Catechism Classes Ongoing

Orthodox Christian Catechism classes for 2024 are currently in session. We meet after Divine Liturgy and coffee hour (~11:45AM).

All are welcome!

Sessions will occur most Sundays and cover topics from Salvation and Holy Scripture to Liturgical Practices and Spiritual Disciplines.

To request more information and to be added to the distribution list please use our Contact page and select "Catechism Information" as the recipient.



Welcome! We are glad you are here.

For roughly the first 1000 years, all of Christianity was the Orthodox Church established by Christ and handed down directly to His apostles. The current framework of Orthodox Christian worship and community that we practice here was established prior to Roman Catholicism. The unaltered original doctrine of Christian salvation, that Jesus Christ came into the world to redeem us, remains in the Orthodox Church and her sacraments. The original fourth century communion service, the Divine Liturgy, is still served in the Orthodox Church and received by the faithful every week. The ancient, unchanged, and timeless truth of the Orthodox Church is one of the reasons it is still growing as the modern world increasingly shuns spirituality.

The Orthodox Church is structured. It is mystical. It honors the saints who have gone before us and who have lived the faith and had a lasting positive impact. It is ancient, but addresses the same ancient human needs and conditions that still confront us every day, and it provides our salvation through Christ. Orthodox Christianity is the saving ark on the storm-tossed sea of this world with its non-stop crises.

As the pastor of the holy community of St. Innocent Orthodox Church parish, I invite you to experience the timeless wisdom, strength, spirituality, and holiness of the Orthodox Church for yourself. No matter who you are, the Orthodox Church has always been your Church. Come home!

With respect, and In Christ,
Father James Robinson

  • 16

    Jul

    Wednesday
    Fr James out of Town
    6:30 Daily Vespers
    Fast
  • 19

    Jul

    Saturday
    6:30 Great Vespers
  • 20

    Jul

    Sunday
    Prophet Elijah
    8:35 Pre-Communion Prayers
    9:00 Baptisms!!!!
    10:00 Divine Liturgy
  • 21

    Jul

    Monday
    Fr J at Chicago Conf
  • 22

    Jul

    Tuesday
    Fr J at Chicago Conf
  • 23

    Jul

    Wednesday
    Fr J at Conf
    6:30 Readers' Vespers
    Fast
  • 24

    Jul

    Thursday
    Fr J at Conf
  • 25

    Jul

    Friday
    Fr J returns VERY Late!
    Fast
  • 26

    Jul

    Saturday
    6:30 Great Vespers
  • 27

    Jul

    Sunday
    8:35 Pre-Communion Prayers
    9:00 Orthros
    10:00 Divine Liturgy
  • 30

    Jul

    Wednesday
    6:30 St Herman Akathist
    Fast
  • 31

    Jul

    Thursday
    5:45 Great Vespers
    6:30 pm Festal Divine Liturgy for the Procession of the Cross
  • 2

    Aug

    Saturday
    6:30 Great Vespers
    Fast: wine & oil
  • 3

    Aug

    Sunday
    8:35 Pre-Communion Prayers
    9:00 Orthros
    10:00 Divine Liturgy
    Fast: wine & oil
  • 5

    Aug

    Tuesday
    5:45 pm Great Vespers
    6:30 pm Festal Divine Liturgy for the Transfiguration of the Lord
    Fast
  • 6

    Aug

    Wednesday
    TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD
    6:30 Paraklesis
    Fast: fish, wine, & oil
  • 7

    Aug

    Thursday
    6:30 Paraklesis
    Fast
  • 9

    Aug

    Saturday
    6:30 Great Vespers
    Fast: wine & oil
  • 10

    Aug

    Sunday
    8:35 Pre-Communion Prayers
    9:00 Orthros
    10:00 Divine Liturgy
    Fast: wine & oil
  • 12

    Aug

    Tuesday
    6:30 Paraklesis
    Fast
  • 13

    Aug

    Wednesday
    6:30 Paraklesis
    Fast
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