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The Transfiguration of Our Lord - 08/11/26
...He took Peter, James and John with Him and went by night to Mount Tabor, and was there transfigured before them... |
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The Feast of Saint Elijah - Elias the Prophet - 07/27/26
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CrossRoad Institute Teens visit Cathedral - 07/23/26
Orthodox High School students from coast to coast visit Saint Steven's Cathedral as part of the CrossRoad Summer Insititue Program. |
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Vacation Church School 2026 - 07/16/26
Let Your Light Shine! |
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Feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul - 07/08/26
Unlearned and learned, but equal in spirit, and as strong as angels in the love of God... |
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2026 Endowment Report - 07/01/26
June 28, 2026 was Endowment Recognition Day and we gave thanks for our Endowments and Legacy funds. This report highlights the progress of our endowments. |
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Serbfest Sponsor opportunities - 07/01/26
Consider Sponsoring our Serbfest 2026 and help celebrate this 20th Anniversary Festival featuring the Sights, Sounds and Tastes from the Heart of the Balkans! |
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Saint Steven's Volleyball Tournament - 07/01/26
Serbfest 2026 will feasture the second annual Volleyball Smash Tournament on Saturday, September 19th! Registration is now open! |
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Serbfest 2026 September 19-20, 2026! - 06/30/26
Save the Date and Join us for the 20th Annual Festival feasturing the Sights, Sounds and Tastes from the heart of the Balkans! |
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Birth of Saint John the Baptist - 06/29/26
The Birth of John the Baptist will be celebrated July 7 with Divine Liturgy at 10:00 a.m. |
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Annual Vidovdan, Women's Auxiliary Slava, and Endowment Recognition Day! - 06/23/26
Special Event Sunday, June 28, 2026
Vidovdan, Endowment Day, and Women's Auciliary Slava |
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Fourteenth Annual Festival of Learning - 06/07/26
On Sunday, June 7, 2026 Saint Steven's Cathedral celebrated the end of the school year with the annual Festival of Learning! |
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The Feast of All Saints - 06/01/26
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The Feast of Pentecost - 05/27/26
The whole aim of the Christian life is to be a Spirit-bearer, to live in the Spirit of God, to breathe the Spirit of God. “Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them” (Matthew 18:20). |
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The Ascension of Our Lord - 05/14/26
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2026
“And Jesus led them out as far as Bethany, and lifted up His hands and blessed them. Now while He blessed them, He was parted from them and carried up into heaven...” |
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The Samaritan Woman at Jacob's Well - 05/06/26
The Holy Gospel has not given us the name of the Samaritan woman. But the Tradition of the Church remembers, and calls her in Greek - Photini, in Russian - Svetlana, in the Celtic languages... |
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Annual Women's Auxiliary Spring Fling Fashion Show - 05/06/26
Our Women's Auxiliary Annual Spring Fling Fashion Show event was held on May 2, 2026 and attended by over 200 women and guests of the parish. It was another wonderful efent celebrating Springtime with the theme: "April Showers bring May Flowers." The women decorated their tables with seasonal inspiration, creativity and charm. The delcious lunch was prepared by men in the parish and the fashion show, raffle and live auction added to the excitment and joy of the day! We extend our gratitude to Vera Russo who created and chaired this event for our parish together with all the faithful supporters who made it all possible! We all can't wait to see what next year's Spring Fling will bring! Enjoy the photos courtesey of Danica Vasic. |
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Fourth Sunday of Pascha - 04/29/26
The healing of the paralytic... |
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Sunday of the Myrrhbearing Women - 04/22/26
This all-joyful appearance of the Lord [to the Myrrbearing Women] was the first after His rising from the grave and consequently it is glorified by the Church at the present time as the undoubted proof of His resurrection. |
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Holy Week and Pascha 2026 - 04/12/26
Holy Week and Pascha was celebrated with a full liturgical cycle including 15 catechumens baptized on Holy Saturecay and Paschal festivites for a large number of parishioners gathering together for the "Feast of feasts" |
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Christ is Risen! - 04/11/26
In the center of our liturgical life, in the very center of that time which we measure as year, we find the feast of Christ's Resurrection . What is Resurrection? Read More... |
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Saint Steven's Lenten Almsgiving - 04/01/26
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Schedule of Holy Week Services - 03/31/26
The week of April 5 begins Holy Passion Week! |
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Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday - 03/31/26
Saturday, April 4th is Lazarus Saturday and Sunday, April 5, 2026 is Palm Sunday! |
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The Feast of the Annunciation - 03/31/26
The Annunciation: The Feast of Good News!
“Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS." (Luke 1:31) |
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The Meaning of Holy Week - 03/31/26
A LITURGICAL EXPLANATION OF HOLY WEEK Fr. +Alexander Schmemann: The Way of the Cross... |
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Saint Mary of Egypt - 03/25/26
On the Fifth Sunday of Great Lent, we commemorate Saint Mary of Egypt. |
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Fourth Sunday of Great Lent - 03/18/26
Feast of Saint John Climacus of Sinai, Author of the Ladder of Divine Ascent
On the Fourth Sunday of Holy Lent the Orthodox Church commemorates our Righteous Father John Climacus. |
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Third Sunday of Great Lent - 03/11/26
The third Sunday of Lent is called "The Veneration of the Cross." At the Vigil of that day, after the Great Doxology, the Cross is brought in a solemn procession to the center of the church and remains there for the entire week |
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Second Sunday of Lent - 03/04/26
Celebrating Saint Gregory Palamas |
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Easter Banquet Reservations - 03/01/26
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Annual Report - 02/25/26
As discussed at the annual meeting held on February 22, the past year 2025 was another wonderful year of great blessings for our Cathedral family, made possible by the generosity and labor of love of all of us working together for the glory of God. |
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Forgiveness Sunday - 02/18/26
For if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. - Matthew 6: 15 |
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Lenten Guide 2026 - 02/17/26
Schedule of Services and Events during Great Lent |
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The Feast of the Meeting of Our Lord - 02/11/26
Celebrated February 15
Forty days after Christ was born he was presented to God in the Jerusalem Temple according to the Law of Moses. At this time as well, His mother Mary underwent the ritual purification, and offered the sacrifice as prescribed in the Law ( Leviticus 12 ). |
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The Parable of the Last Judgement - 02/11/26
"The end of the world' signifies not the annihilation of the world, but its transformation." Everything will be transformed suddenly, in the twinkling of an eye.... And the Lord will appear in glory on the clouds. |
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The Prodigal Son - 02/05/26
Only the gospel of Christ fully knows the mystery of sin and the problem of sin and everything which hides within it. |
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The Feast of the Three Hierarchs - 02/05/26
Celebrated February 12
Each of these saints has his own feast day: St. Basil the Great, January 1; St. Gregory the Theologian, January 25; and St. John Chrysostom, January 27. |
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Family Winter Camp 2026 - 02/04/26
Our Sunday School students and parents spent the weekend of January 30-31 and February 1 in the fresh mountain air and surroundings attending the RCA Family Winter Camp held in Twin Peaks. |
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Parable of the Publican and Pharisee - 01/28/26
In the Orthodox Church the Triodion begins with the Parable of the Publican and Pharisee to begin the prepartion for Great Lent. |
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The Feast of Saint Sava - 01/22/26
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Celebrating the Feast of Saint Sava - 01/21/26
On Sunday, January 25, our parish celebrated the feast day of our Sunday School. |
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The Feast of Theophany - 01/14/26
God has appeared! |
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The Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord and Feast of Saint Basil the Great - 01/08/26
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On the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ - 01/04/26
When the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son (Galatians 4:4) to save the human race. And when nine months were fulfilled from the Annunciation, when the Archangel Gabriel had appeared to the Most-holy Virgin in Nazareth, saying, Rejoice, |
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Schedule of Services for Christmas and Epiphany - 12/25/25
Join us for the celebration of the Nativity and Theophany Season! |
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The Sunday of the Holy Forefathers of the Old Covenant - 12/25/25
Two Sundays before the celebration of Christmas, the Orthodox Church rejoices in the festival of the Holy Forefathers of the Old Covenant, |
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The Feast of Saint Nicholas - 12/11/25
This glorious saint, celebrated even today throughout the entire world, was the only son of his eminent and wealthy parents, Theophanes and Nona, citizens of the city of Patara in Lycia. |
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The Entrance of the Mother of God into the Temple - 11/27/25
When the Most-holy Virgin Mary reached the age of three, her holy parents Joachim and Anna took her from Nazareth to Jerusalem to dedicate her to the service of God |
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Annual Advent Concert December 17, 2023 - 11/26/25
Join us on Sunday, December 21 for liturgy and our Advent Concert |
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The Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel and the Bodiless Powers - 11/19/25
The angels of God were celebrated by men from earliest times but this celebration was often turned into the divinization of angels (II Kings 23:5). The heretics wove all sorts of fables concerning the angels. |
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Saints Cosmos and Damian - 11/06/25
Unmercenary Physicians: Patron Saints of Medicine and Pharmacy |
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Saint Demitrios - 11/03/25
This glorious and wonderworking saint was born in Thessalonica of noble and devout parents. |
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Saint Petar of Cetinje, Montenegro - 10/24/25
Metropolitan and Ruler of Montenegro |
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The Evangelist Luke - 10/24/25
Saint Luke, Apostle and Evangelist celebrated October 31 |
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Feast of Saint Paraskeva-Petka - 10/21/25
One of the most beloved saints of Europe, Saint Petka is celebrated on October 27. |
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The joyous celebration of the Feast of Saint Steven, Simon the Monk! - 10/15/25
Hundreds gatheed in celebration of the Patronal Feast day of Saint Steven's Cathedral. |
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Commemorating Saint Steven, Simon the Monk - 10/01/25
Patronal feast day to be celebrated October 12, 2025 |
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The Feast of the Holy and Life-Creating Cross - 09/25/25
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Serbfest 2025 huge success! - 09/24/25
Thank you to everyone who helped to make our annual festival so fun-filled and wonderful! |
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The Birth of the Most Holy Mother of God - 09/14/25
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A wonderful gathering of joyful praise to God! - 08/26/25
2025 Pan-Orthodox Music Festival |
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Annual Parish Festival SerbFest - 08/23/25
COMING SEPTEMBER 20-21, 2025!
