Welcome!

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Our parish is a vibrant community of Orthodox Christians from a variety of backgrounds and walks of life, united by our shared commitment to worshiping our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ according to the Faith once delivered unto the Saints (Jude 1:3). We are a parish of the Eastern American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR); our ruling hierarch is His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York. We are also part of the broader Eastern Orthodox Church, which in total numbers some 250 million Christians worldwide and is present in a multitude of countries and on every continent.

While the parish is first and foremost the focal point of our worship of the One God in Trinity, it is also the arena within which we together strive to live a life in Christ according to His Commandments and in keeping with Holy Tradition.

Please join us for a service and experience worship with an unbroken connection to the early Church; come and see!

WEEKEND SERVICE SCHEDULE

  • Saturday, 5:00 PM – All-Night Vigil (Vespers, Matins, and First Hour)
  • Sunday, 8:45 AM – Hours and Divine Liturgy
  • Following the Divine Liturgy – Trapeza (agape meal) and Sunday school

CONFESSIONS

  • Saturdays – during Matins, First Hour and after the Vigil
  • Sundays – from 8:00 to 8:45 AM
  • During the week by appointment
  • 18

    May

    Sunday
    5 May
    Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
    8:45-10:45am – Hours and Divine Liturgy
  • 24

    May

    Saturday
    11 May
    Ss. Cyril and Methodius
    5:00-7:30pm – Vigil
  • 25

    May

    Sunday
    12 May
    Sunday of the Blind Man
    8:45-10:45am – Hours and Divine Liturgy
  • 28

    May

    Wednesday
    15 May
    6:00 PM – Vigil
    Fast
  • 29

    May

    Thursday
    16 May
    ASCENSION OF THE LORD
    6:45 AM – Hours and Divine Liturgy
  • 31

    May

    Saturday
    18 May

    2:00 PM – Maxim-Castillo Baptism

    5:00 – Vespers

    6:00 PM – Adult Education

  • 1

    Jun

    Sunday
    19 May
    Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council
    8:45-10:45am – Hours and Divine Liturgy
  • 7

    Jun

    Saturday
    25 May
    Commemoration of the Departed
    8:45 AM – Matins, Hours and Divine Liturgy
    5:00-7:30pm – Vigil
  • 8

    Jun

    Sunday
    26 May
    PENTECOST
    8:45-10:45am – Hours, Divine Liturgy, and Vespers w/Kneeling Prayers
  • 14

    Jun

    Saturday
    1 June
    5:00-7:30pm – Vigil
    Fast free
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What is the Orthodox Church?

“The Orthodox Christian Church is evangelical, but not Protestant.
It is orthodox, but not Jewish. It is catholic, but not Roman.
It is not denominational, it is pre-denominational.
It has believed, taught, preserved, defended, and died for the
Faith of the Apostles since the Day of Pentecost nearly 2,000 years ago.”
– Our Life in Christ

St. Thecla Orthodox Church
11510 Georgia Avenue, Suite LLA | Wheaton, MD 20902
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