OUR PARISH
Saint Patrick’s is a Western Rite parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese. We are part of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and all the East. The Orthodox Church is the ancient Church founded by Christ and His Apostles. In the Book of Acts we read that “in Antioch they were first called Christians” (11:26).
OUR CREED
A creed, from the Latin "credo" meaning "I believe," is a statement of faith.
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Our creed is the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed. Named after the Ecumenical Councils of Nicea (325) and Constantinople (381), early Fathers of the Church prayed and deliberated on issues the Church was currently dealing with, namely heresies concerning who Jesus Christ is and how He and the Holy Spirit related to the Father and the Church. Our Creed is as follows:
I believe in one God, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
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And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages; Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten, not created, of one essence with the Father through Whom all things were made. Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man. He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried; And He rose on the third day, according to the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father; And He will come again with glory to judge the living and dead. His kingdom shall have no end.
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And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Creator of life, Who proceeds from the Father, Who together with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, Who spoke through the prophets.
In one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.
I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come.
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Amen.​​
