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

Monday, May 28th - St. Tikhon's Memorial Day Pilgrimage

We are in the process of organizing a trip to St. Tikhon’s Monastery for the annual Memorial Day Pilgrimage which will take place on Mon. May 28. If you are interested in coming, please put your name on the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board or call Fr. Victor.

Recent Visit by St. Tikhon's Choir

We want to thank all our parishioners and friends who joined us last weekend in welcoming the members of St. Tikhon’s Mission Choir. The seminarians sang the responses at Saturday Vespers and Sunday Divine Liturgy. It was a wonderful testament of the work that is being done at St. Tikhon’s in both educating the future clergy of the Church and in providing an opportunity for our faithful to learn more about the ancient tradition of Orthodox singing. We also want to thank all the family that hosted seminarians during their visit to St. Stephen. May the Lord bless you with Many Years!

See the pictures from the visit of St. Tikhon's Choir to our Cathedral in our picture gallery.

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):

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

Quarterly Newsletter

Please take the time to read our Christmas Newsletter. All other editions of the St. Stephen's QUARTERLY can be viewed or downloaded here.

Action Statement:

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

Remembering the Shut-Ins and the Hospitalized

St. Stephen's is a caring community of Orthodox Christians. When one of our members is hospitalized or unable to attend services because of health or disability, we are not a whole community. But for parishioners to reach out to their fellow parishioners, they need to know who those parishioners are. Please make Fr. Victor or anyone on Parish Council aware of anyone who is hospitalized, ill, or a shut in, so that the information may be shared within the parish.

Weekly Bulletin

See our latest weekly bulletin, "The Protomartyr"

Monthly Calendar

Happy New Year! Please click here to view the monthly calendar for April 2012.

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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