St. Stephen Orthodox Cathedral

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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

Vacation Church School - Tuesday 7/20 through Thursday 7/22

Please come join us this week...Tuesday, July 20 through Thursday, July 22, will be our annual Vacation Church School. We are looking for volunteers to help with various activities throughout the three days so if you can help in any way, please let Father Victor know. Many activities are planned, including preparing food for King's Jubilee which is a food service for the homeless in Philadelphia. This is a wonderful opportunity for our children to participate in helping those less fortunate. Also, our older Sunday School students are encouraged and welcome to help supervise the younger students.

This is a successful event every year and this year hopes to be even better! Please encourage your children to attend.

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

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):

Tuesday: Inquirer's Class 7:30 PM
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.

Special Attention

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

Blessing of the Graves - At this time after the feast of Pascha it is a custom in the Orthodox Church to bless the graves of departed members of our families. Please contact Fr. Victor to make arrangements for the blessing of the graves of your loved ones.

Weekly Bulletin

See our latest weekly bulletin, "The Protomartyr"

Monthly Calendar

Please click here to view the monthly calendar for July 2010

Website support:

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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