Visit Us
Please join us for one of our services
518 E. Oskaloosa Street
Pella, IA 50219
Saturday Evenings:
Great Vespers: 5:30pm
Sunday Mornings:
Hours (psalms and prayer): 9:20am*
Divine Liturgy: 9:30am*
followed by educational Q&A and then coffee social.
Special Services:
See our calendar below.
* Schedule exceptions every year:
Sunday of Tulip Time, i.e., Sunday after the first Thursday of May, we begin Hours and Liturgy at 10:00 am.
Pascha/Easter Sunday (when and more info): "midnight" service beginning on Saturday at 11:30pm.
Service Calendar
We keep this calendar up to date, but only up to about a month out. If you have any questions regarding services, Contact Fr Bartholomew.
Directions
518 E. Oskaloosa Street
Pella, IA 50219
We are located in the same building as Hy-Vee Wine & Spirits, but use a different door. Our entrance is next to the garage door. We have plenty of parking!
FAQs
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Yes. All of our services are in English.
During our Pascha/Easter Service (and the season that follows), we often will say and sing “Christ is Risen” in many different languages, from English, to Greek, to Russian, to Spanish, to Romanian, and many, many, more. This is a very small portion of these services, however.
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Neither are most of us!
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No, we belong to the Orthodox Church in America.
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Yes! We welcome all. If you visit us, feel free to sing with the choir. Service books are available, and someone will help you follow along if you wish.
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Children are absolutely allowed. Children and adults have the same worship service and we do not separate children from their families by taking them to a nursery.
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We give the bread to welcome you. This bread is not “communion bread.”
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Please speak with Fr Bartholomew