What You'll Find    On Sunday morning we usually have 50 - 60 people in Church, about a third of them children. The beauty of Orthodox worship must be experienced to be understood. The Divine Liturgy expresses the entire Christian faith in a continuous song of praise and prayer addressed to God. It is focused on God, not on us. There is nothing just for amusement or entertainment.

Since much of the service is the same every week, worshippers know it and can participate personally, either by singing along or just by prayerful attention. Worshippers are surrounded by icons (pictures of Christ and the saints), which remind us that we are participating while on earth in the worship of all the angels and saints in heaven. The entire service (except for the sermon) is sung and chanted. The words are all from Scripture or ancient Christian texts - no rhyming metrical hymns are used. All our services are in the English or Coptic language.     

The Sign of the Cross    To say that we make the sign of the cross frequently would be an understatement. We sign ourselves whenever the Trinity is invoked, whenever we venerate the cross or an icon, and on many other occasions in the course of the Liturgy. But people aren't expected to do everything the same way. Some people cross themselves three times in a row, and some finish by sweeping their right hand to the floor. On first entering a church people may come up to an icon, make a "metania" -- crossing themselves and bowing with right hand to the floor-- twice, then kiss the icon, then make one more metania. This becomes familiar with time, but at first it can seem like secret-handshake stuff that you are sure to get wrong. Don't worry, you don't have to follow suit.     

The Church    This is a photo of the church we meet in.     

Liturgy    You will find that we sing all the liturgy...     

Mixture of Nationalities    You will find that we have a wide mixture of nationalities...     

Younger Congregations    Text here..     

Bible Studies    Text here..