St. Stephen Orthodox Cathedral

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!

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 North-East 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 web-site 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

Join us for our Annual Parish Picnic on Sunday, July 12 following the service of Divine Liturgy. The cost of tickets are $10 for adults (children are free).

Fr. Peter Gillquist speaks at St. Stephen's

On April 30, Fr. Peter Gillquist presented a lecture “Why Evangelical Christians Are Becoming Orthodox” at our Cathedral.

Here is the recording of this presentation in mp3 format:

Lecture (right click to download)

Questions and Answers (right click to download)

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

Weekly Bulletin

See our latest weekly bulletin, "The Protomartyr".