What we Believe

Each of the links below will bring up a file in the Adobe Acrobat PDF format.  If you do not have the Acrobat Reader, pease download a free copy by clicking on the "Get Adobe Reader" icon.

The followng links present the basic teachings of the Orthodox Church.  For further details, please contact our pastor directly who can direct you to resources for further study. 

Church History

• A History of the Orthodox Church
• Orthodoxy in America
• Orthodoxy in the World

Feasts of the Church

• The Feast of Feasts - Pascha
• The Twelve Great Feasts
• Various Other Feasts

Orthodox Dogma and Doctrine

• Holy Tradition
• The Beatitiudes
• The Christian Ethic
• The Mother of God
• The Symbol of Faith
• The Ten Commandments

Orthodox Icons

• Holy Icons
• Icon Not-Made-By-Hands
• Icons of the Mother of God

Orthodox Monasticism

• The Monastic Grades
• The Monastic Tonsure

Orthodox Prayer

• Communicating with God in Prayer
• The Church's Prayer for the Dead

Orthodox Scripture

• The Holy Bible
• The New Testament
• The Old Testament
• The Old Testament Apocrypha
• Used in Church
• Where to Find

Orthodox Worship

• Fasting
• Fasting Rules
• Fasting Seasons and Days
• Glossary of Liturgical Terms
• Great Lent and Pascha
• Liturgical Books
• Liturgical Gestures
• Liturgical Music
• Services of the Daily Cycle
• The Divine Liturgy
• The Five Cycles

Sacraments of the Church

• Church Mysteries
• Holy Baptism
• Holy Chrismation
• Holy Communion
• Holy Matrimony
• Holy Orders
• Holy Repentance
• Holy Unction

The Church Building and Its Servers

• The Altar and Its Furnishings
• The Bells
• The Candles and Their Symbolism
• The Church Building
• The Clergy
• The Iconostasis
• The Sacristy and Vestry