Welcome to Ss. Peter and Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church. We are a Christian Church. In fact, Holy Orthodoxy is as old as Christianity itself.
Christ founded one Church and Orthodoxy stands in an unbroken succession of
faith and practice to the Church founded in
Jerusalem in 33 AD.
Since then, the Church has spread globally. Orthodoxy is the One Holy Catholic and
Apostolic Church, meaning that its practices and worship are pre-denominational and unified
regardless of the jurisdiction. Whether Greek, Russian, Serbian, etc., we
practice the faith of the Apostles.
Ss. Peter and Paul consists of a varied community of believers, many of whom are converts to Orthodoxy, while others were born and raised in this rich Orthodox heritage. Our Church has its roots in the movement of the 70's and 80's which eventually became known as the Evangelical Orthodox Church. Joining with nineteen other churches througout the United States, the Evangelical Orthodox Church focused its attention on entering into the historic Christian Orthodox Church.
This dream was realized in February 1987, when His Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP received the congregation into the Orthodox Church.
United in the traditional Christian faith, we worship using ancient liturgy sung by the early church and are joined to 250 million Orthodox Christians worldwide. We affirm the traditional doctrines and practices of the Apostolic Church, including the forgiveness of sins through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Holy Trinity, and the sacrificial and sacramental life.
In apostolic times, Antioch was the most important city in Asia Minor, "and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians" (Acts 11:26). Ss. Peter and Paul belongs to the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, which is affiliated with the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA) and is in communion with all canonical Orthodox churches. It is one of the 15 archdioceses that compose the Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and all the East. The Church of Antioch is headed by Patriarch IGNATIUS IV.
We invite YOU to come and visit, ask questions, and participate in an amazing community of faith.
