Welcome to St. Paul’s!
We invite you to come and worship with us! Our community continually strives to provide a holy place of worship that is inviting to all.
We sincerely hope that your worship experience with us will bring you closer to our Lord, God, and Savior, Jesus Christ. Please take the time
to sign our guest book at the entrance to the Church. And please accept our invitation to join us after Divine Liturgy next door in the
Parish Center for Coffee Hour. If you are not familiar with Orthodox worship, please ask one of our Welcome Committee members or one of the
Ushers for assistance. Are you a Christian? If you are seeking spiritual direction or would like to know how to become a Christian, please
contact our pastor, Fr. Steve at father@stpaulsirvine.org
Orthodox Christians, like the earliest Christian communities that met in the catacombs of ancient Rome and other places, believe that art
can be used to praise and glorify the living God. To help in understanding the beauty and meaning of the art that adorns the interior of our
Church, please view the brief videos below:
One of the most striking features of our Church is the dome and its depiction of Christ, as well as other figures from both the Old and New Testaments.
Many people are unfamiliar with the Orthodox Christian faith and often ask us what we believe. Tracing our roots to the earliest Christian
communities in the New Testament - Corinth, Thessaloniki, Athens and other ancient centers of the Christian faith - our beliefs are essentially
the same. To learn more about what we believe, please view the videos below.
What we believe about our humanity made in God's image:
What we believe about the renewal of our humanity in baptism:
What we believe about the Bible:
What we believe about the marriage:
If you would like to learn more about St. Paul's and our faith in Christ, please visit some of the other pages on our parish website at http://www.stpaulsirvine.org/orthodoxy.html