PARISHIONERS SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER! |
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The Dormition of the Mother of God - 08/17/25
The Lord Who, on Mount Sinai, gave the Fifth Commandment, Honor thy father and thy mother, showed by His own example how one should respect one's parents. |
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Pan Orthodox Summer Music Festival - 06/11/25
Save the Date! |
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13th Annual Festival of Learning! - 05/20/25
Join us on June 1st for our Annual Festival of Learning! |
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Annual RCA Folkfest - 04/26/25
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Message on the Beginning of Great Lent - 03/02/25
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Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God - 10/11/24
On October 1/14 the Church celebrates the Feast of the Protection of the Theotokos. This feast of the Protection of the Theotokos is neither one of the Twelve Great Feasts of the Church nor is it a commemoration of any events in the earthly lives of our Lord or His Mother. |
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Cathedral Celebrates Patron Feast Day - 10/11/24
On Sunday, October 6, 2024, the Cathedral joyfully celebrated the feast of Saint Steven, known as Simon the Monk. |
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Cathedral Patronal Feast Day - 09/30/24
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Annual Parish Festival SerbFest 2024 - 08/26/24
Don't Miss it! September 21-22, 2024! |
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Three-fold commemoration of Vidovdan, Women's Auxiliary Slava and Endowment Recognition Day - 07/03/24
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Eleventh Annual Festival of Learning - 06/06/24
Festival of Learning
The 2023-2024 Sunday school year concluded with a lot of fanfare, thanks to the seventh eleventh annual Festival of Learning, the unique learning event where the parishioners visit the class displays in an ‘open house’ setting... |
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Fifth Sunday of Great Lent: Saint Mary of Egypt - 04/19/24
On the last Sunday of the Great and Saving 40 days, we commorate Saint Mary of Egypt. |
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Triennial Visit to New York - 01/05/24
December 27-30 was the week our Saint Steven' Cathedral Youth Group spent in New York City! |
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The Feast of Saint John Chrysostom - 11/24/23
John was born in Antioch in the year 354. His father, Secundus, was an imperial commander and his mother’s name was Anthusa. Studying Greek philosophy, John became disgusted with Hellenic paganism and adopted the Christian Faith as the one and all-embracing truth. |
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Cathedral Celebrates Patron Feast Day - 10/12/23
On Sunday, October 8, 2023, Saint Steven's Cathedral Celebrated the Feast of the patron Saint of the parish Steven, the First Crowned King of Serbia, known as Simon the monk. The day began with Matins and the Hierachical Divine Liturgy. |
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Serbfest 2024 - 09/20/23
Saint Steven's Annual Serbfest parish festival huge success! |
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Diocesan Days 2023 - 07/27/23
"Seek first the Kingdom of God" Matthew 6:33 is the theme of this year's Diocesesan Days at Saint Steven Cathedral. |
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The Upbringing of Children - 06/09/23
If someone told you that you would have no problems with your children if you raised them a certain way, would you be interested in learning more? |
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2023 Festival of Learning - 05/26/23
Saint Steven's Festival of Learning is the biggest celebration of learning in the parish, showcasing the remarkable achievements of our children, youth and adults who have used learning to transform their lives, as they are formed in the Orthodox Christian Faith. |
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Palm Sunday: Hossana! - 04/10/23
On Palm Sunday, April 8, 2023, our Cathedral parish community gathered to celebrate the triumpant entrance ino Jerusalme of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. |
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Schedule of Holy Week Services - 04/09/23
Schedule of daily services during Holy Week... |
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Lenten Guide - 03/10/23
JOURNEY TO PASCHA: Schedule of Services and special events for the Great and Holy Lenten Season. |
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Congregation annual meeting - 02/28/23
On February 26, Saint Steven's held its annual meeting with election of officers for 2023. |
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Women's Auxiliary Spring Fling 2023 - 02/16/23
Saturday, February 25, 2023 |
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CATHEDRAL CELEBERATES FEAST OF SAINT SAVA - 02/02/23
On Sunday, January 29, 2023 our Cathedral Sunday School celebrated the feast of Saint Sava. |
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