place from Tuesday, July 23 to Thursday, July 25.  We hope that many children of our parish will be able to participate. Please mark your calendar with these dates.  We are also in need of counselors to help with younger children.  If you will be available on those days and would like to participate, please talk to Fr. Victor. 


Please remember to see the weekly bulletin for all other updates and details


New Year Resolution: Read the Whole Bible in 2013

The administrator of our Diocese, His Grace Bishop Mark, asks us to consider undertaking a challenge of reading the whole Orthodox Study Bible in one year.  At first it might seem like a hard thing to do, but in reality it will only take 15-20 minutes of your time every day.  Most important, not only will it allow you to learn more about your Faith, it will also bring you great comfort and peace of heart.  Let us just think about how much time we spend every evening watching TV or browsing the Internet, activities, that far from enriching us, lead us to greater confusion and disturbance of heart.  Yet if we only spend little time each night quietly reading the Bible and saying our prayers, we will become stronger in faith and will be able to be better at fulfilling all the responsibilities that God gave us to do.

Orthodox Study Bible Yearly Reading Plan (PDF)

Orthodox Study Bible Yearly Reading Plan (MS Word)

Here you can find a simple plan with assigned reading from the Bible for each day of year 2013.  Each day has four assigned readings, three from Old Testament and one from New Testament.  Find readings assigned for today.  After you are finished with each reading, put a check mark so that you can keep track of what you      read.  If you missed some of the readings it will help you see what you need to make up.  If you have young children in your family, try to read with them the reading from the New Testament (fourth column).  If you didn’t start with January 1st, start with today and then finish the readings that you missed in the beginning of the next year.  If you don’t have the Orthodox Study Bible, you can use any other Bible that      contains the readings of Old and New Testaments.  You do need to be      aware that most of the editions of the Bible don’t include some of the      books that are part of the Orthodox Canon of Scripture and are listed in this plan.  You can find these books in any translation of the Greek Old Testament Scripture, often referred to as “Septuagint.”

Regular Services and Studies

Regular Services:

       Saturday: Great Vespers 5 PM
       Sunday: Divine Liturgy 10 AM

       Feast Day Eve (on weekdays): Great Vespers 7 PM
       Feast Day: Divine Liturgy 9 AM

       Russian Service: Every Sunday 8:30 AM

Studies (except for January, July and August): 

       Thursday: Bible Study 7:30 PM

Sunday School (Children age 4 to 17):

Every Sunday during the school year following the Divine Liturgy.  Please see Father Victor if you are interested in having your child participate in the Sunday School Program.

 

Upcoming Events


Special Attention


Action Statement:

Please take the time to read this special document, an Action Statement for the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania

Remembering the Shut-Ins and the Hospitalized

St. Stephen's is a caring community of Orthodox Christians.  When one of our members is hospitalized or unable to attend services because of health or disability, we are not a whole community.  But for parishioners to reach out to their fellow parishioners, they need to know who those parishioners are.  Please make Fr. Victor or anyone on Parish Council aware of anyone who is hospitalized, ill, or a shut in, so that the information may be shared within the parish.


Weekly Bulletin

 

See our latest weekly bulletin, "The Protomartyr"

 


Monthly Calendar

 

Please click here to view the monthly calendar for June 2013.


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"Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. For where two or more are gathered together in My Name, I am there in the midst of them." -- Matthew 18: 19-20

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