The Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Church North America

Christian Worship in The Ancient Faith of the Early Christians

The one true faith

The Light of American Orthodoxy

We are the one and only American Orthodox Catholic Church that was canonically established by the Russian Synod in North America and ArchBishop Aftimios Ofiesh of blessed memory until he reposed in 1966

The Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in North America (American Orthodox Catholic Church) was canonically chartered in Feb 1927 and incorporated in Boston, MA., by Archbishop Aftimios Ofiesh.

We were the first Western Rite Orthodox Church sanctioned in America. We are Probably the first Church to use English in our Liturgies including The Divine Liturgy of Saint John Crysostom. We continue as that same Church and corporation today.

Liturgical

The Light of American Orthodoxy

The life and character of an Orthodox Christian is in large measure shaped, nourished, and enriched by the liturgy or the worship of the Church. Replete with biblical readings, imagery, and expressions, the texts of the liturgy set forth in doxological form is the Church's authentic and living tradition. In the liturgy, the Orthodox Christian is in constant touch with the fundamental truths of the True Faith of Jesus Christ. Worship becomes a theology of fervent prayer, a living sacrifice of praise of a biblical people, a vision of the spiritual world, a betrothal with the Holy Spirit, and foretaste of the things to come. We celebrate and worship in the same manner of the early Christians. Want to worship as the early Christians did? Come and SEE! Worship with us in Truth and in Love

Biblical

The Light of American Orthodoxy

Traditonal

The Bible lives in the Church and lest we forget comes FROM The Church - handwritten in the East for Centuries before other christian faiths emerged - it is OUR BOOK to be shared with all. The Bible comes alive in The True Church the Eastern Orthodox Church and has the most profound divine meaning for those who are members of the community which God has established, in which He dwells, and to which, through His Word and His Spirit, He has given Himself for participation, communion and life everlasting. It is best read, understood, and studied through The Traditions of Holy Orthodoxy

Taste and see how Good is The Lord

Drink of the Fountain of Immortality

Traditonal

For the Orthodox Christian, there is one Tradition, the Tradition of the Church, incorporating the Scriptures and the teaching of the Fathers. This is "the preaching of the truth handed down by the Church in the whole world to Her children"

We are a church for sinners trying to heal rather than preachers trying to preach.

Prayerful

Traditonal

Prayerful

"He who is able to pray correctly, even if he is the poorest of all people, is essentially the richest. And he who does not have proper prayer, is the poorest of all, even if he sits on a royal throne". Prayer is the elevation of the mind and the heart to God in praise, in thanksgiving, and in petition for the spiritual and material goods we need.

Spiritual

Traditonal

Prayerful

Spirituality in the Orthodox Church means the everyday activity of life in communion with God. The term spirituality refers not merely to the activity of man’s spirit alone, his mind, heart and soul, but it refers as well to the whole of man’s life as inspired and guided by the Spirit of God. Every act of a Christian must be a spiritual act.

Worship in Spirit and in Truth

The One True Faith

The Orthodox Faith is The Church started by Christ - continuing to grow - with direct succession from Christ and the Apostles.

We are growing not by advertising and changing to meet the whims of modern man but by adhering to the original True Faith which was handed down to us from the Forefathers of Our Church Many of the modern Protestant churches claim "the church" as a generalized following of Jesus believers but without the Tradition of Holy Orthodoxy this cannot be THE CHURCH that Jesus spoke about. Remember that the biblical reference to THE CHURCH was in reference to the Faith that the early Christians followed to the letter.

In fact the definition of THE CHURCH is literally a Bishop - His Clergy - His Laity. It is not a building and it is not an ecumenical feeling or movement.

COME AND SEE THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD

The best way to learn about Orthodoxy is to participate. Come and see for yourself - we are a physical church - a mystical church - and an active church - when you come to our Liturgy you will see Icons, smell incense, hear chanting and be active - Orthodox Liturgies are beautiful and inspiring You must see and feel the True Faith

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